November 24, 2019 - Zavrsje, where Otto Bathurst directed Robin Hood in the spring of 2017, was nominated for Best European Film Location. Ten European cities, regions, and countries have been nominated for the award in total.

HRTurizam reports that the European Film Commissions Network (EUFCN), in collaboration with the Cineuropa Film Portal, is selecting the best European film location in the film and TV industry for the third time.

In the first phase of the competition, each EUFCN member nominated one location from their region, that is, the country used in the movie, TV series, or documentary released between January 2018 and July 2019.

Among the ten shortlisted locations is the Istrian town of Zavrsje - Piemonte d'Istria, a candidate of the Istrian Film Commission - Istria Film Commission, which is responsible for promoting Istria as a film destination within the Istrian Cultural Agency.

Otto Bathurst directs the nominated film and Joby Harrold authors the script. The lead roles are interpreted by Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Eve Hewson, Jamie Dornan, Ben Mendelsohn, Paul Anderson and Tim Minchin.

For Robin Hood, over 670 film employees worked in Croatia, 273 of them Croatian, with almost 1,650 extras. The recording was executed through the incentive measures of HAVC - Croatian Audiovisual Center, and over the 15 days of filming, the total local consumption was at the level of the largest projects recorded so far in Croatia.

Much of the action took place in Dubrovnik, which embodied Nottingham. After Dubrovnik, the film crew moved to Istria, more precisely Zavrsje, one of the best-preserved examples of medieval architecture in the interior of Istria.

Zavrsje, in the Groznjan municipality, plays Loxley, Robin's hometown, and the Parenzana Bridge connects Nottingham and Loxley in the film. Robin Hood arrives at the hearth of his hometown, where he decides to wage a fight against the notorious sheriff of Nottingham on the ruins of his home. Impressive action scenes were filmed in the area.

The film was released in the USA on November 21st and hit Croatian cinemas on November 29th, thanks to Blitz Film & Video Distribution.

In addition to Zavrsje, the other nominated cities are Athens (Greece) in the series The Little Drummer Girl, Vilnius (Lithuania) for the series Chernobyl, Delphi Theater in Germany, where the series Babylon Berlin was filmed, Dorfuli (Northern Macedonia) for the documentary Honeyland, El Hierro in Spain for Hierro,  Luggala (Ireland) in the Vikings series, Lviv in Ukraine for the Eva.Stories by Mati Kochavi project, Italian Rocca Guidonesca di Rocchettine in the series Il Nome della Rosa, and Brussels (Belgium) in the miniseries Les Miserables.

Now, it is up to the audience to choose the best filming location from these ten nominees. Please note that one e-mail address is valid for one vote, which must be confirmed by a link sent to the voter's e-mail inbox. 

You can cast your vote by December 30, 2019, HERE.

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Dubrovnik Mayor Andro Vlahušić received the new Robin Hood film’s director Otto Bathurst and executive producer E. Bennett Walsh, welcoming them into Dubrovnik. Most all of the film’s details will be known by the end of October.