Data Management Systems

Here is how this works in practice. We source on-set data stations, RAID arrays and LTO archive units from the set up gear-rental market concentrated in Zagreb. The same pool that has deepened through years of global service work since Game of Thrones brought sustained production volume to Dubrovnik and Split. Our team configures DIT carts to the camera formats a production carries, then sets up the logistics of moving sensitive storage hardware between Zagreb prep facilities and shooting bases on the coast. Because Croatia sits inside the EU single market.

Here is the short of it. The Schengen area, drives, servers and spares move freely by road from rental houses in neighbouring Italy, Slovenia. Austria and Hungary when a project needs capacity beyond the in-country stock, with no carnet needed for that EU transport. We plan offload throughput around multi-camera schedules so dailies clear to post each night. We build chain-of-custody records that travels with each camera first from set to the post site.

Here is the breakdown. Non-EU shoots importing their own data hardware clear ATA Carnets through Croatian customs, mostly via Zagreb Airport, with Split and Dubrovnik airports as alternative gateways for coast-based units. Our team handles the carnet forms so storage systems are accounted for on arrival and departure. Climate is a real planning factor for data gear: the Adriatic coast brings hot, dry summers and coastal humidity with salt air, so we stage DIT stations in shaded, ventilated, dust-controlled environments and manage drive temperatures on exterior days.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Gear hire from Croatian vendors counts as qualifying spend under the 'Filming in Croatia' incentive that HAVC, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, administers. A 25 percent cash rebates on eligible Croatian spend, rising to 30 percent in less-developed regions. So sourcing data infrastructure locally supports both trust and a production's rebates position.