The Blender: Film & Games conference, which brought together over 80 speakers and around a hundred participants in several halls of the Algebra complex in Zagreb, successfully concluded this Friday.
The program started at 9 AM and ended with a late-night gathering at the Old School bar. In addition to various panels on interesting topics, three workshops were held, as well as the AV Career Day – a special program aimed at anyone wanting to learn more about finding jobs in the film and video game industries. With rich content and the presence of many well-known faces from these industries, the Croatian film and gaming scene perfectly connected, creating a new platform for discussion on current topics.
The interesting panels that attracted attention were Crossmedia and Transmedia: from film to video games and from video games to film, with speakers Aleksandar Gavrilović (Gamechuck / CGDA), Hrvoje Mitić (Games Scout), Ivan Murat (Nanobit), Peđa Čačić (Protopixel), and Dr. Ilija Barišić. Additionally, the panel Global Successes of Croatian Video Games gathered Boris Barbira (Pine Studio), Davor Hunski (Croteam), Tomislav Uzelac (2X2 Games), Murat (Nanobit), and Marijo Mihoković (LGM & Overseer Games).
In addition to the mentioned panels, the following games were also presented: The Dunkers (Pet Rusa), Dark Queen (Downtown Game studio), Bura: The Way the Wind Blows (Tiny Meow studio), and Professor Baltazar (Gamechuck).
The Blender conference was organized by the Zagreb Film Office and Games Croatia (HAVC), with the aim of developing the Croatian video game industry at all levels. The conference was held with the support of partners such as Algebra University, the City Office for Culture, the Zagreb Tourist Board, and numerous film and gaming associations, including HDFK, HDFD, CGDA, and the Croatian Esports Federation.
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