Grip Services

Here is how this works in practice. We give grip kit and crews for shoots across Croatia, supporting camera movement and rigging on features, commercials and documentary. Our packages cover dollies and track, jib arms and cranes, sliders, overhead rigging hardware, and the stands, flags and frames that shape light alongside the gaffer's team.

Here is the short of it. A key grip on a Croatian shoot plans for terrain that ranges from the smooth marble of Diocletian's Palace to the stepped limestone streets of Dubrovnik and the uneven ground of island and mountain locations, specifying the right dolly track, dance floor and rigging options for each. We set up gear through Zagreb-based rental operations and move grip packages reliably between mainland and Adriatic island sites, making sure the camera department has the support it needs on the day.

Here is the breakdown. Croatia's grip crews are skilled, English-speaking technicians who have worked on major global service shoots. This includes 'Game of Thrones' across Dubrovnik and Split. HAVC, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, administers the 'Filming in Croatia' 25% cash rebates. Rising to 30% in less-developed regions — which helps shoots resource a full grip department. Jadran Film in Zagreb, the historic studio founded in 1946, gives stage facilities where tricky rigging and crane work can be built under cover.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Rigging and gear access in the covered historic cores of Dubrovnik and Split is set up through HAVC and the regional film commissions. Our key grips plan loading, staging and crane placement around those permit windows. We handle the transport logistics so heavy grip gear arrives on schedule at coastal and island locations.