Gaffer & Lighting Services Croatia

Here is how this works in practice. We supply gaffers and grips who handle the lighting and rigging side of Croatian shoots. Our team places gaffers who lead the electrical department, execute the cinematographer's lighting plan, and manage power and lighting kit, alongside grips who build and operate the camera-support systems such as dollies, cranes, track and rigging. They work across Croatia's demanding settings, lighting and rigging in the narrow streets of Dubrovnik's Old City, on island exteriors, in the courtyards of Diocletian's Palace, and on studio sets at Jadran Film.

Here is the short of it. A gaffer or grip we place works fluently in English, knows the safety needs of electrical and rigging work, and brings the tech command and problem-solving to realise ambitious lighting and camera moves under the practical constraints of location filming.

Here is the breakdown. Croatia's grip and lighting crews have been built through years of global service shoots. The major projects drawn by the HAVC-administered 'Filming in Croatia' incentive. This includes 'Game of Thrones', 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' and 'Robin Hood', have given electrical and grip departments experience with large-scale lighting and rigging in tech demanding locations. Jadran Film in Zagreb, founded in 1946, gives studio infrastructure and an accumulated base of grip and lighting kit and crew.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Gaffers and grips we place work within Croatian and EU electrical and workplace safety rules, are familiar with today's lighting technology, and gain from EU free movement and straightforward intra-EU gear movement when a production brings in pro lighting or grip kit from neighbouring Italy, Slovenia and Austria.