For over 10 years, Wandering Film School has evolved from a partnership between the Mediterranean Film Festival and the U.S. State Department alongside MFF School, our flagship film workshop activation in Široki Brijeg, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Our goal: Over the course of 10 days, students pitch, write, produce, and edit narrative and documentary films that are premiered for their families and wider community.
Our hope is that students and educators alike walk out the door better than they came in. Wandering in Bosnia-Herzegovina has challenged our collective to meet the growing needs of students and mentors, to embrace ever-evolving camera and production technology, and to push the limits of cinematic storytelling. It has taught us all to take risks on both sides of the camera and to trust in the beauty of the creative process.
We have an education team of 6 film/media experts from the US that join us every year to run this program, and we have about a dozen "mentors" who are alumni of the program that support over 30 students in specific production departments (lighting, camera, sound, acting, writing, etc).
Over 250 students have gone through this program over the past 11 years that we have been doing this, and many have gone on to study and work in different media industries throughout Europe. Our goal is to provide exposure to opportunities beyond their small rural village.