Hulahop d.o.o.

Hulahop d.o.o. is a Croatian limited company active in film production and cultural services. It was established in 2006 by filmmakers and producers Dana Budisavljević and Olinka Vištica, whose earlier professional experience included film production at Factum and work connected with prominent Croatian film festivals such as the Motovun Film Festival and ZagrebDox. The company emerged as an all-female production house and developed a profile centered on independent cinema, documentary storytelling, cultural programming, and event production. Hulahop's production work has covered a broad range of subjects and formats. Its credits include intimate personal documentaries, social and political films, historical subjects, experimental and youth-oriented works, and television documentary programming. The company has produced or co-produced films including Family Meals, directed by Dana Budisavljević; I Like That Super Most the Best, directed by Eva Kraljević; When the War Comes, directed by Jan Gebert; and The Diary of Diana B., a feature documentary directed by Budisavljević. Its other listed productions include Htjeli smo radnike, a došli su nam ljudi, Odavde do Tralala, Ona koja priča sa životinjama, Onda vidim Tanju, Slučajno, and Zemlja znanja. In addition to individual films, Hulahop has worked in television and documentary-series production. Its credits include the Zagreb episode of the international Food Markets series, thirty episodes of Changing the World produced between 2007 and 2011, and two seasons of Slumbering Concrete, a documentary series about modernist architectural heritage in Croatia that ran from 2016 to 2018. These projects reflect the company's interest in connecting cinema with social history, public space, architecture, and contemporary cultural life. From 2007, Hulahop also became involved in organizing and producing the Zagreb Animation Festival, an internationally recognized Croatian animation event. This expanded the company's activities beyond conventional production into festival management, cultural programming, and international creative-industry collaboration. The company's festival work sits alongside its earlier connections to Croatian film-festival culture and helped establish Hulahop as a significant participant in the country's independent audiovisual sector. A major milestone came in 2019, when Hulahop released The Diary of Diana B., its first feature film. The film received a cinema release in Croatia and the surrounding region and reportedly attracted approximately 65,000 viewers. Hulahop also produced the multimedia website From Film to Museum, extending the project into a digital and heritage-oriented presentation. The company's overall positioning is therefore broader than that of a conventional film studio: it combines production, documentary research, cultural services, festival operations, and multimedia interpretation. Publicly available reference material does not identify a parent company, listed status, ownership group, current executive roster, or detailed financial information.

Hulahop d.o.o. was founded in Croatia in 2006 by Dana Budisavljević and Olinka Vištica. Both founders came to the company with experience in Croatian film production and festival organization, including work associated with Factum, the Motovun Film Festival, and ZagrebDox. Hulahop initially distinguished itself as an all-female production house operating in the independent audiovisual and cultural sectors. The company developed a production model that combined film-making with cultural services. Rather than focusing on a single genre, Hulahop worked across personal documentaries, social-interest films, historical subjects, television documentaries, and projects related to Croatian cultural heritage. Its listed film credits include Family Meals, directed by Dana Budisavljević in 2012; I Like That Super Most the Best, directed by Eva Kraljević in 2015; and When the War Comes, directed by Jan Gebert in 2018. Other listed productions include Htjeli smo radnike, a došli su nam ljudi, Odavde do Tralala, Ona koja priča sa životinjama, Onda vidim Tanju, Slučajno, and Zemlja znanja. Beginning in 2007, Hulahop also became an organizer and producer of the Zagreb Animation Festival. This activity broadened the company from screen production into festival operations, programming, and international cultural exchange. The festival role complemented the founders' earlier involvement in Croatia's festival ecosystem and helped make Hulahop a visible institution within the country's independent film and cultural scene. Hulahop expanded into television documentary work during the late 2000s and 2010s. It produced thirty episodes of Changing the World between 2007 and 2011 and contributed a Zagreb episode to the Food Markets series in 2015. The company also produced two seasons of Slumbering Concrete between 2016 and 2018. The latter examined modernist architectural heritage in Croatia, demonstrating Hulahop's recurring interest in documenting social environments, public history, and cultural memory. In 2019, Hulahop released The Diary of Diana B., directed by Dana Budisavljević. It was the company's first feature film and received a theatrical release in Croatia and the region. Available reference material reports approximately 65,000 cinema viewers. The project was accompanied by From Film to Museum, a multimedia website that extended the film's subject into a digital and museum-oriented context. Hulahop's documented history presents it as a production and cultural-services company rather than a mass-market entertainment brand. Its work combines independent film financing and production, documentary-series development, festival organization, and multimedia cultural communication. Public reference material does not provide a confirmed current management structure, ownership details, financial statements, or a formal account of the company's present operating status beyond its documented company identity and continuing relevance in Croatian film production.

• 2019

  The Diary of Diana B. is released

  [1]Hulahop d.o.o.en.wikipedia.org

  Hulahop releases its first feature film, The Diary of Diana B., for cinema distribution in Croatia and the region.

• 2019

  From Film to Museum multimedia project

  [1]Hulahop d.o.o.en.wikipedia.org

  Hulahop produces the multimedia From Film to Museum website in connection with The Diary of Diana B.

• 2018

  When the War Comes

  [1]Hulahop d.o.o.en.wikipedia.org

  Hulahop lists Jan Gebert's documentary When the War Comes among its produced or co-produced films.

• 2016

  Slumbering Concrete begins

  [1]Hulahop d.o.o.en.wikipedia.org

  Hulahop produces the first of two documented seasons of Slumbering Concrete, a television documentary series about modernist architectural heritage in Croatia.

• 2015

  I Like That Super Most the Best and Food Markets

  [1]Hulahop d.o.o.en.wikipedia.org

  The company lists Eva Kraljević's I Like That Super Most the Best and a Zagreb episode of the Food Markets series among its 2015 work.

• 2012

  Family Meals

  [1]Hulahop d.o.o.en.wikipedia.org

  Hulahop lists Dana Budisavljević's documentary Family Meals among its produced or co-produced films.

• 2007

  Begins Zagreb Animation Festival production

  [1]Hulahop d.o.o.en.wikipedia.org

  Hulahop becomes involved in organizing and producing the internationally recognized Zagreb Animation Festival.

• 2007

  Changing the World documentary series

  [1]Hulahop d.o.o.en.wikipedia.org

  The company begins producing the documented run of thirty episodes of Changing the World, spanning 2007 to 2011.

• 2006

  Hulahop is founded

  [1]Hulahop d.o.o.en.wikipedia.org

  Dana Budisavljević and Olinka Vištica establish Hulahop in Croatia as a film-production and cultural-services company.

Croatian independent film-production and cultural-services company combining documentary and feature-film production with festival organization, television projects, and multimedia cultural interpretation.

• Film production · 2019

  Feature films

  Hulahop produces and co-produces independent feature-length films. Its best-documented feature release is The Diary of Diana B., the company's first feature film, released theatrically in 2019 in Croatia and the surrounding region.

• Film production

  Documentary films

  Documentary production is central to Hulahop's identity. Its credits cover personal, social, historical, and political subjects, including Family Meals, I Like That Super Most the Best, When the War Comes, Htjeli smo radnike, a došli su nam ljudi, Odavde do Tralala, Ona koja priča sa životinjama, Onda vidim Tanju, Slučajno, and Zemlja znanja.

• Television production · 2007

  Television documentary series

  Hulahop has produced and co-produced documentary television projects, including thirty episodes of Changing the World, a Zagreb episode of Food Markets, and two seasons of Slumbering Concrete, which examined modernist architectural heritage in Croatia.

• Cultural and festival services · 2007

  Zagreb Animation Festival

  From 2007, Hulahop has been associated with organizing and producing the Zagreb Animation Festival, an internationally recognized Croatian animation event. This work represents the company's festival-management, programming, and cultural-services activity.

• Multimedia cultural project · 2019

  From Film to Museum

  From Film to Museum is a multimedia website produced in connection with The Diary of Diana B. It extended the film project into digital presentation and museum-oriented cultural interpretation.

• 2019

  Release of The Diary of Diana B.Product launch

  Background

  After years of documentary and cultural production, Hulahop moved into feature-film release with The Diary of Diana B., directed by co-founder Dana Budisavljević.

  Action taken

  The company released the film theatrically in Croatia and the surrounding region and developed the related From Film to Museum multimedia website.

  Aftermath

  Reference material reports approximately 65,000 cinema viewers for the film. No additional financial outcome is documented in the supplied sources.

  Source

1. 1Hulahop d.o.o.en.wikipedia.org
2. 2Hulahop official websitehulahop.hr