18/06/2013 - The Turkish-French-German co-production by Yesim Ustaoglu won the main prize of the sixth Festival of Mediterranean Film in Split

Turkish-French-German co-production Araf. Somewhere in Between [+see also:
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The director arrived from Istanbul to receive the prize and said: “My compatriots are fighting for respect and freedom of choice. They have surprised me because they opened a door for change, they are displaying unity, humour and solidarity. It is exactly those people who are out in the streets fighting for their future that I dedicatethis award to.”

The jury consisting of Serbian director Maja Miloš, Croatian director Željka Sukova, and the main programmer of the Sarajevo Film Festival Elma Tataragić chose the winner in the competition of eleven other films from the countries of the Mediterranean.

Spanish director Roser Aguilar’s I Can’t Right Now won the best short film award, and the prize for the best Croatian short film went to Igor Mirković’s Little Darling.

In its sixth year, the Festival of Mediterranean Film sold out all the screenings at the open air cinema Bačvice, which was unimaginable when they started off and when films such as Harry Potter had trouble selling more than 200 admissions. The festival crew now goes on to a tour around Croatian islands, screening the films in improvised cinemas in small towns and villages.