Diocletian's Palace hosts film festival from 26 to 28 October
Published on 10/24/2026 at 16:56 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSFestival programme and heritage setting
- The 9th International Archaeological Film Festival Split runs at Kinoteka Zlatna vrata from 26 to 28 October 2026.
- More than 26 films, workshops and lectures will use spaces within Diocletian's Palace during the festival.
- UNESCO inscribed Split's historical complex with the palace on the World Heritage List in 1979.
Diocletian's Palace in Split hosts the 9th International Archaeological Film Festival from 26 to 28 October 2026. The programme brings documentary films, workshops and lectures on archaeology, cultural heritage, monument conservation and anthropology into the historic complex.
Split film festival brings archaeology into the palace
The event is scheduled at Kinoteka Zlatna vrata, a cinema venue in Split's historic centre. The City of Split's tourism board lists the festival as the ninth edition of the International Archaeological Film Festival Split, also known as MFAF.
More than 26 films are planned during the three-day programme, alongside workshops and lectures. The festival's stated subject areas connect archaeological research with cultural and historical heritage, the protection of monuments and anthropology. The official event listing places the screenings and related activities within spaces of the palace.
Why the festival fits Diocletian's Palace
The venue gives the programme a direct setting for its central themes. Films about archaeology and heritage will be shown inside a complex whose surviving Roman structures remain part of Split's urban fabric.
UNESCO says the palace was built between the late third and early fourth centuries. The wider protected area also contains the medieval cathedral, Romanesque churches from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, medieval fortifications, fifteenth-century Gothic palaces and later Renaissance and Baroque buildings.
The Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian entered the World Heritage List in 1979 and covers 20.8 hectares, according to the UNESCO site record. That layered setting means the festival's themes are presented within the type of historic environment they examine, rather than in a detached modern venue.
Visiting Diocletian's Palace: what travellers from Western Europe should know
- The 9th International Archaeological Film Festival takes place from 26 to 28 October 2026 at Kinoteka Zlatna vrata in Split.
- The listed programme includes more than 26 films, workshops and lectures in spaces associated with Diocletian's Palace.
- Kinoteka Zlatna vrata is in Split's historic centre, at the venue identified by the city tourism board as Dioklecijanova 7.
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Frequently asked questions about Diocletian's Palace
When does the archaeological film festival take place at Diocletian's Palace?
The 9th International Archaeological Film Festival Split runs from 26 to 28 October 2026 at Kinoteka Zlatna vrata.
What is Diocletian's Palace?
It is the central historic complex of Split, built between the late third and early fourth centuries and incorporated into the modern city.
Where is Diocletian's Palace and how do you get there?
The palace is in the historic centre of Split, Croatia. The festival venue is Kinoteka Zlatna vrata.
