The fourteenth edition of Split’s favorite festival, Festival Mediteranskog Filma Split (Mediterranean Film Festival), set to begin on June 17, will open the gates of the iconic Bačvice Open Air Cinema on June 17, for a ten-day period celebrating the achievements of the national cinematographies of Mediterranean countries.

The festival will open with the Croatian premier of the award-winning Turkish production When I’m Done Dying (Bir Nefes Daha), featuring a tense and dynamic action paired with a strong rap soundtrack. The festival will also have a European premier of the tense thriller Do Not Hesitate, just days after its Tribeca premier.

One of the films to keep your eye out on are Night of the Kings (Le nuit des rois), a prison-set fantasty drama, and the Maltese production Luzzu, which earned its leading actor Jesmark Scicluna the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award in Acting at the Sundance Film Festival.

The two French productions Little Mommy (Petite maman) and The World After Us (Le monde apres nois) come straight from this years competition program of Berlinale, with the Palestinian 200 Meters which has won over the hearts of the audience at this years Venice Festival.

The Portuguese drama Submission (Submissao), which has won the best screenplay award at Tallin and the heart-wrenching Turkish production Brother’s Keeper (Okul Tirasi) are this year’s potential crowd favorites. The ten-day festival close on Saturday, June 26, with the Croatian premier of Bulgarian humoresque drama Fear (Strah).

Apart from the features, the festival will again feature the competitive program “Ješke” for the Croatian-produced shorts that will be played before the films from the main category.

International shorts will be screened at a separate location from the main program, at the plateau in front of Dom mladih (Ulica slobode 28, Split). The 16 film selection will be shown from Monday June 21, to Thursday June 24.

Due to the Coronavirus protocol in action, the main venue of the festival will be capped at 300 persons, so it is advisable to purchase your tickets ahead of time. The tickets will be made available for purchase starting from June 10 both online at the official website of the festival and offline at the ticket booth at Bačvice Open Air Cinema entrance that will be operating during the duration of the festival from 19:30 to 22:00 hours.

You can view the entire festival program and buy the tickets online by clicking HERE.

Festival Mediteranskog Filma Split (Mediterranean Film Festival) Schedule

Thursday, June 17, 21:30, Bačvice Open Air Cinema

Split, dir. Renata Poljak (short: ješka)
When I’m Done Dying (Bir Nefes Daha), dir. Nisan Dag, Turkey 2020. (feature)

Friday, June 18, 21:30, Bačvice Open Air Cinema

The Raft, dir. Marko Meštrović, Croatia, 2021 (short: ješka)
Night of the Kings (Le nuit des rois), dir. Philippe Lacote, Cote d’Ivory, France, 2020 (feature)

Saturday, June 19, 21:30, Bačvice Open Air Cinema

Voice Message (Glasovna poruka), dir. Josip Sunko, Croatia, 2021 (short: ješka)
200 Meters, dir. Armeen Nayfeh, Palestine, 2020 (feature)

Sunday, June 20, 21:30, Bačvice Open Air Cinema

In the Woods (U Šumi), dir. Sara Grgurić, Croatia, 2020 (short: ješka)
Little Mommy (Petite maman), dir. Celine Sciamma, France, 2021 (feature)

Monday, June 21, 21:30, Bačvice Open Air Cinema

Piece of Miran (Komad Mirana), dirs. Jankovski, Crvenković, Inkret, Pešun, Hrastović, Mašić, Neralić, Croatia, 2021 (short: ješka)
Luzzu, dir. Alex Camilleri, Malta, 2021 (feature)

Short Film Program @ Dom mladih

Dustin, dir. Naila Guiguet, France, 2020 (short)
Salto, dir. Nuno Baltazar, Portugal, 2020 (short)
The Departure (Le Depart), dir. Said Hamich, France, Morocco, 2020 (short)
Goads, dir. Iris Baglanea, Greece, 2020 (short)

Tuesday, June 22, 21:30, Bačvice Open Air Cinema

Breed, dir. Paula Skelin, Croatia, 2021 (short: ješka)
Submission (Submissao), dir. Leonardo Antonio, Portugal, 2020 (feature)

Short Film Program @ Dom mladih

Sisters (Sestre), dir. Katarina Rešek-Kukla, Slovenia, 2020 (short)
The Tribe (Il branco), dir. Antonio Corsini, Italy, 2020 (short)
I Am Afraid to Forgive, dir. Sameh Alla, Egypt, 2020 (short)
Paradise (Paraiso), Mateo Cabeza, Spain, 2020 (short)

Wednesday, June 23, 21:30, Bačvice Open Air Cinema

More Than 35 (Više od 35), dir. Timy Šarec, Croatia, 2021 (short: ješka)
The World After Us (Le monde apres nois), dir. Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas, France, 2021 (feature)

Short Film Program @ Dom mladih

The Criminals (Les Criminels), dir. Serhat Karaaslan, France-Turkey, 2021 (short)
The Peace of Our Lady (Mir naše Gospe), dir. Vladimir Perović, Montenegro, 2020 (short)
My Eyes (I miei occhi), dir. Tommaso Acquarone, Italy, 2021 (short)
Lamb of God (O Cordeiro de Deus), dir. David Pinheiro Vicente, Portugal, 2020 (short)
Nenad, dir. Mladen Bundalo, Belgium-Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2020 (short)

Thursday, June 24, 21:30, Bačvice Open Air Cinema

Angina Pectoris, dir. Filip Mojzeš, Croatia, 2020 (short: ješka)
Brother’s Keeper (Okul Tirasi), dir. Ferit Karahan, Turkey-Romania, 2021 (feature)

Short Film Program @ Dom mladih

What We Don’t Know About Mariam (Ma la na’refo an Mariam), dir. Morad Mostafa, Egypt, 2021 (short)
Gas Station, dir. Olga Torrico, Italy, 2020 (short)
Correspondence (Correspondencia), dir. Carla Simon, DOminga Sotomayor, Spain, 2020 (short)

Friday, June 25, 21:30, Bačvice Open Air Cinema

All Those Sensations in My Belly (Sve te senzacije u mom trbuhu), dir. Marko Dješka, Croatia, 2021 (short: ješka)
Do Not Hesitate, dir. Shariff Korver, Greece-Netherlands, 2021 (feature)

Ješka program @ Dom mladih