Zagreb school of animated films

The first production company "Škola narodnog zdravlja" (represented by director Milan Marjanović, artist Petar Papp) continued making animated shorts such as Macin Nos, Ivin Zub and Martin u nebo in the period 1928 - 1929.

[4] The animation of Zagreb made its first major breakthrough with the short Samac (1958) by Vatroslav Mimica,[5] which won the Grand Prix at the Venice Film Festival.

First animated shows began appearing during his time, such as Inspektor Maska (1962-1963), and the internationally renown Professor Balthazar (1967-1978) by Zlatko Grgić.

[citation needed] During the 80s and 90s, Croatia Film produced the country's first animated features, all directed by Milan Blažeković: The Elm-Chanted Forest, The Magician's Hat and Lapitch the Little Shoemaker.

[6][7][8] According to Joško Marušić, the key feature of the Zagreb School was commitment to stylization, in contrast with the Disney-style canon of realistic animation.