An intimate conversation with some of the most accomplished voices in world cinema — on craft, on failure, on what it actually takes to make something true.
About the Masterclass
Every year, BFF invites a distinguished filmmaker, screenwriter, or producer to sit down with the festival audience for an extended, unscripted conversation. Not a lecture. Not a panel. A real exchange — one that goes beyond the usual promotional circuit and into the actual texture of a creative life.
Past masterclasses have ranged from the technical — how a script survives development, how a scene is really built — to the deeply personal. Guests are chosen for their willingness to be candid, and the format encourages exactly that.
Sessions are held at the Supetar Summer Cinema, typically in the afternoon before the evening screening. Attendance is open to all festival accreditation holders. Seating is limited.
Past Masterclass Guests
Sir Christopher Hampton
Screenwriter
Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Dangerous Liaisons and The Father (the latter starring Anthony Hopkins). One of the most precise and celebrated adapters of literary material working in film. His masterclass at BFF explored the relationship between stage and screen, and the art of writing characters who conceal more than they reveal.
Graham Broadbent
Producer
Producer behind Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and The Banshees of Inisherin — both Martin McDonagh films, both Academy Award nominees. Broadbent's session addressed the specific challenge of producing films with dark, unconventional material and finding an audience for them without compromising the vision.
Nicholas Martin
Screenwriter
Screenwriter of Florence Foster Jenkins (starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant). Martin's session focused on writing real people — the ethical and creative challenges of putting words in the mouths of those who actually lived.
BFF 2026 Masterclass
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