With Croatian premiere of Bulgarian- Greek film 'Glory' sold out, in the summer movie theatre 'Bacvice' started 10th anniversary of Mediterranean Film Festival Split, the most visited cultural manifestation in Dalmatia. Short film 'Milk and Honey' by Marko Jukić was screened on the first night of the Festival and it is competing for the prize of 10.000 kn within the category 'Jeske'.
'Although it may sound weird, honestly, for the tenth time I am thrilled all over again because of our fantastic audience. I repeat it often, but I believe that we broke the record again when it comes to number of visitors , the atmosphere during both film was excellent and although we did not have a ceremonial opening, it was an amazing evening and I am proud that we started this new edition that way. I am happy indeed hearing that most of the visitors afterwards discussed the short film instead of the long feature one, which once again confirmed our decision to focus on short film and 'Jeske' – told the director Alen Munitić.
Tonight at 21:30 at Bacvice Belgian- French co-production 'Insyriated' will be screened,that won the Audience Award for the Best Feature Film of program Panorama at Berlinale. Before that, the audience will have the opportunity to see a short film 'The Beast' by Miroslava Sikavica, that got him noticed in Cannes.
Program at the movie theatre 'Zlatna Vrata' starts at 19h with a short film 'The Sea' by Igor Šeregi, with whom the audience has already been familiar with. Afterwards 'Project: Together' will be screened by French director Solveig Anspach that did not have the opportunity to receive her both Cesar and Cannes Best Screenplay Award due to her lost battle with cancer.
For those staying in the centre of Split, we recommend screenings of short films from Spain, Italy and Lebanon at the terrace of movie theatre 'Tesla'; free entrance.
During 10 days of festival, until 17th June, 85 films are going to be screened, coming from 26 countries, from which 12 of them are competing as part of Feature Film Program for 'Udica' (eng. Hook) the festival Grand Prix. These are all works that marked the last year in Mediterranean area, and still has not been or won't be part of ordinary cinema distribution.
After parties will take place among the pines of summer movie theatre 'Bacvice' every day until next Saturday. Casual parties are great start for the upcoming summer nights and chatting between film makers and their audience. All information about the program, as well as possibility of buying an online ticket, can be found at fmfs.hr.
