Best Croatian animation movies
A curated collection of popular animation movies from Croatia.
The Horror of Dracula (2010)
The Horror of Dracula (2010)
Psychedelic realms where voyeuristic psychic vampirism and cropped images of consumerist dissociation create a haunting alternate reality.
Amnesiac on the Beach (2013)
Amnesiac on the Beach (2013)
In a dead and void dystopian world, there is a place where no one exists anymore, and everyone is just their own hallucination on the verge of disappearing.
Astronaut of Featherweight (2017)
Astronaut of Featherweight (2017)
Astronaut of Featherweight is a dark vision of the hypercapitalist transhuman society in which body is a commodity and money is immortality. From space spa colonies to alien plantations, everybody is forced to take care of their bodies.
I'm Not Feeling Very Well (2020)
I'm Not Feeling Very Well (2020)
Singing skeletons dream about breaking free from their geometric formation and taking a swim in the great, big, blue sea.
Wait for Me (1992)
Wait for Me (1992)
This film was conceived back in the eighties, just like the Slovenian band Lačni Franc's song. After numerous changes, it was completed in 1992. At the second edition of the Croatian Film Days, it won the award for Best Animated Film. Dražen Žarković, Josip Zanki, Miroslav Zubović, Magda Dulčić, Ninoslav Kunc collaborated on the film.
Pips, Chips & Videoclips: Ljubav (1995)
Pips, Chips & Videoclips: Ljubav (1995)
A psychedelic love story.
The Room (2020)
The Room (2020)
'The Room' is a one-take first-person short animated horror film portraying a woman shut in her room and hiding from a creature.
Imbued Life (2019)
Imbued Life (2019)
A young woman’s connection with the life force of nature. Using her taxidermy talents to “return” the animals to their natural habitat. But the true search for answers begins when she finds a roll of undeveloped film in each of the animals that she treats.
Simulacra (2014)
Simulacra (2014)
Which image is real - the one staring at us from the mirror or the one standing in front of it? In hallways filled with illusions, a simulacrum behind the looking glass, he is trying to find out if he is looking at a stranger or a hidden part of himself.
Dreamworld (0)
Dreamworld (0)
The film follows a group of kids who seek acceptance and validation as they desperately try to navigate the world of social media. They are not cool and they can’t attract followers, and because of this they are marginalized and bullied. Seeking to escape this reality they use a technique of lucid dreaming to open the door of Dreamworld! It’s a world hidden in a special corner of dreams, inhabited by fantastic, magical, and strange creatures. A place where they can become heroes, celebrated, liked and accepted! But not everything is as it seems, as their escape from reality has a price.
All Those Sensations in My Belly (2020)
In Between (2002)
In Between (2002)
The filmmaker observes large piles on the streets of her city during bulky refuse collection day, while passersby inquire as to what she's doing.
Cockpera (2020)
Cockpera (2020)
A short opera inspired by Aesop's fable The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle.
Transparency (2015)
Transparency (2015)
Moving through a world filled with scanners and surveillance algorithms, while frivolously using different social networks, online forms and credit cards, the man of today gives away his privacy voluntarily. A decent citizen has nothing to hide. Only criminals do.
Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves (2019)
Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves (2019)
In this decidedly cheeky and deliriously fun animation, a decent, hard-working wolf must rely on his physical gifts in order to make ends meet for the sake of his family.
Lapitch the Little Shoemaker (1997)
Lapitch the Little Shoemaker (1997)
Fed up with the harsh treatment his master has given him, a brave little mouse (and later his dog, Brewster) sets off on an adventure.
Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus (2020)
Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus (2020)
Martin tried to fight the system, and now he's on the run. Sara is a conceptual artist. Together they join the revolutionary commune in the countryside. The police are on their trail. Inspector Ambroz knows the right questions are more important than the answers. Because maybe none of this is true.
Rainbow (2010)
Rainbow (2010)
The story of a hidden war, a war between generations, war in which always children lose. Through a dramatic and picturesque tale, we discover two legends intertwining - a legend of a father and a son, and of a young girl Srna who is profoundly affected by the harshness of the world and decides to take a walk beneath the rainbow to transform into a boy. The film's message is intended for all parents: Talk to your children before it is too late.
The Tower (2021)
The Tower (2021)
As years and years go by, a tiny civilization makes its way upwards.
Arka (2020)
Arka (2020)
A grandiose transoceanic cruise liner sails the seas.
Sleeper (2019)
Sleeper (2019)
An animated film inspired by the legend of Pozoj, a creature believed to be sleeping under the town of Čakovec. It is dangerous to upset or wake up the creature, as earthquakes and other disasters can occur.
Hunger (2014)
Hunger (2014)
Everything that is alive is hungry; seed is hungry for light, bird is hungry for flight, man is hungry for the touch of another. The seed of longing grows into what feeds us.
Nighthawk (2016)
Nighthawk (2016)
A badger is lying motionless on a local road. A police patrol approaches the body in the dark. They soon realise that the animal is not dead; the badger is dead drunk! When the police attempt to drag the creature off the road, he wakes up and things take a strange turn.
10 (2017)
10 (2017)
A young man experiences other people’s lives and emotions. Unable to find his own self, he visits a psychiatrist who immediately diagnoses the problem. It can be resolved in ten steps, with the help of a cassette player. As the metronome sounds the start of the treatment, the patient is launched deep into his own subconscious.
The Cat (2011)
The Cat (2011)
A short story about three completely different beings - a cat, an old woman, and a bird. Or maybe not so different after all? While the viewer follows the cat character, it becomes clearer that one's actions can alter not only one's behavior...
The Fall of Rome (2018)
The Fall of Rome (2018)
A few survivors huddle together in the post-apocalyptic paradise of the Dome. There, they continue to worry about inflation, interior furnishing and the hordes of mutant frog-people at the gates.
She Who Measures (2008)
She Who Measures (2008)
Are we truly free? Are our desires truly our own or merely imposed products of the society we live in? The question this film is asking is this: are we slaves to the culture and society we were born in or is there a way to escape after all?