The Weavers

THE WEAVERS

52 minutes, 2020
Director : Dimitris Koutsiabasakos (Greece)
Production : Domaine Gerovassiliou (Greece)

In 1963 IM (Individuell Människohjlälp) a Swedish charity, set up a weaving centre in Vlasti, a mountainous village in Greece.
For 25 years this intercultural initiative has supported the women of a village suffering from wars, poverty and neglect.
“The Weavers” offers a bittersweet look at the development of rural Greece.

Dimitris KOUTSIABASAKOS was born in 1967. He studied film and television direction in Moscow at the VGIK (Gerasimov University of Cinematography).
He made a number of documentaries, series, shorts and features.
Among his latest films: “The Grocer” (2013, documentary, 81 and 52 minutes – Broadcaster’s Award France 3 Corse ViaStella at the 2015 PriMed – the Festival of the Mediterranean in images), “Becoming an actor” (2014, documentary, 61 minutes), “Silent Witness” (2016, documentary, 72 minutes) and “Yannis Kastritsis: the man and his shadow” (2017, documentary, 72 minutes).

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BEHIND THE FENCE

(DERRIÈRE LA CLÔTURE)

58 minutes, 2019
Director : Tamara ABU LABAN (Palestine)
Production : Shoruq Organization (Palestine)

“Behind the Fence” presents the first intifada as an important phase in the Palestinians’ struggle against Israeli occupation. It focuses on the failures and victories of those living in the Dheisheh refugee camp. They explain how their faith in liberation and their rejection of their miserable living conditions have helped them develop ways of dismantling the walls of the occupation.

Tamara ABU LABAN was born in the Dheisheh refugee camp near Bethlehem. She read media studies in Egypt and received a Masters in film at the Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts in Jordan. She created the project Women Make A Change, which is helping emancipate women through film and the media. She has also worked for Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabi TV channels.

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Registrations are closed for PriMed 2020

This year again, many of you have registered your film. We thank you for your participation. The list of selected films of the 24th edition will be published soon.
This new edition will be organized from November 28 to December 5, 2020.

►Here Rules&Regulations (pdf version)

►Here all statistics about registered films

How the event is organised

The competition has three phases:
– January 2020 : call for films
– Deadline for registrations and sending films: 15th April 2020
– May / June 2020 : an international Selection Committee chooses the films which will be shown in the finals
– November / December 2020, finals of PriMed : the International Jury watches the films and decides the winners; meetings of Mediterranean Young People Jury; public screenings and meetings; awards ceremony

CMCA is the main organizer of PriMed.

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Registrations are open for PriMed 2020

Call for documentaries and reports for the 24th edition of PriMed. The registrations are open until April 30th, 2020. Registrations for PriMed 2020 is free.

To register your film, you must fill out the application form available online:

▶APPLICATION FORM◀

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►Click here to se Rules&regulation

How the event is organised

The competition has three phases:
– January 2020 : call for films
– Deadline for registrations and sending films: 15th April 2020
– May / June 2020 : an international Selection Committee chooses the films which will be shown in the finals
– November / December 2020, finals of PriMed : the International Jury watches the films and decides the winners; meetings of Mediterranean Young People Jury; public screenings and meetings; awards ceremony

CMCA is the main organizer of PriMed.

The winners of PriMed 2019

The 23rd edition of PriMed arrives at the end. Thank you to all the partners, directors, jury, public and volunteers who contributed to the big success of PriMed 2019.
The Awards Ceremony was held at Hôtel de la Région Sud in Marseille.

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The winners of PriMed 2019

MEDITERRANEAN ISSUES AWARD sponsored by France Télévisions
UNKEPT SECRETS by Dalit KIMOR

MEDITERRANEAN MEMORY AWARD sponsored by INA
CAMORRA by Francesco PATIERNO

FIRST FILM AWARD sponsored by RAI
NAR by Meriem ACHOUR-BOUAKKAZ

ART HERITAGE AND CULTURES OF MEDITERRANEAN
WA DRARI by Fatim-Zahra BENCHERKI

MEDITERRANEAN YOUNG’S PEOPLE AWARD
WA DRARI by Fatim-Zahra BENCHERKI

SHORT MEDITERRANEAN AWARD (Audience award)
THE WHITE HELL (L’ENFER BLANC) by Ahmed ASSEM, Mahmoud KHALED and Omar SHASH

SPECIAL MENTION ASBU
L’EUROPE AU PIED DES MURS by Elsa PUTELAT and Nicolas DUPUIS

AWARD “ME, CITIZEN OF MEDITERRANEAN”

Mention South of Mediterranean sponsored by CFI (Canal France International)
UNE ÂME UNIE by Mirna IHAB of Collège Saint Vincent of Cairo

Mention North of Mediterranean
QU’EST-CE QUI CARACTÉRISE UNE FEMME FORTE ? by Manon BEAUSIRE du Lycée Marseilleveyre of Marseille

BROADCASTING AWARDS

2M (Morocco) : XALKO by Sami MERMER and Hind BENCHEKROUN

France 3 Corse ViaStella :
XALKO by Sami MERMER and Hind BENCHEKROUN

RAI 3 (Italy) :
THE TRIAL OF RATKO MLADIC by Henry SINGER and Robert MILLER

Version PDF >> HERE

History of PriMed > HERE

La 23rd edition of PriMed

For the 23rd edition PriMed offers more than 40 hours of free screenings with 20 sessions in the presence of directors. 24 films are selected from 17 countries, 14 films directed by women.

Here the list of the films >> SELECTION PriMed 2019

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Free screenings, find here the schedule of 2019 edition > pdf version

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MEDITERRANEAN YOUNG PEOPLE’S AWARD

Since 2018, the Mediterranean Center for Audiovisual Communication (CMCA), main organizer of the PriMed, has been extending its actions towards young people in the Mediterranean by traveling to various countries to collect their words about documentaries. The purpose of these actions is to support them in this analysis on the topics treated, to give them the possibility to explain their opinions and their ideas about Mediterranean societies.
More informations >> HERE

PriMed steps > EGYPT (Port-Saïd, Le Caire, Alexandrie) | ITALY (Palerme)

Screening conference | Friday 29 november, 10h, Mucem

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Reserved for high school students, this event is centered around the film “We were called Beurettes“.
After the screening, high school students can express themselves and ask all their questions to the director of the film Bouchera AZZOUZ, and to the president of the jury, the historian Benjamin STORA.
The debate will be moderated by Daniel WOLFROMM, grand reporter to the editorial staff of France 2.

Awards Ceremony | Friday, November 29, 4 pm, Salon d’honneur of the Hôtel de Région

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The directors of the 24 selected films will be present to discover the complete list of the 23rd PriMed awards. With the presence of jury members, community representatives and festival partners. The musical entertainment will be provided by Radio Babel Marseille.

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THE SELECTED FILMS FOR PriMed 2019

Here the list of films selected for the final phase of PriMed 23rd edition. All video abstracts and excerpts of the films will be soon available online. The 23rd edition of PriMed will be held in Marseille from 24th to 30th November 2019.

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MEDITERRANEAN ISSUES

– THE VALLEY by Nuno ESCUDEIRO
– EUROPE WITH ITS BACK TO THE WALL by Elsa PUTELAT and Nicolas DUPUIS
– UNKEPT SECRETS by Dalit KIMOR
– XALKO by Sami MERMER and Hind BENCHEKROUN

MEDITERRANEAN MEMORY

– CAMORRA by Francesco PATIERNO
– ORAN, THE FORGOTTEN MASSACRE by Jean-Charles DENIAU and Georges-Marc BENAMOU
– THE TRIAL OF RATKO MLADIC by Henry SINGER and Robert MILLER
– WHERE DID RAMSES GO? by Amr BAYOUMI

MEDITERRANEAN ART, HERITAGE AND CULTURES

– LETTER TO THEO by Elodie LÉLU
– LONG LIVE KING DAVID by Ido ZAND and Yael LEIBOVITZ
– OSCURO Y LUCIENTES by Samuel ALARCÓN
– WA DRARI by Fatim-Zahra BENCHERKI

FIRST FILM

– ON THE OTHER SIDE by Collectif CINEMAKHIA
– THE NORMAL LINE by Erige SEHIRI
– NAR by Meriem ACHOUR-BOUAKKAZ

SHORT MEDITERRANEAN

– CITY PLAZA HOTEL by Anna-Paula HÖNIG and Violeta PAUS
– LA BUONA NOVELLA (THE GOOD NEWS) by Sebastiano Luca INSINGA
– THE END OF DARKNESS by Ranko PAUKOVIC
– THE WHITE HELL by Ahmed ASSEM, Mahmoud KHALED and Omar SHASH
– TRACING ADDAI by Esther NIEMEIER
– ZULU REMA WHO LEARNT TO FLY by Gaia VIANELLO

MEDITERRANEAN YOUNG PEOPLE’S AWARD

– FORTE by Salim SAAB
– MINOR’S HOPE by Mohamed KENAWI
– WA DRARI by Fatim-Zahra BENCHERKI

HERE the pdf version.


This year we received 473 films from 37 countries. Here you can see all the statistics of the recorded movies. To see all the films selected in the previous edition of PriMed visit the page dedicated to the selected films >> HERE

Find all films of PriMed (2003/2018) in the CMCA videolibrary >> HERE

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Registrations for PriMed 2019 are closed

This year we recieved a very important number of films. We thank you for your trust. The selection board is at work and the list of selected films will be announced by mid-June.

►Click here to see rules & regulations

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Know all about the films registered in the different editions of PriMed?
Find our analysis on registrations >> here

How the event is organised

The competition has three phases:
– January 2019 / April : call for films – Deadline for registering and sending films
– May / June 2019 : an international Selection Committee chooses the films which will be shown in the finals
-November / December 2019, finals of PriMed : the International Jury watches the films and decides the winners; meetings of Mediterranean Young People Jury; public screenings and meetings; awards ceremony.

Six Awards are given to the films in competition:
Grand Prix “Mediterranean Challenges
“This prize is given to the best film (documentary or reportage) 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.
“Mediterranean Memories” Award
This prize rewards the documentary lasting more than 30 minutes, which – with or without archives – most successfully places in a present-day context historical events concerning the Mediterranean, stories of men and women, whether individual or collective, or places of symbolism and memory.”First Documentary Film” AwardThis award recognizes the talent of a film director who made no more than three films. Works produced as part of a school or training can also compete. Running time must exceed 30 minutes.
“Mediterranean Art, Heritage and Cultures”
AwardThis prize rewards the documentary film lasting more than 30 minutes, which highlights the region’s artistic life (music, plastic arts, live theatre, visual arts), its heritage (sites, monuments, works of art, archaeology, architecture) and other instances of Mediterranean culture (folklore and traditions).Mediterranean Young People AwardThis award is given by a jury of schoolboys from Sud Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur Region and from Euro-Mediterranean countries. It rewards one of the films chosen between a selection made by CMCA. “Mediterranean Short Doc” Award – Audience Award
This award is for a documentary or a reportage – lasting less than 30 minutes – whose subject is about Mediterranean area.
These awards are for the directors and authors of the work concerned.
Broadcasting Awards
In addition, broadcasting awards may be given by representatives of the television companies and are entirely at their discretion. They will be chosen from amongst any of the films in the final selection. The broadcast of any work thus rewarded has to be agreed individually between the broadcaster and the makers of the film. The same film cannot win more than two awards (except for the broadcasting award)

Selection Committee and International Jury.
The Selection Committee and the International Jury are made up of cinema and TV professionals (directors, producers, distributors), as well as specialists of the Mediterranean area.Their decisions are final. The Selection Committee is entitled to change a film from one category to another one. In any given year, a member of the Selection Committee cannot also sit on the International Jury.The decisions of the International Jury must be reached by a majority of members. If by the third vote a majority has not been reached, the president has the casting vote. The Jury cannot attribute ex aequo awards.

HISTORY / Last editions of PriMed >> HERE

Le CMCA organizes PriMed in collaboration with France Télévisions, Rai andASBU.

Submissions are open for PriMed 2019

Call for documentary films and reportages for the 23rd edition of PriMed, International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage.

New Deadline April 15th 2019. Registration is free.

To participate in PriMed, you must complete the application form online :

  ▶APPLICATION FORM◀ 

►Click Here to download the pdf version of rules & regulations

Conditions concerning the works presented

You must complete this form in its entirety with all the requested elements (in French (priority), or in English):
• A synopsis of the film, maximum 10 lines
•A biography of the director, maximum 10 lines
• A link to download the film file, French version or with subtitles in French (priority), in English or in Italian – Only accepted format: H264 / mp4 – File size max: 8 GB – Only downloadable file (Vimeo, WeTransfer, Google Drive, etc.). Films that cannot be downloaded, they will not be accepted.
•Some pictures of the film

How the event is organised

The competition has three phases:

– Janvier 2019 : appel à candidatures – Date limite pour l’inscription et l’envoi des films : 31 mars 2019

– January 2019 : call for films

– Deadline for registering and sending films: 31st March 2019

– May / June 2019 : an international Selection Committee chooses the films which will be shown in the finals

-November / December 2019, finals of PriMed : the International Jury watches the films and decides the winners; meetings of Mediterranean Young People Jury; public screenings and meetings; awards ceremony

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THE 22th EDITION OF PriMed

NOVEMBER 25th > PUBLIC AWARD

Mucem-projections-primedLe PriMed 2018 opens, as every year, with the special afternoon dedicated to the Public Award on Sunday, November 25th, at the auditorium G. Tillon, Mucem. 6 movies of the category “Short Mediterranean” are proposed to the vote of the spectators of the PriMed between 3 pm and 17 h. At the end of the projections, the public will vote for his favorite short film. Free entry.

Alcazar-projections-primedNOVEMBER 27th / DECEMBER 1st  > FREE SCREENINGS

All the free sessions and will be organized from November 27th till December 1st in the Library(Bookcase) Alcazar in the meeting room and the auditorium. Projections followed by a debate with the directors.

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THE SELECTION 2018
All the selected films

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

 

OTHER EVENTS

NOVEMBER 30th > AWARD CEREMONY

CINEMA-LE-PRADO16h30, Cinéma le Prado. 34 directors of 25 selected movies will be present to discover the complete “palmarès” of the 22nd PriMed. The awards will be put presented by the members of the jury, the representatives of communities, and the partners of the festival. The ceremony will be presented by Priscilla REIG.
The musical animation will be proposed by Radio Babel
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NOVEMBER 30th > PROJECTION / CONFERENCE

complet primedThe projection and debate of the 22nd PriMed is booked for a public of high school students. This year, she is centred around the movie: you will be Swedish, my daughter of Claire BILLET and Olivier JOBARD Ahmad and Jihane, a couple of Syrian refugees, tell to them latest, Sally, the history of their exile in Sweden.

YOUNG PEOPLE’S AWARD

PriMed develops for several years an educational program in the Mediterranean euro citizenship through the image. 3 500 young students of the Mediterranean Sea are going to take part in the 22nd edition of PriMed through several actions.

MORE INFORMATIONS HERE