Beta Film has teamed up with ZDF/Arte and Antitalent to co-produce the Croatian crime drama “Red Water,” winner of the 2025 Council of Europe Series Co-Production Development Award at the Sarajevo Film Festival’s CineLink Industry Days.
\n\n“Red Water,” a six-hour series, is based on Jurica Pavičić’s bestselling novel of the same name, which ranked among the top 10 books of 2025 lists of the Financial Times and Sunday Times.
\n\nIt is the next Croatian drama series to emerge from the successful partnership between Beta and ZDF/Arte in the Central and Eastern Europe region, following “The Silence” (Šutnja) and the multi-awarded Serbian series “Operation Sabre.”
\n\n“Red Water” follows a 17-year-old girl’s mysterious disappearance from a small Croatian coastal town. With the police inquiry yielding no results and the looming Yugoslav Wars diverting attention, the girl’s family is left with no choice but to embark on their own investigation.
\n\nAlmost 30 years of pursuit not only erodes the bonds within the local community but mirror the fate of a whole nation, leaving everyone to reflect on their own personal responsibility.
\n\nThe series is directed by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, whose feature film “Murina” was honored at the Cannes Film Festival with the Caméra…
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