Na natječaj za ulazak u natjecateljski program 9. Mediteran Film Festivala prijavljena su 144 filma iz 14 mediteranskih zemalja. Najviše filmova pristiglo je iz Španjolske, Izraela, Francuske, Italije i Hrvatske. Iz zemlje domaćina festivala, Bosne i Hercegovine, prijavljeno je manje filmova nego proteklih godina.

Nakon pregleda svih filmova ovogodišnji selektor natjecateljskog programa, hrvatski dokumentarist Damir Čučić, odabrat će najbolje filmove koji će ući u natjecateljski program 9. MFF-a, te se boriti za Kristalni projektor. Prijavljeni su sljedeći filmovi (redoslijed je po zemljama iz kojih je pristiglo najviše filmova):

ŠPANJOLSKA 
UDER THE SNOW / 99' / Candela Figueira & Maitena Muruzabal
WARM HUMAN BLOOD / 114' / Ivan Garcia
THE TAILOR / 30' / Oscar Perez
LA HABITACION DE ELIAS / 80' / Emma Tusell
THE CARAVAN OF THE MANUSCRIPS FROM AL-ANDALUS /50'/ Lidia Peralta Garcia
MAYBE BUENOS AIRES? / 47' / Xavi Satorra Larriba
JUMATE / 35' / Diogo Costa Amarante
BELLA TERA /  Hector Muniente & Moncho Fernandez
THE SEX OF THE DINOSAURUS / 93' / Oscar Vega
FLOWERS OF RWANDA / 24' / David Munoz
WHAT YOU SAY I AM / 28' / Virginia Garcia
OP. 1207-X / 24' / Luciana Juliao
SOUNDING CITIES / 50' / Xabier Iriondo
ABANDONATII / 24' / Joan Soler
SUNDAY AT FIVE / 57' / Joan Lopez
ON RELATIONS / 25' / Jorge Acebo
A WOMANS NAME / 28' / Yolanda Mazkiaran
GALAPAGOS IN CANCHALAGUERAS / 73' / Rosa Perez Almeida
TOKYO JONDO, FLAMENCO IN JAPAN / 64' /  Mikel Bonet
VALKIRIAS / 19' / Eduardo Soler
HEROES NO T HACEN FALTA ALAS PARA VOLAR / 25' / Anoel Loza
THE LAST LANDSCAPE PAINTER / 25' / Gonzalo Ballester
HARRAGA / Eva Patricia Fernandez i Mario de la Torre
LA CLASE / Beatriz M. Sanchis
EL HOMBRE FELIZ / Lucina Gil

IZRAEL
THE PATHS OF OUR FATHERS / 60' / Asaf Shahar
SIDEWALK / 57' / Duki Dror
IF MAN COULD FLY / 62' / Yael Kipper Zeretzky
GOLE SANGAM / 50' / Sarit Haymian
THE GIRLS FROM BRAZIL / 87' /  Nili Tal
EIGHT TWENTY EIGHT / 60' / Lavi Ben Gal
GEORGIA MY LOVE / 53' /  Noga Gamlieli
THE BUILD A WALL / 35' / Neta Efroni
BEKETZEV HALEV / 54' / Sandy Raischer
THE AUNT FROM SAKHNIN / 37' / Doron Dahan
TO SEE IF I'M SMILING / 59' / Tamar Yarom
JERUSALEM  IS PROUD TO PRESENT / 82' / Nitzan Gilday
TO DIE IN JERUSALEM / 76' / Hilla Medalia
AT RATZIT LAASOT SERET / 25' / Gali Weintraub
GOOD MORNING ISRAEL / 60' / Amir Har-Gil
OVER MY DAD'S BODY / 70' / Taliya Finkel
GOOD FORGOT ME / 12' / Ifat Makbi
YOU NEWER KNOW / 63' / Shlomo Carlebach
MY FIRST WAR / 82' / Yariv Mozer
BLUE / 73' / Maya Ne'emani
BIRTH DIALOGUE / 52' / Miri Urman & Amit Miller
DESERT BRIDES / 90' / Ada Ushpiz
THE BOYS FROM LEBANON / 51' / Ohad Ofaz

FRANCUSKA
OU SONT NOS AMOUREUSES? / 52' /  Robin Hunzinger
OU METTRE LA LUNE / 17' / Alexandra Garcia Vila Zingaretti
LA VIE DE CHATEAU / 55' / Frederique Devillez
NUBA OF GOLD AND LIGHT / 78' / Izza Genini
GENERATION 68 / 52' / Simon Brook
UN DIMANCHE A PRIPIAT / Blandine Huk & Frederic Cousseau
DIEU EST AMERICAN / 52' / Richard Martin Jordan
RIEN N'A ETE FAIT / 39' /  Ludovic Burel & Noelle Pujol
ISTANBUL / 100' / Martine Rousset
LA SETTIMANA SANTA SICILIENNE / 90' / Jean-Luc Cheve
MAFROUZA – OH NIGHT! / 141'/ Emmanuelle Demoris
UNDER CONSTRUCTION / 10' / Zhenchen Liu
PROFANATIONS / 26' / Lucia Sanchez
A REPUBLIC IN EXILE / 52' /  Cheikh Djemai
STELLA / 77' / Vanina Vignal
GAZA SOUVENIRS / 45' / Samuel Albaric
SCENES FROM A WILD BOAR HUNT / 46' / Claudio Pazienza (koprodukcija: Belgija)
ON THE WAY / 75' / M.Freddy Mouchard
FLOW / 93' / Irena Salina

ITALIJA
LIVING IN A PERFECT WORLD / 70' / Diego D'Innocenzo & Marco Leopardi
MIRASLAVA / 8' / Roberto Santaguida ( Koprodukcija: Kanada)
ONGOING JOURNEY THROUGH CARLO LIZZANIS CINEMA / 84' / Francesca Del Sette
SOLO QUI E SULLA LUNA / 24' / Tarin Gartner ( Koprodukcija: Izrael)
CHE GUEVARA, The Body and the Legend / 52' / Raffaele Brunetti i Stefano Missio
VOTE FOR PROVENZANO / 64' / Salvatore Fronio
RITRARSI / 84' / Tommaso Cotronei
HOW I AM / 49' /  Ingrid Demetz & Caroline Leitner
VAN AMORE / 26' / Werther Germondari & Maria Laura Spagnoli
ELEGIA DEL VOLO / 71' / Fabio Tanzerella
JEAN PAUL / 9' / Francesco Uboldi
IDENTITY- THE TRUE STORY OF JUAN PIRAS PERON / 83' / Ms. Chiara Bellini
PANČEVO, MRTAV GRAD / 25' / Antonio Martino
GRANDMA'S SALON / 32' / Ursula Ambach
LICU'S HOLYDAYS / 93' / Vittorio Moroni
Dr. MICK E LA FORESTA / 42' /  Bruno Chiaravalloti & Andrea Balossi Restelli

HRVATSKA
STARAC I MORE.......I RIBE / 19' /  Slaven Žimbrek
MATURANTI I PLESAČI / 17' / Vedran Šamanović
SLUČAJNI SIN / 54' / Robert Zuber i Tomislav Mršić
EVO ZORE LJUBIČICE BIJELA / 36' / Mladen Ćapin
CINKUŠI / 30' / Ljiljana Šišmanović
DOMA / 59' / Gjorče Stavreski ( koprodukcija: Makedonija )
TI MENI, JA TEBI! / 30' / Irena Škorić
DVIJE SESTRE / 51' / Tomislav Žaja
TREĆI POHOD / 53' /  Višnja Starešina & Slaven Žimbrek
SAM / 51' / Miroslav Mikuljan
ČOVJEK KOJI JE VOLIO KRNTIJE / 14' / Krešimir Hanžić
MAMA / 7' / Ivana Škrabalo
EDO MAJKA – SEVDAH O RODAMA / 52' / Silivio Mirošničenko
PANJ PUN OLOVA / 28' / Branko Schmidt
DOBRO DOŠLI U IGRANE / 25' / Kristina Kumrić

GRČKA
THE THIRD TAKIS / 109' / Katerina Patroni
THE LOVERS FROM AXOS / 80' / Nicos Ligouris
CHILDREN OF A RAPE / 64' / Yorgos Avgeropoulus
LIGHT ON MY SHOULDER – MICHALIS GANAS / 68' / Stelios Charalampopoulos
BIRDS IN THE SWAMP / 104' / Alida Dimitriou
CAPOEIRA PLAYING IN GREECE / 27' / Marianna Astraka
A HOLE IN THE WATER / 58' /  Manos Papadakis
ATTIMO FUGGENTE /  9' / Gabriel Tzafka
MY DOLL.... / 7' / Nikos Kourouklis

TURSKA
INSPIRATIONS / 52' / Nurdan Arca
DIALOGUES IN THE DARK / 65' / Malek Taylan
ONE VIEW TWO WINDOWS / 30' / Gursel Sutemen
SON KUMSAL / 56' / Ruya Arzu Koksal
STUDIO OSEP / 18' / Bilgen Ince
IBRET OLSUN DIYE / 48' / Necati Sonmez
GOLUN KADINLARI – WOMEN OF THE LAKE / 24' / Emine Emel Balci
ALETHEA / 41' / Petra Holzer & Ethem Ozguven

SLOVENIJA
LIBERO / 15' / Milena Olip
SRPSKI EKSERI / 50' / Dimitar Anakiev
SUDBINE / 48' /  Milan Ljubić
DIŠALO JE JAZZU / 54' / Katarina Šedlbauer

MAROKO
THE IRON BONE / 113' / Hicham Lasri
CASANAYDA! / 52' / Farida Benlyazid i Abderrahim Mettour
PORTRAIT OF KHMISSA / 52' / Michelle Medina

ALŽIR
CAPTURED CITIES / 70' / Manon de Boer & Nedjma Hadj
FRANTZ FANON: THE MEMORIES FROM THE ASYLUM / 53' /
Abdenour Zahzah & Bachir Ridouh

EGIPAT
EGYPT: WE ARE WATCHING YOU / 52' / Jehane Noujaim & Sherief Elkatsha
AFTER THE WAR / 82' / Samir Abdallah

CRNA GORA
NA NIČIJOJ ZEMLJI / 27' / redatelj: Miro Karadžić (koprodukcija: Srbija )
ŽEĐ KAMENOG MORA / 79' / Vladimir Perović

BIH
SREBRENIČKI KENOTAF / 31' / Haris Prolić
MOST / 12' / Haris Bilajbegović (koprodukcija: Austrija )

LIBANON
FRONTIER ZONE / 45' / Christophe Karabache

Prijavljeno je i dosta dokumentarnih filmova iz zemalja koje ne pripadaju prostoru Mediterana, te su oni odmah u startu isključeni iz selekcije za natjecateljski program. No, nakon što organizatori festivala pregledaju i te filmove, moguće je da u dogovoru s producentima i autorima filmova neke od njih uvrstimo u off program.

Evo i tih filmova:

SAD
THE WAY NORTH / 60' / Shara K. Lange ( koprodukcija: Francuska)
MIND THE CHICKEN / 31' /  Jan de L'eau ( koprodukcija: Francuska)
GOT THE FACTS ON MILK / 88' / Shira Lane
THE RIVER ON RANDOLPH STREET / 17' / Zahik Rizvi
SLINGSHOT HIP HOP / 80' / Jackie Reem Salloum

UK
WITH GILBERT & GEORGE / 104' / redatelj: Julian Cole
DOUBLE EXPOUSURE / 50' / Ruanne Abou-Rahme (koprodukcija: Palestina)

SAN SEBASTIAN
PARALLEL LINES / 8' / Asier Elizasu Maritxalar

ISLAND
KETILL / 30' / Tomas Lemarquis & Joseph Marzolla

KANADA
LONG ROAD NORTH / 93' / Ian Hinkle

NJEMAČKA
CLOSE-UP KURDISTAN / 104' / Yuksel Yavuz

RUSIJA
WERONIKA WILL NOT COME / 112' / Elina Suni

ARMENIJA
EXODUS - Nika Shek & Karine Verdyan