The 24th Mediterranean Film Festival, in cooperation with HT Eronet, is offering some of the best documentaries from previous festivals in its video library to all the film lovers. 

Through the HOME.TV platform, the Mediterranean Film Festival is presenting the last year's Grand Prix winner ‘How to Save a Dead Friend’, directed by Marusya Syroechkovskaya. 

As the jury stated, this is an impeccably made documentary in which the director and her team have very precisely and effectively used all the available means of film and editing to tell a very personal and tragic story, which, despite what is happening in modern Russia, accurately depicts a global reflection on the desire to live in reality, even if that reality leads us to death.

Documentary film lovers can also watch the best short film from the last year's festival –‘You Can’t Automate Me’, directed by Katarina Jazbec from Slovenia. As they said in their statement the director of the film created a full world through the film with the use of diverse elements of sound and image.

This is a film in which the director Jazbec created a whole world with the use of diverse elements of sound and image.

“Her female perspective on a complex and unique group of men is evident in every frame of the film. With gentleness and respect, she brings exciting male figures to the screen and produces a film with a unique and coherent voice”, the jury said in their statement.

The next film available in the Video library is ‘Babajanja’. It is a short essay documentary with horror elements, directed by Ante Zlatko Stolica from Croatia, which was the best film according to audience at the 23rd MFF. Going back to the past, the narrator is trying to find the mysterious woman he was scared of as a boy. Rummaging across his memories, dreams and forgotten horror films, he is trying to find out who she is and where she is today. 

A Special Mention from the selection that was screened last year also went to the film 'Carols', directed by Jenny Tsiropoulou from Greece, which was the reason to offer this documentary too for watching.

According to the jury’s explanation, by using a unique point of view and curiosity, the author combines physical and spiritual elements in a moving way and manages to draw a complex portrait of a character that evokes compassion and respect at the same time.

The film 'Sisters' directed by Zdenko Jurilj and the futuristic documentary '2068' directed by Robert Bubalo, from the program of home authors, will be available in the video library.

‘Sisters’ are the story from the past about an unusually strong winter that struck Herzegovina in 1985, a story about sisters Šima and Draženka whose lives were changed with this event. On the other hand, ‘2068’ deals with somewhat frightening questions from the future and the views of ten Croatian scientists who predict what life will be like in 50 years.

The Festival video library is going to be available for all the users from Wednesday, 4 October until Sunday, 15 October 2023.