THE CRYSTAL PLANET

CROATIAN FILM

CROATIAN PREMIERE

DIRECTOR: Arsen Anton Ostojić

COUNTRY: HR, CZ, SK

YEAR/DURATION: 2026. • 97′

animated, family

Info

SCREENPLAY: Aleksandar Žiljak, Arsen Anton Ostojić, Brett Shumway, based on a story by Dušana Vukotića
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Tomáš Sysel
EDITOR: Lucie Haladová
SOUND: Jan Čeněk, Richard Müller
SCORE: Dalibor Grubačević, Mate Matišić
ANIMATION: Radek Růžička, Vanda Pališová
VOICES: Goran Navojec, Katja Matković, Ivan Glowatzky, Judita Franković Brdar, Mark Spiridonović, Jelena Miholjević, Pero Juričić, Lela Margitić, Kristina Habuš
PRODUCERS: Arsen Anton Ostojić, Petr Horák
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Filmosaurus Rex (HR), Alkay Animation Prague (CZ)
CO-PRODUCED BY: BFILM (SK), Česká televize
DISTRIBUTION: Blitz Film & Video Distribucija

Festivals and awards

Zlín Film Festival, Czech Republic 2026 – World Premiere

Synopsis

Eleven-year-old Rea moves to the Crystal Planet, where her father has taken a job at a factory that manufactures robotic animals. But the factory’s greedy owner, Governor Mordokan, has been dumping toxic waste into the underground ecosystem for years, threatening the rich plant and animal life hidden beneath the planet’s surface. When a mutant creature attacks a rare species living in the caves, a young hatchling accidentally finds its way above ground. Together with her new friend Edi, Rea sets out on an exciting adventure to protect the creature from Mordokan, who plans to turn it into a robotic attraction and profit from it.

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About the director

Arsen Anton Ostojić (Split, 1965) graduated in film and television directing from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb (1991) and earned his MFA in film production from New York University (1994). He has directed around ten short narrative films in Croatia and the United States, including Decorations, The Bird Lover and Life Drawing. He has directed four acclaimed feature films: A Wonderful Night in Split (2004), No One’s Son (2008), Halima’s Path (2012), and F20 (2018), which have collectively received more than 90 awards and distinctions at approximately 145 film festivals and showcases worldwide. The first three films were selected as Croatia’s official submissions for the Academy Awards. The Crystal Planet is his fifth feature-length project. He also co-produced the successful Czech-Slovak-Croatian 3D animated feature The Oddsockeaters (2016), as well as the Turkish-Croatian-Serbian-Macedonian feature Lavina (currently in post-production, scheduled for 2026). A member of the European Film Academy since 2005, he also served as President of the Croatian Film Directors’ Guild from 2008 to 2009. He is a Full Professor of Film Production at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb and continues to actively develop new film projects.