Croatia Film d.o.o. is a film production and distribution company based in Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

, Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

. It began operations in 1946, when Croatia was part of the former nation of Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

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The company produced the region's only animated features to date during the 1980s and 1990s, all directed by Milan Blažeković

Milan Blažekovic

Milan Blažeković is a Croatian animator.Blažeković began his career at the Zagreb Film studio with short films such as Gorilla Dance , The Man Who Had to Sing and Man: The Polluter...

: The Elm-Chanted Forest

The Elm-Chanted Forest

The Elm-Chanted Forest is a 1986 U.S./Yugoslavian animated musical movie; in the U.S., it is also known as Fantasy Forest. It was the first full-length film directed by Milan Blažeković, and also the first animated feature produced in what is now Croatia...

, The Magician's Hat

The Magician's Hat (film)

The Magician's Hat is a 1989 animated film produced by the Croatia Film company and directed by Milan Blažeković. It is the sequel to 1986's The Elm-Chanted Forest.-Story:...

and Lapitch the Little Shoemaker

Lapitch the Little Shoemaker

Lapitch the Little Shoemaker is an animated film for children that was originally released in Croatian theatres in 1997 by Croatia Film. Produced on vintage cel equipment during the early 1990s, this was the third feature from Croatia Film's animation unit and director Milan Blažeković, after The...

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Croatia Film was also involved in two animated television series: a spin-off of Lapitch

Lapitch the Little Shoemaker (TV series)

Lapitch the Little Shoemaker is an animated television series from Croatia Film and EM.TV/HaffaDiebold, with animation by Neptuno Films of Barcelona, Spain. It is a spin-off from the 1997 film of the same name....

 in 2000, and the satirical Laku noć, Hrvatska

Laku noc, Hrvatska

Laku noć, Hrvatska is a Croatian animated cartoon series produced by Croatia Film of Zagreb. It debuted in February 2005 on Nova TV and was shown on the station daily until the end of the year. In 2006, it showed up on OTV. The entire series is also available on 4 DVDs.Laku noć, Hrvatska is a...

(Good Night, Croatia) from 2005.

In the U.S. end credits of The Elm-Chanted Forest, Croatia Film's name was spelled as one word.