Široki Brijeg will once again become a meeting place for documentary films, authors, and audiences from September 23 to 26. The Mediterranean Film Festival in the official competition will feature 19 documentary films — nine feature-length and ten short films. In addition to the films in competition, the festival audience can look forward to a number of other film titles throughout the festival, with more information to be announced soon.

From personal stories to major historical and social themes, this year’s program features films that do not offer easy answers. Instead, they raise questions about who we are, where we belong, what we remember, and how we live in a constantly changing world.

The competition program features stories about people trying to find their own way, places disappearing, memories that stay with us, borders that divide, and bonds that that bring them back together.  We will also see films that revisit major historical figures and events, but portray them from a new, personal perspective.

Official competition program – Feature documentary film:

Even if we are Islands
Cristina Rodríguez Paz — Spain

One Man Avalanche
Slobodanka Radun — Montenegro, North Macedonia

There Is Another Way
Stephen Apkon — USA, Switzerland, Israel, Palestine

The Feast of the Wolf
Jadran Boban — Croatia, Serbia

Do You Love Me  
Lana Daher — France, Lebanon, Germany, Qatar

To Hold a Mountain
Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić — Serbia, France, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia

A Fox Under a Pink Moon
Mehrdad Oskouei, Soraya Akhlaghi — Iran, France, UK, USA, Denmark

Che Guevara: The Last Companions
Christophe Dimitri Réveille — France

The Balkan Cowboy
Dragana Jurišić — Ireland, Croatia  

Official competition programme – Short documentary film:

Polyphem
Ilaria Di Carlo — Germany, Italy

Baisanos
Andrés Khamis Giacoman, Francisca Khamis Giacoman — Chile, Spain, Palestine

Left Behind
Yannis Karpouzis — Greece

Delta
Jesús Almendro — Spain

Sunday
Giulio Tonincelli — Italy

Asparagus Bear
Ivan Grgur — Croatia

The Blue Days
Javier Lerín — Spain

Signs from Below
Maude Vuillez — France

Dreams for a Better Past
Albert Kuhn — Netherlands, Spain

Lavender
Mateja Raičković — Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary

Two international three-member juries will decide on the awards. The best feature documentary will win the Grand Prix, and the best short documentary will win the Best Short award. The audience will once again have the chance to vote for the Audience Award winner,  and the members of the Association of Cinematographers in Bosnia and Herzegovina (ASBH) will award the Best Camera prize.

27th Mediterranean Film Festival, whose general sponsor is HT Eronet, will take place from 23 to 26 September 2026, in Široki Brijeg.