{"id":18368,"date":"2026-09-28T14:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restarted.hr\/?p=18368"},"modified":"2026-10-07T14:50:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T12:50:53","slug":"mediterranean-film-festivals-grand-prix-to-the-balkan-cowboy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restarted.hr\/en\/news\/mediterranean-film-festivals-grand-prix-to-the-balkan-cowboy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mediterranean Film Festival&#8217;s Grand Prix to &#8220;The Balkan Cowboy&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Restart&#8217;s co-production, the feature-length documentary \u201cThe Balkan Cowboy\u201d by <strong>Dragana Juri\u0161i\u0107<\/strong>, produced by Ireland&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.invisiblethreadfilms.com\/\">Invisible Thread Films<\/a>, won t<em>he Grand Prix in the feature-length competition<\/em> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mff.ba\">27th Mediterranean Film Festival<\/a>, held in \u0160iroki Brijeg (Bosnia and Herzegovina) from September 23 to 26, 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mff.ba\/2026\/opsirnije_x.asp?IDNovost=942\">The jury, composed of <strong>Alena D\u017eebo<\/strong>, <strong>Johannes Pause<\/strong>, and <strong>Vinko Bre\u0161an<\/strong><\/a>, awarded the film <em>&#8220;for its intricate narrative structure and strong emotional impact. Beginning with self-reflection, the film moves through biography, detective investigation, and a film within the film. These layers gradually come together in a cinematic essay and a powerful cry for justice \u2013 a justice whose absence we feel in real life and whose presence we find only in the fiction of the Western.\u201d <\/em>The festival&#8217;s competition featured nine feature-length documentaries produced or co-produced with Mediterranean countries. \u201cThe Balkan Cowboy,\u201d following its world premiere in competition at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sff.ba\">Sarajevo Film Festival<\/a>, continued its festival tour with screenings at <a href=\"https:\/\/cinemaparallels.com\/\">Cinema Parallels<\/a> in Pecka near Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Mediterranean Film Festival in \u0160iroki Brijeg, and is followed by its Australian premiere in competition at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adelaidefilmfestival.org\/\">Adelaide Film Festival<\/a> from October 14 to 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Restart&#8217;s co-production, the feature-length documentary \u201cThe Balkan Cowboy\u201d by Dragana Juri\u0161i\u0107, produced by Ireland&#8217;s Invisible Thread Films, won the Grand Prix in the feature-length competition at the 27th Mediterranean Film Festival, held in \u0160iroki Brijeg (Bosnia and Herzegovina) from September 23 to 26, 2026. 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