ALL THE SELECTED FILMS FOR PriMed 2020

Find here the list of selected films for the final phase of the 24th edition of the PriMed – International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage.
This year we received 397 films from 32 countries.
The PriMed 2020 will be held in Marseille from November 28th to December 5th.
Click on the film title to see the summary and the extract of the selected documentary.

PriMed 2020 – SELECTION

MEDITERRANEAN ISSUES

– CHAINED – AGORÁ II by Yorgos AVGEROPOULOS
– MÈRE (MOTHERS) by Myriam BAKIR
– OBJECTOR by Molly STUART
– OVERBOOKING de Álex DIOSCÓRIDES

MEDITERRANEAN MEMORIES

– BEHIND THE FENCE by Tamara ABU LABAN
– LOS QUE BUSCAMOS (THE ONES WHO SEARCH) by Óscar BERNACER
– NE NOUS RACONTEZ PLUS D’HISTOIRES ! by Carole FILIU-MOUHALI and Ferhat MOUHALI
– THE WEAVERS by Dimitris KOUTSIABASAKOS

MEDITERRANEAN ART, HERTITAGE AND CULTURES

– BUKRA FIL MISH-MISH (WHEN THE APRICOTS BLOOM) by Tal MICHAEL
– DANS TES YEUX, JE VOIS MON PAYS by Kamal HACHKAR
– LA PASSION D’ANNA MAGNANI (THE PASSION OF ANNA MAGNANI) by Enrico CERASUOLO
– QUEEN LEAR by Pelin ESMER

FIRTS FILMS

– À MANSOURAH, TU NOUS AS SÉPARÉS by Dorothée-Myriam KELLOU
– ONE MORE JUMP by Emanuele GEROSA
– THE INFIDEL by Nejra LATIC HULUSIC
– UNE CARAVANE EN HIVER by Mehdi AHOUDIG

SHORT MEDITERRANEAN

– DOUMA UNDERGROUND by Tim ALSIOFI
– HEART, YOU DESERVE THAT! by Lamia IDRISS
– I NAUFRAGHI DI KERCH by Stefano CONCA BONIZZONI
– LA MI-TEMPS by Anaïs BASEILHAC
– LA TERRE PASSE by Anne RAVEAU and Nicolas TRAVAUX

MEDITERRANEAN YOUNG PEOPLE’S AWARD

– BABEL SUR SCÈNE by Dominique FISCHBACH
– NO.YES by Mahmoud JEMNI
– ONE MORE JUMP by Emanuele GEROSA

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Find here all statistics about the registered films and awards in all editions of PriMed.

The best moments of PriMed 2019

Find here the best moments of the 23rd edition with the most beautiful photos. A big thank you to all the partners, directors and producers of the competing films. Thank you to the audience came to discover these documentaries and meet the directors.

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Photo gallery of PriMed history >> here

credit : Marc Ferrando, F.F. Revelli

The Teaser of PriMed 2019

Watch here the trailer and teaser of PriMed 2019.

Read more “The Teaser of PriMed 2019” →

The PriMed’s Young people award starts in Egypt

The first event for PriMed 2019 took place in Egypt, with the CMCA meeting a total of 400 young people in Cairo, Alexandria and Port Said to discuss how they see their place in the Mediterranean world. To help the students sharpen their critical sense and express their opinions, the meetings were guided and assessed by the head of Francophone Activities at the Bibliotheca Alexandria, Marwa El Sahn, by film critic Hala El Mawi and the CMCA’s acting director, Valérie Gerbault.
First, the sixth formers from Cairo, Alexandria and Port Said watched three documentaries, then discussed them, wrote down their comments and voted for their favourite.

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Four young jurors were chosen from among them to come to Marseille later this year to participate in PriMed. They were selected for their ability to think and express themselves clearly, the quality of their writing and their analysis of the films. Coming to Marseille will be an opportunity for them to meet other sixth formers from across the Mediterranean Region.

The PriMed’s Mediterranean Young people’s award in Palermo

For the second year, the PriMed will be in Palermo with the MEDITERRANEAN YOUNG PEOPLE’S AWARD. This event is organized from 4 October to 14 November 2019 by the CMCA, RAI Italian Public Television, with the cooperation of CSC (Experimental Center of Cinematography) in Palermo.

A hundred high school students will have the privilege of participating to the MEDITERRANEAN YOUNG PEOPLE’S AWARD, by becoming jurors of the festival.
After viewing the three documentaries selected by the CMCA, the students from Palermo will meet on November 8 at the RAI headquarters, to debate the films and vote for the best of these three works.

Their votes will be validated, as those of other high school students in the Mediterranean, to reward a director at the award ceremony to be held on 29 November in Marseille.

Here the schedule of the events (developped by Maria Du Bessé Rai international relations) :

October 4th – Headquarters of the CSC, National School of Cinema
Masterclass for teachers, led by Gianna Maria CAPPELLO (professor) and Piero LI DONNI (director).

October 7th – Rai headquarters (Palermo)
Masterclass for high school students about documentary cinema.

November 8th – Rai headquarters (Palermo)
Masterclass for high school students and meeting with RAI professionals :
Nicola CALIGIORE (International Relations) and Fabio MANCINI, (Commissioning Editor of DOC3).

After the masterclass the high school students will vote.

11 – 12 – 13 November > Headquarters of the Rai Sicilia in Palermo
Rai Porte Aperte : didactic tours of the Tv station for teachers and students, where a place of honor will be given to the Mediterranean and PriMed. For the occasion, the three films selected in the category Mediterranean Youth Awards will be screened.

November 14> CSC National School of Cinema
On November 14 at the headquarters of the Experimental Cinema Center (CSC) in Palermo, students will be gathered for a final debate about the screening of the documentary “Minor’s hope” in the presence of director Mohamed KENAWI.

Rai Sicilia – Ville de Palerme – CSC

THE MAP OF SELECTED FILMS FOR PriMed 2019

The geographical map of selected films gives you the opportunity to discover the regions where films were shot in competition for the final phase.

The PriMed, International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary film  and reportage is an international competition that takes place every year. It is designed for audiovisual productions in the specific area of documentary films, courrent affair  and investigations films dealing with issues of cultural  Mediterranean area from the Atlantic coast to the shores of the Black Sea.

The PriMed aims to promote and reward programs whose quality and creativity, both in content and in art forms, are remarcable. This event is open to all television organizations (public or private), production structures (public, private or associations), writers, directors, journalists and documentary filmmakers who, through their works and their programs, want to participate to a better understanding of the Mediterranean history, cultures and traditions.

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HISTORIQUE >> MAPS OF FILMS

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