At the 16th session of the Croatian Audiovisual Council (HAVC) in its fourth iteration, held on June 14 th 2023, decisions were made on the distribution of funds and according to the Public Call for the promotion of film co-productions with a minority Croatian share. At that time, the projects of two majority and two minority Serbian co-productions, the production of which was previously supported by Film Center Serbia, were also selected for support.
This June, HAVC’s support was won by the project for 1970, the new feature film by director Darko Lungulov (director of the films There and Here and Monument to Michael Jackson), which was approved for support totaling 65 thousand euros, as well as the project for the short feature film Orchestra directed by Đorđe Marković, based on the script by Miloš Radović, in the amount of 15 thousand euros.
At the same session, the projects of two minority Serbian co-productions and feature films were also supported; in question are the project of the film Man Against the Flock, directed by Tamara Kotevska (60 thousand euros) and the project of the film Boy with Light Blue Eyes, directed by Thanasis Neofotistos (75 thousand euros). Both of these projects were supported by FCS in the competition in the category of minority Serbian co-productions in December last year.
A total of 48 projects were submitted to the HAVC competition, 13 of which were from Serbia.