During the last months of 2013, the Serbian film director Emir Kusturica started shooting a documentary on the life of Mujica, "El Pepe, una vida suprema" released in 2018, whom he considers "the last hero of politics". In 2014 Italian author Frank Iodice wrote the book "Breve dialogo sulla felicità", which centers on the life of Mujica. Ten thousand copies of the book were printed and distributed for free to local school children. In June 2016, Mujica received the Order of the Flag of Republika Srpska from the president of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik.