Production Assistants

Here is how this works in practice. We supply production assistants who give the practical support that keeps a Croatian production running. Our team places PAs who work in the production office and on set, handling forms, distributing call sheets, running errands, setting up transport, supporting departments, and managing the constant small tasks that hold a shoot together. They help the production coordinator and assistant director, help manage cast and crew movement, and give trusted on-the-ground support across locations from Zagreb to Dubrovnik and the islands.

Here is the short of it. A production assistant we place works in English and Croatian, knows the local area and suppliers, and brings the energy, org and discretion that make them genuinely useful to a busy production. They are often the entry point into the Croatian crew base. Many progress into coordinator and AD roles.

Here is the breakdown. Croatia's production-assistant pool is continually replenished by the country's active screen industry and steady flow of global service work. The Academy of Dramatic Art (Zagreb) and film programmes feed new entrants into the industry. The shoots drawn by the HAVC-administered 'Filming in Croatia' incentive, from 'Game of Thrones' onward, give PAs experience on large, professionally run units.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Production assistants we place work within Croatian labour rules, know the basics of GDPR and AZOP data handling for the forms they manage, and operate comfortably across a country whose EU and Schengen membership and 2023 adoption of the euro make logistics straightforward. EU free movement also means shoots can draw extra support crew from neighbouring Italy. Slovenia and Austria when a shoot needs extra hands at short notice.