Screenings of films 'Our Little Boy' directed by Ivana Guberina and 'Stigma' by Zdeko Jurilj closed the 24th Mediterranean Film Festival in Široki Brijeg. 

The organisers did not hide their satisfaction with the high attendance, which can be attributed to the record number of films by local authors, and certainly also to the excellently composed program of documentaries in competition that came from all over the Mediterranean.

‘This year we have confirmed that films can be made in Herzegovina, and for the next year, when we celebrate the jubilee, we are preparing and promising a great spectacle", the festival producer Robert Bubalo said and thanked to the visitors, sponsors and all those who have supported this festival.

Fifty films were screened in the past five days in various programs, in the Borak cinema theatre in Široki Brijeg. Documentary film ‘Between Revolutions’, directed by Vlad Petri from Romania won the Grand Prix of the 24th Mediterranean Film Festival. Second award MFF Best Short went to the film ‘A Gaze’ directed by Alberto Baldini from Spain, while the audience  selected the film ‘Tawny Sands’, directed by French director Francis Del RIon, as the best film by their choice. 

The jury also awarded two Special mentions to the documentaries ‘Sacred Family’ directed by Borja Alcalde from Spain and ‘Mighty Afrin: In the Time of Floods’ by the Greek director Angelos Rallis, and to films 'Re-membering: Meditation on a Triptych’ directed by Amra Hećo from B&H and ‘Shirampari: Legacies of the River’ directed by Lucia Florez from Spain. 

The award ‘Best Camera’ was awarded for the first time in cooperation with the Association of Cinematographers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The jury decided to give the Best Camera award to the film 'Mighty Afrin: In the Times of Floods’, directed by Angelos Rallis and a Special Mention to the cinematographer Ivan Slipčević for his work on the film ‘Valerija’ directed by Sara Jurinčić from Croatia.

The festival was opened with the feature film 'Stigma' directed by Zdenko Jurilj, and the documentaries 'Sculptor from Grab' by Tomislav Topić and 'Walls' by authors Ivo Čolak and Marko Mikulić generated great interest in the audience.   

Short documentaries, animated films and the documentary feature film 'Silent Drifter', directed by Zdenko Jurilj, were also screened in the 'Home Authors' program.

In addition to the above, the organizers also screened documentaries from the 'In Focus' program, domestic masterpieces of B&H cinematography, as well as children's films in the 'MFF Fora' program.