▁still ▁continues ▁to ▁produce ▁films , ▁although ▁J ad ran ▁Film ' s ▁once ▁vol umin ous ▁output ▁has ▁since ▁dw ind led ▁to ▁only ▁a ▁hand ful ▁of ▁films ▁produced ▁every ▁year , ▁mainly ▁Cro at ian ▁and ▁regional ▁co - produ ctions . ▁ ▁History ▁J ad ran ▁Film ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁and ▁produced ▁their ▁first ▁film ▁the ▁following ▁year , ▁Nik ola ▁Pop ović ' s ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁Y ug oslav ▁feature ▁This ▁People ▁Must ▁Live ▁( ). ▁The ▁film ▁set ▁owned ▁by ▁J ad ran ▁Film ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁Dub ra va ▁neighborhood ▁of ▁Zag reb ▁was ▁soon ▁separated ▁into ▁an ▁independent ▁company ▁named ▁Dub ra va ▁Film ▁( which ▁was ▁later ▁re - in cor por ated ▁into ▁J ad ran ▁Film ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 2 ). ▁J ad ran ▁Film ' s ▁most ▁successful ▁period ▁came ▁during ▁the ▁director ship ▁of ▁S ule j man ▁K api ć , ▁whose ▁long - time ▁assistant ▁was ▁producer ▁Bran ko ▁L ust ig . ▁ ▁Between ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁J ad ran ▁Film ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁biggest ▁and ▁well - known ▁film ▁stud ios ▁in ▁Central ▁Europe , ▁and ▁some ▁ 1 2 4 ▁Y ug oslav ▁feature ▁films ▁and ▁ 1 4 5 ▁international ▁co - produ ctions ▁were ▁fil med ▁at ▁the ▁studio ▁during ▁those ▁three ▁dec ades . ▁The ▁first ▁international ▁produ ctions ▁fil