RESTART

National Network
Croatia
Address

RESTART
KATANCICEVA 3
10000 ZAGREB
CROATIA

Zagreb
Croatia

Telephone
+ 385 1 3098 247
E-Mail
vanja@restarted.hr
E-Mail (2)
oliver@restarted.hr
Mobile Phone
+ 385 91 8930 675
Mobile Phone (other)
+ 385 91 5315205
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2007
Fields of Activity
  1. Media
General Information
Restart is an non governmental organization established by group of documentary filmmakers and video activist from Croatia. At the moment there are 9 people on daily basis involved in the work of Restart, but for our projects we cooperate with many others. Sources of funding are mainly different local and international funds that promote civil society media projects and our annual budget until now was 35.000 €. At the moment we are increasing number of our projects and widen our focus. Our most important projects are: video activism courses, documentary film courses, Restart laboratory, Interactive web portal for uploading videos, production of socially engaged documentaries and opening of small cinema only for documentary films in Zagreb, Croatia.
Mission and Objectives

RESTART is an organization, whose aim is to create alternative media channels through education, production, distribution and technical help.
Our main focus is to educate about how to use video in order to promote activism, human rights and independent culture. In collaboration with festivals, local organizations, associations as well as institutions we help in creating and networking various activist productions in order to create an effective alternative to mainstream media.

Main Projects / Activities

Restart Media Center is a continuous program of media and educational programs that sprang out of associations Fade In and Attack from Zagreb and represents a central point for education and production of socially engaged video. The educational program started in July 2003. Until July 2008 through 7 different programs we held 90 workshops, screenings and presentations encompassing roughly 300 days in 40 cities with 2500 participants from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia.
The program consists of 3 phase:
1. PHASE:
a.) Introduction to video activism – screening with discussions
b.) Basic video workshop (3 to 7 days)
II. PHASE:
a.) Advanced workshop of documentary film, engaged journalism and organizational skills
b.) Intership with local TV
III. PHASE
a.) Establishing centers of video activism in Croatia
b.) Networking

Contact (1) Full Name
Oliver Sertic
Contact (2) Full Name
Vanja Jambrovic