This category concerns the talent of a film maker who made no more than three films. Works produced as part of a school or training can also compete.
SELECTED FILMS – FIRST FILM 2024
Selection in progress
PAST EDITIONS
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SELECTED FILMS – FIRST FILM 2023
LA RICERCA
by Giuseppe PETRUZZELLIS
62 minutes, 2023
(Italy)
MY MAYSOON
by Batoul KARBIJHA
55 minutes, 2023
(Syria, Pays-Bas)
WE WON’T SHUT UP, A FILM FOR FREEDOM
by Clàudia ARRIBAS, Violeta OCTAVIO and Carlos JUAN
90 minutes, 2022
(Spain)
SELECTED FILMS – FIRST FILM 2022
KASH KASH
by Lea NAJJAR
90 minutes, 2022
(Germany, Libanon)
CAIN’S CHILDREN
by Keti STAMO
68 minutes, 2021
(Italy)
ETERNAL SENTINEL
by Maryam ASHRAFI
60 minutes, 2021
(France)
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER
by Antonia KILIAN
90 minutes, 2021
(Germany, Syria)
SELECTED FILMS – FIRST FILM 2021
BEST UNKEPT SECRET
57 minutes, 2019
Director : Ilan MIZRAHI (Israel)
Production : Blimey (Israel)
FIANCÉES
80 minutes, 2019
Director : Julia BÜNTER (Swiss)
Production : Intermezzo Films (Swiss)
In coproduction with Nouvelle Tribu (Swiss)
MILLE NUITS ET UNE AUBE
52 minutes, 2020
Director : Nasser BENABDERAHMAN (Morocco)
Production : Bingo Films (Morocco)
In coproduction with 2M (Morocco)
LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES
52 minutes, 2021
Director : Ahmet Necdet CUPUR (Turkey, France)
Production : TS Productions (France), Jyoti Film (Germany), Liman Film (Turkey), Al Jazeera Documentary Channel (Qatar) with the participation of France Télévisions
SELECTED FILMS – FIRST FILM 2020
À MANSOURAH, TU NOUS AS SÉPARÉS
(AT MANSOURAH YOU SEPARATED US)
68 minutes, 2019
Director : Dorothée-Myriam KELLOU (Algeria, France)
Production : Les Films du Bilboquet (France), HKE Production (Algeria), Lyon Capitale TV (France), Sonntag Pictures (Danemark)
ONE MORE JUMP
83 minutes, 2019
Director : Emanuele GEROSA (Italy)
Production : GraffitiDoc (Italy), Amka Films Productions (Swiss), ITAR Productions (Libanon), Rai Cinema (Italy)
THE INFIDEL
62 minutes, 2019
Director : Nejra LATIC HULUSIC (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Production : Hava Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
UNE CARAVANE EN HIVER
(A CARAVAN IN WINTER)
52 minutes, 2020
Director : Mehdi AHOUDIG (France)
Production : Squaw (France), France Télévisions (France)
SELECTED FILMS – FIRST FILM 2019
ON THE OTHER SIDE
( EN FACE )
61 minutes, 2019
Director : Collectif Cinemakhia (France, Greece)
Production : Les Batelières Productions (France)
THE NORMAL LINE
( LA VOIE NORMALE )
73 minutes, 2018
Director : Erige SEHIRI (France, Tunisia)
Production : Nomadis Images (Tunisie), Les Films de Zayna (France), Akka Films (Swiss)
NAR
52 minutes, 2019
Director : Meriem Achour-Bouakkaz (Algeria)
Production : Afkar Films (Canada)
NUMÉRO 387
52 minutes, 2019
Director : Madeleine LEROYER (France)
Production : Little Big Story (France), Stenola Productions (Belgium), Graffiti Doc (Italy), Arte (France), RTBF (Belgium)
SELECTED FILMS – FIRST FILM 2018
A SEED FOR CHANGE
75 minutes, 2018
Director and producer : Alexandros IKONOMIDIS (Greece)
BIZERTE A SPIRAL TALE
57 minutes, 2018
Director : Michele COPPARI et Francesca ZANNONI (Italy)
Production : Cosenude Media Projects (Italy)
OF SHEEPS AND MEN
79 minutes, 2017
Director : Karim SAYAD (Suisse, Algeria)
Production : Close Up Films (Swiss), Norte Productions (France)
NAMRUD (TROUBLEMAKER)
95 minutes, 2017
Director : Fernando ROMERO-FORSTHUBER (Austria, Spain)
Production : Soleil Film (Austria)
SELECTED FILMS – FIRST FILM 2017
ATTENTION !
51 minutes, 2016
Director : Onur BAKIR (Turkey) et Panagiotis CHARAMIS (Greece)
Production : Damla KIRKALI, Onur BAKIR (Turkey)
BENVENUTI
54 minutes, 2017
Director : Laura AURIOLE (France) et Annalisa LENDARO (Italy)
Production : CNRS Images (France)
GAZA SURF CLUB
87 minutes, 2016
Director : Philip GNADT et Mickey YAMINE (Germany)
Production : Little Bridge Pictures (Germany)
MARE NOSTRO
55 minutes, 2016
Director : Andrea GADALETA CALDAROLA (Italy)
Production : Andrea GADALETA CALDAROLA, Rosanna RIZZI (Italy)
SELECTED FILMS FOR PRIMED 2016
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– LES DERNIERS NOMADES by Hamdi BEN AHMED (Tunisia)
– LORO DI NAPOLI by Pierfrancesco LI DONNI (Italy)
– MURAT, LE GÉOGRAPHE by Samuele PELLECCHIA (Italy)
– WHEELS OF WAR by Rami KODEIH (Libanon)
SELECTED FILMS FOR PRIMED 2015
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– IN THE SHADOW OF WAR by Sophia et Georgia SCOTT
– JE SUIS LE PEUPLE by Anna ROUSSILLON
– PATIENCE, PATIENCE, T’IRAS AU PARADIS ! by Hadja LAHBIB
– SPEED SISTERS by Amber FARES
SELECTED FILMS FOR PRIMED 2014
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– DELL’ARTE DELLA GUERRA by Silvia LUZI and Luca BELLINO
– LA FEMME A LA CAMERA by Karima ZOUBIR
– L’ESCALE by Kaveh BAKHTIARI
– QUIVIR by MANUTRILLO
SELECTED FILMS FOR PRIMED 2013
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– ICH LIEBE DICH by Emine Emel BALCI (Turkey / Germany)
– LIVING SKIN by Fawzi SALEH (Egypt)
– SACRED STONES by Muayad ALAYAN et Laila HIGAZI (Palestine)
– WE ARE HERE by Abdallah YAHYA (Tunisia)
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