The Anti-fascist Resistance Day at the 16th Mediterranean Film Festival Split will be marked by the world premiere of the film "El Shatt – A Blueprint for Utopia".
This documentary directed by Ivan Ramljak gives us stunning footage and the story of 28 thousand Dalmatians who Tito, with the help of the Allies, evacuated to Egypt, and in tents in the middle of the desert simulated a kind of communist settlement model that was supposed to show the West what the new Yugoslavia would look like when World War II was done.
- After almost five years of work, which included, among other things, two years of research, interviewing a large number of 90-year-olds in the midst of the worst pandemic, and traveling to two additional continents, I am extremely glad that the time has come for the premiere of the film. FMFS is the most appropriate place for that, given its theme, in the heart of Dalmatia, and on the Anti-fascist Resistance Day - said director Ivan Ramljak announcing today's screening.
The premiere screening is already sold out, and tickets for the "zidić", i.e. sitting on pallets or deckchairs, will be sold at the Bačvice Open-Air Cinema box office from 9:30 p.m.
Before this premiere, the people of Split will be the first in Croatia to see the short film "Ingresso Animali Vivi" directed by Igor Grubić. The film had begun its trip around the festivals from Rotterdam.
This year's FMFS offers a handful of programme for children of all ages, as well as an outing for the whole family. Those who can follow the subtitles can watch a great comedy tonight in the cinema at Gripe Fortress - "Dancing Queen". Dealing with an extremely important topic of today, the audience of all generations will be entertained and dance to this film.
In the Parangal programme at 7 p.m. to the Zlatna vrata Cinematheque "Sparta" comes from Austria. It’s a new feature film of the diptych that began with the film "Rimini" by the controversial director Ulrich Seidl, now accompanying Ritchie Bravo’s brother. Inspired by a true story, it premiered at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
The free FMFS cinema on the plateau in front of the Youth Center hosts the Cinehill Motovun Film Festival from 9:30 p.m., bringing short films from Portugal, Serbia, Austria and Israel.
