The Main Competition Jury will award prizes for Best Feature Film, Acting Performance, Screenwriting, Production Design, Creative Technical Performance and the special Jury Award – with the winners being crowned at the festival’s Golden Bee Awards closing ceremony on 30th June.

The festival will also honour outstanding works for each section, including its Out of Competition, Mare Nostrum and Future Visions immersive section.

This year, Mediterrane is honouring BAFTA-winning writer-director and 7-time Academy Award nominee Mike Leigh (Vera Drake, Another Year, Happy-Go-Lucky) with its Career Achievement Award – which is given in recognition of a career achievement in film.