The first film was shot in Zagreb in 1912. Many interesting animated movies were created by the Zagreb School of Animated Film.

Dusan Vukotic with his 1962 OSCAR for animated film Surogat, created in Zagreb

From Vukotic’s 1962 OSCAR winning Surrogate,
a film which opened new directions in the history of world animation.
Surogat by Dusan Vukotic, 1961
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• “Surogat” (Substitute, The Ersatz) by Dusan Vukotic (1927-1998) was the first animated film created outside the USA which won the prestigious OSCAR award (1962).
• Since 1972 Zagreb has been biennially a host to the World Festival of Animated Film.
• Zdenko Gasparovic from the town of Samobor near Zagreb is the author of a fascinating cartoon movie “Satiemania”, which won Grand Prix on the World Festival held in Zagreb in 1978. It represents a beautiful, poetic study of human steps accompanied by the music of Eric Satie. Ingo Petzke: Forty years of Animation made by Zagreb Film
• Very popular Croatian cartoon character in numerous European countries is Professor Balthasar, particularly in Scandinavia. In Denmark, for example, some computer companies are named after Professor Baltazar. See The History of Croatian animation by Borivoj Dovnikovic. Professor Balthasar has been created by Zlatko Grgic, a Zagreb Film author. See also here. Listen to the Professor Balthazar Theme Song.
• The Little Flying Bears (Les Oursons Volants) were also created by the Zagreb School of Animation (Zagreb Film), in co production with Ciné-Groupe (Canada), also very successful throughout the world.

It is little known that Walt Disney bought land for his future Disneyland in California from a Croatian proprietor. I owe this information to the King of Dolls, whose relative was married to this Croat.