diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
index 0f8b65d34e..ea49a25b23 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/_extractors.py
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ from .cpac import (
 )
 from .cracked import CrackedIE
 from .craftsy import CraftsyIE
+from .croatianfilm import CroatianFilmIE
 from .crooksandliars import CrooksAndLiarsIE
 from .crowdbunker import (
     CrowdBunkerChannelIE,
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/croatianfilm.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/croatianfilm.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de68829bd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/croatianfilm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from .vimeo import VimeoIE
+from ..utils import (
+    ExtractorError,
+    join_nonempty,
+)
+from ..utils.traversal import traverse_obj
+
+
+class CroatianFilmIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'croatian.film'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https://?(?:www\.)?croatian\.film/[a-z]{2}/[^/?#]+/(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _GEO_COUNTRIES = ['HR']
+
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://www.croatian.film/hr/films/72472',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '1078340774',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': '“ŠKAFETIN”, r. Paško Vukasović',
+            'uploader': 'croatian.film',
+            'uploader_id': 'user94192658',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://vimeo.com/user94192658',
+            'duration': 1357,
+            'thumbnail': 'https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/2008556407-40eb1315ec11be5fcb8dda4d7059675b0881e182b9fc730892e267db72cb57f5-d',
+        },
+        'params': {'skip_download': 'm3u8'},
+        'expected_warnings': ['Failed to parse XML: not well-formed'],
+    }, {
+        # geo-restricted but works with xff
+        'url': 'https://www.croatian.film/en/films/77144',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '1144997795',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': '“ROKO” r. Ivana Marinić Kragić',
+            'uploader': 'croatian.film',
+            'uploader_id': 'user94192658',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://vimeo.com/user94192658',
+            'duration': 1023,
+            'thumbnail': 'https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/2093793231-11c2928698ff8347489e679b4d563a576e7acd0681ce95b383a9a25f6adb5e8f-d',
+        },
+        'params': {'skip_download': 'm3u8'},
+        'expected_warnings': ['Failed to parse XML: not well-formed'],
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www.croatian.film/en/films/75904/watch',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '1134883757',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': '"CARPE DIEM" r. Nina Damjanović',
+            'uploader': 'croatian.film',
+            'uploader_id': 'user94192658',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://vimeo.com/user94192658',
+            'duration': 1123,
+            'thumbnail': 'https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/2080022187-bb691c470c28c4d979258cf235e594bf9a11c14b837a0784326c25c95edd83f9-d',
+        },
+        'params': {'skip_download': 'm3u8'},
+        'expected_warnings': ['Failed to parse XML: not well-formed'],
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        display_id = self._match_id(url)
+        api_data = self._download_json(
+            f'https://api.croatian.film/api/videos/{display_id}',
+            display_id)
+
+        if errors := traverse_obj(api_data, ('errors', lambda _, v: v['code'])):
+            codes = traverse_obj(errors, (..., 'code', {str}))
+            if 'INVALID_COUNTRY' in codes:
+                self.raise_geo_restricted(countries=self._GEO_COUNTRIES)
+            raise ExtractorError(join_nonempty(
+                *(traverse_obj(errors, (..., 'details', {str})) or codes),
+                delim='; '))
+
+        vimeo_id = self._search_regex(
+            r'/videos/(\d+)', api_data['video']['vimeoURL'], 'vimeo ID')
+
+        return self.url_result(
+            VimeoIE._smuggle_referrer(f'https://player.vimeo.com/video/{vimeo_id}', url),
+            VimeoIE, vimeo_id)