Croatia Film

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Croatia Film d.o.o. (formerly Croatia Film d.d.) is a state-owned film production and distribution company based in Zagreb, Croatia. It began operations in 1946.{{cite web|url=http://www.amb-croatie.fr/culture/pavillon_croatie_cannes_2006.htm|title=CANNES 2006: Le Village International accueille pour la première fois le pavillon de la Croatie|language=French|date=May 2006|accessdate=2009-04-03|publisher=Ambassade de Croatie en France|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305010149/http://amb-croatie.fr/culture/pavillon_croatie_cannes_2006.htm|archivedate=2009-03-05}}

The company produced the region's only animated features to date during the 1980s and 1990s, all directed by Milan Blažeković: The Elm-Chanted Forest, The Magician's Hat, and Lapitch the Little Shoemaker. {{cite web|url=http://www.pulafilmfestival.hr/55/en/index.php?p=list&group=37|title=CHILDREN'S FILM PROGRAMME|date=July 2008|accessdate=2009-04-03|publisher=Pula Film Festival|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715005736/http://www.pulafilmfestival.hr/55/en/index.php?p=list&group=37|archivedate=2009-07-15}}{{cite web|url=http://crtanifilmovi.eludiumq.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21|title=Hrvatski animirani film|author=Poison Ivy|language=Croatian|date=2008-12-18|accessdate=2009-04-03|publisher=Crtani Filmovi}}{{Dead link|date=September 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}{{cite web|url=http://www.naff.ba/naff_x_2007.htm|title=WORKING PART OF FESTIVAL|date=January 2007|publisher=NAFF - NEUM ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL|accessdate=2009-04-03|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715074827/http://www.naff.ba/naff_x_2007.htm|archivedate=2009-07-15}}

Croatia Film was also involved in two animated television series: a spin-off of Lapitch in 2000,{{cite web|url=http://www.kidscreen.com/articles/magazine/19991101/27100.html|title=Up next: What's developing in kids' production|author=Staff|date=1999-11-01|accessdate=2009-04-03|work=Kidscreen|publisher=Brunico Communications Inc|quote=HaffeDiebold{{sic}} and Croatia Film let Lapitch loose}}{{cite web|url=http://www.vjesnik.com/html/1999/12/05/Clanak.asp?r=kul&c=3|last=Buterin|first=Antun Krešimir|title=Scenarij za seriju o našem šegrtu Hlapiću rade Britanci, a crtaju ga Koreanci!|language=Croatian|date=1999-12-05|accessdate=2009-04-03|publisher=Vjesnik d.d|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714075149/http://www.vjesnik.com/html/1999/12/05/Clanak.asp?r=kul&c=3|archive-date=2009-07-14|url-status=dead}} and the satirical Laku noć, Hrvatska (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.{{cite video |people=Milan Blažeković and Doro Vlado Hreljanović (directors) |date=1986 |title=The Elm-Chanted Forest |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268282/fullcredits |format= |medium=Animated film |publisher=Croatia Film (distributor, Yugoslavia) / Just for Kids/Celebrity Home Entertainment (VHS distributor, U.S.) |location= |accessdate=2009-04-03 |time= |quote=}}