Restart’s production is intended for the production of documentary, hybrid andnexperimental films. We cooperate with renowned Croatian, regional and international filmmakers and are focused on creating international co-productions. Our films were financed by Eurimages, Creative Europe, Sundance Institute, ZDF / ARTE, HAVC, the city of Zagreb, the city of Rijeka, HRT, Al Jazeera Documentary Channel, Al Jazeera Balkans, GEO Television and many others. We achieved successful co-productions with France, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, North Macedonia and Montenegro and we got the support of their funds.
As part of the special program “Restart Laboratory”, we produce short film forms by debut directors. Restart Laboratory is a program of continuous education, technical and content-wise assistance to new authors in Zagreb and Croatia, in order to help them make their first documentary films. With the professional
guidance and mentoring of professional directors, cinematographers and editors, new authors, along with their own or Restart’s team, independently go through the entire process of film production, from research, through filming, to editing. After completing the film, they also participate in the distribution process, so they often travel to premiere the film at one of the European or Croatian film festivals. During the production process, they meet regularly with their mentor at each stage, and they have at their disposal modern recording and sound equipment, as well as fully equipped computer editing station. Restart is, on the one hand, a production service, and on the other, a real “film laboratory” where mentors and authors jointly come up with creative solutions.