This category is dedicated to documentary films on a current Mediterranean subject, lasting more than 30 minutes. It picks out productions which improve our understanding of the present situation in the Mediterranean and rewards a director’s skill at questioning events and putting them into perspective, as well as his capacity to listen to the principal characters.
SELECTED FILMS – MEDITERRANEAN ISSUES 2023
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LA VIE DEVANT ELLE
de Manon LOIZEAU and Elaha IQBALI
90 min, 2022
(France, Afghanistan)
ROJEK
by Zaynê AKYOL
127 minutes, 2022
(Canada)
UNDER THE SKY OF DAMASCUS
by Heba KHALED, Talal DERKI and Ali WAJEEH
88 minutes, 2023
(Denmark, Germany, Syria, USA)
PAST EDITIONS
SELECTED FILMS – MEDITERRANEAN ISSUES 2022
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AS I WANT
by Samaher ALQADI
78 minutes, 2021
(Egypt, France, Norway, Palestine, Germany)
ENFANTS DE DAECH, LES DAMNES DE LA GUERRE
CHILDREN OF ISIS, THE WAR’S DAMNED
by Anne POIRET
71 minutes, 2021
(France)
ERASMUS IN GAZA
by Chiara AVESANI and Matteo DELBO
90 minutes, 2021
(Italy)
THE WIRE
by Tiha K GUDAC
75 minutes, 2021
(Slovenia, Croatia)
SELECTED FILMS – MEDITERRANEAN ISSUES 2021
A BLACK JESUS
92 minutes, 2020
Director : Luca LUCCHESI (Italy, Germany)
Production : Road Movies (Germany)
Coproduction NDR (Germany)
DROWNING LETTERS
81 minutes, 2020
Director : Paula PALACIOS (Spain)
Production : Morada Films (Spain)
L’ÉCOLE DE L’ESPOIR
(The School of hope)
78 minutes, 2020
Director : Mohamed EL ABOUDI (Morocco, Finland)
Production : Illume (Finland), Bellota Films (France), Vulcan Productions (USA), La Prod (Morocco)
with the participation of France Télévisions, YLE (Finland)
Coproduction 2M (Morocco)
MADE IN FRANCE – AU SERVICE DE LA GUERRE
70 minutes, 2019
Director : Álex DIOSCÓRIDES (Spain)
Production : MallorcaDocs (Spain)
SELECTED FILMS – MEDITERRANEAN ISSUES 2020
CHAINED (AGORA II)
90 minutes, 2020
Director : Yorgos AVGEROPOULOS (Greece)
Production : SmallPlanet Productions (Greece)
in corproduction with Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (Germany),
in collaboration with Arte (Germany, France)
MÈRES
(MOTHERS)
62 minutes, 2020
Director : Myriam BAKIR (Morocco)
Production : Sedna Films (France), Abel Aflam (Morocco)
in coproduction with TV 2M (Morocco), Lyon Capitale TV (France), Ostinato Production (France)
OBJECTOR
75 minutes, 2019
Director : Molly STUART (USA)
Production : Buried Seed Productions (USA)
OVERBOOKING
70 minutes, 2019
Director : Álex DIOSCÓRIDES (Spain)
Production : MallorcaDocs (Spain)
SELECTED FILMS – MEDITERRANEAN ISSUES 2019
LA VALLÉE
(THE VALLEY)
75 minutes, 2019
Director: Nuno ESCUDEIRO (Portugal)
Production: Miramonte Film (Italy), Point du Jour (France), Public Sénat (France)
L’EUROPE AU PIED DES MURS
(EUROPE WITH ITS BACK TO THE WALL)
54 minutes, 2018
Director: Elsa PUTELAT et Nicolas DUPUIS (France)
Production: EKLA Production, ViàOccitanie Montpellier (France)
UNKEPT SECRETS
70 minutes, 2018
Director : Dalit KIMOR (Israel)
Production : Dalit KIMOR, Yes Docu (Israel)
XALKO
100 minutes, 2019
Director : Sami MERMER (Canada, Turkey) et Hind BENCHEKROUN (Canada, Morocco)
Production : Les Films de la Tortue (Canada)
SELECTED FILMS – MEDITERRANEAN ISSUES 2018
ASHBAL, LES LIONCEAUX DU CALIFAT
(Ashbal, the lion cubs of the Caliphat)
52 minutes, 2017
Director : Thomas DANDOIS (France, UK) et François-Xavier TRÉGAN (France)
Production : Arte, Memento (France)
LIBYE, ANATOMIE D’UN CRIME
(Libya, Anatomy of a Crime)
69 minutes, 2018
Director : Cécile ALLEGRA (France, Italy)
Production : Cinétévé, Arte (France)
MARSEILLE, ILS ONT TUE MON FILS
(Marseille, They’ve Killed my Son)
55 minutes, 2018
Director : Édouard BERGEON et Philippe PUJOL (France)
Production : Cocottesminute prod, avec la participation de Public Sénat et France Télévisions
STRANGE FISH
53 minutes, 2018
Director : Giulia BERTOLUZZI (Italy)
Production : Small Boss (Italy)
SELECTED FILMS – MEDITERRANEAN ISSUES 2017
CHILD MOTHER
90 minutes, 2016
Director : Yael KIPPER et Ronen ZARETZKY(Israel)
Production : Turtles Films (Israel)
IF I CLOSE MY EYES
54 minutes, 2016
Director and Production : Francesca MANNOCCHI et Alessio ROMENZI (Italy)
BORN IN SYRIA
86 minutes, 2016
Director : Hernán ZIN (Argentina)
Production : La Claqueta PC (Spain), Contramedia Films (Spain), Final Cut For Real (Danemark)
SYRIE, LE CRI ÉTOUFFÉ
72 minutes, 2017
Director : Manon LOIZEAU (France) co-auteur Annick COJEAN
Production : Magnéto Presse, avec la participation de France Télévisions (France)
THE SELECTED FILMS FOR PRIMED 2016
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– AUBE DORÉE, UNE AFFAIRE PERSONNELLE by Angélique KOUROUNIS
– DAESH, PAROLES DE DÉSERTEURS by Thomas DANDOIS and François-Xavier TREGAN
– LA GRANJA DEL PAS by Silvia MUNT
– NAPOLISLAM by Ernesto PAGANO
THE SELECTED FILMS FOR PRIMED 2015
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– AGORA by Yorgos AVGEROPOULOS
– EVAPORATING BORDERS by Iva RADIVOJEVIC
– LE COSE BELLE by Agostino FERRENTE and Giovanni PIPERNO
– VOYAGE EN BARBARIE de Delphine DELOGET and Cécile ALLEGRA
THE SELECTED FILMS FOR PRIMED 2014
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– DES MURS ET DES HOMMES by Dalila ENNADRE
– LES ENFANTS DE L’OVALE by Grégory FONTANA and Rachid OUJDI
– THE RENEGADE by Sofia AMARA and Bruno JOUCLA
– THIS IS MY LAND by Tamara ERDE
THE SELECTED FILMS FOR PRIMED 2013
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– DANCE OF OUTLAWS by Mohamed EL ABOUDI (Finland)
– FIVE BROKEN CAMERAS by Emad BURNAT and Guy DAVIDI (France / Israel / Palestine)
– ITALY : LOVE IT, OR LEAVE IT by Gustav HOFER and Luca RAGAZZI (Italy)
– LE THÉ ET L’ÉLECTRICITÉ by Jérôme LE MAIRE (Belgium)
– MAUDIT SOIT LE PHOSPHATE by Samy TLILI (Tunisia)
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