"They came due to suitable locations but also because of our system of incentives for creative industries. We increased subsidies to 25%. When a foreign producer comes to Croatia, they take our service production and gets back 25% of all local spending," Partl said.
He added that foreign producers were interested in filming in Croatia, which significantly contributed to the development of local communities and tourism and had interesting consequences in some rival countries.
"Specifically, a sequel to Mamma Mia was filmed on Vis Island and Greece's culture minister resigned over that... but it is also important to underline that at locations where Robin Hood, Star Wars and Mamma Mia were filmed, we have an increased number of tourists," he said.
Partl added that he expected even more interest from foreign producers not only because of attractive locations but also because of the development of Croatia's film industry.
"There is so much filming going on in Croatia that there are not enough workers on set to cover it," Partl said and underlined the advantage of subsidies in other sectors of the creative industry, including video/computer games which have been incorporated in the Law on Audiovisual Activities for the first time.