CAMORRA

70 minutes, 2018
Director : Francesco PATIERNO (Italy)
Production : Todos Contentos Y Yo Tambien, Rai Cinema, Rai Teche (Italy)

The rise of the Camorra in Naples shaped the evolution of the city. From smuggling in its early days to the powerful organized clans of today, the Camorra has developed its own para-military power. Through the use of archival footage and news bulletins, “Camorra” shows the true face of one of the Mafia’s most powerful organizations.

Francesco PATIERNO was born in Naples in 1964. He is director, scriptwriter and author. Having studied architecture, he became creative director at an advertising agency. He then directed many TV shows.
He has made several films, including: “Pater Familias” (2002), “Il mattino ha l’oro in bocca” (2007), the television series “Donne assassine” (2008), “Cose dell’altro mondo” (2011), “La gente che sta bene” (2014), “Naples ’44” (2016), “Diva!” (2017).

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XALKO

100 minutes, 2019
Directors: Sami MERMER (Canada, Turkey) and Hind BENCHEKROUN (Canada, Morocco)
Production : Les Films de la Tortue (Canada)

In the middle of Turkish Anatolia is a Kurdish village, Xalko. Filmmaker Sami Mermer, who, like so many others, has emigrated to the West, returns to visit the place where he was born. He finds Xalko populated mainly by women, with just a few men — those who remained.
With co-director Hind Benchekroun he introduces us to the “flip side” of migration. Thanks to the filmmakers’ close relationship with the people they film, “Xalko” chronicles a way of life threatened by the exodus, while also being a poignant portrait of strong women living without men.
This return to source is also an opportunity to confront together the guilt of those who left, and the bitterness – often expressed with humour – of those who have worked hard to keep the life of the village afloat.

Sami MERMER, born in Turkey, and Hind BENCHEKROUN, from Morocco, have been working in the world of cinema for several years. Together they directed the documentaries “The Box of Lanzo” (2006), on homelessness in the United States, “Turtles do not die of old age” (2010), about three old men in northern Morocco, and “Callshop Istanbul” (2015), about immigrants passing through Istanbul. This film has been shown in several festivals, winning numerous awards: the Grand Prix 2M and the Fidadoc Human Rights Award in Agadir (2016), Best Documentary at the Duhok Film Festival and at the Golden Tree Film Festival. It was also nominated for Best Editing and Best Documentary at the 2017 Gala-Québec Cinéma.

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UNKEPT SECRETS

70 minutes, 2018
Director : Dalit KIMOR (Israel)
Production : Dalit KIMOR, Yes Docu (Israel)

Two Orthodox Jewish women refuse to keep quiet about the paedophilia in their communities. They pay a heavy price.Unintentionally Ornit became a heroine overnight. She and her children, Yankie and Mandy, sued the rabbi who had sexually assaulted them — and went through a horrible court case. They also had to deal with the violence of their neighbours who defended the rabbi. They were treated like informers.
Genendy is married and has three children. Eighteen years ago she accused her father, also a well-known rabbi, of raping her when she was a teenager. Since then her family has rejected her. Both are assisted by Shana, an ultra-orthodox 29-year-old who works for an international Jewish organization. These two victims became role-models for other Orthodox Jews trying to combat the sexual assaults in their community.

Dalit KIMOR has a degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Jerusalem, and in Film and Television from Tel Aviv University.
She has written and directed several documentaries: “Border Land” (2000) won the First Prize in the Investigative Reportage category at the DocAviv Festival. She then directed the documentaries “Baby on Order” (2000), “Just Love and a Hug” (2002), “The Year of my Death” (2005), “Pickles” (2006 – selected at the 2007 PriMed) and “Ida’s Dance Club” (2009).

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THE VALLEY

(LA VALLÉE)
75 minutes, 2019
Director : Nuno ESCUDEIRO (Portugal)
Production : Point du Jour (France), Miramonte Film (Italy)

For centuries the valleys of the Roya and the Durance, between Italy and France, belonged to one country or the other. Today it is through these valleys that refugees try to pass when they have been refused entrance at the border at Menton or Ventimiglia. Faced with their distress, some local people have decided to welcome them anyway, to protect them, to grant them “board and lodging”. But this gesture is both risky and illegal. Until now the law has stated that you have an obligation to help any person in danger, but today that is limited to helping only those who have their papers in order.
The people living in the valley decided to make their actions public, as an appeal for solidarity. But then the media descended, leading to a far greater police presence and yet more controls, which in turn endangers the refugees, the locals and their families.
This film tells some personal stories but also shows their collective actions. It follows ordinary men and women who, in the name of solidarity, are fighting to continue doing what they believe to be morally right.

Nuno ESCUDEIRO studied media at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, and documentary filmmaking at the Zelig School of Documentary Film in Bolzano, Italy. He works in different areas of the moving image, his works are shown in galleries and broadcast at film festivals. His experimental short dance films have been screened in several national and international film festivals. In 2012, he founded the PostmodernSquare group, which brings together eleven European organizations to collaborate on new projects which reinforce the use of art in different social contexts.
During his studies at the Zelig School of Documentary Film, he made two films: “Chronicles of Wind and Stillness” (2015) about border controls which prevent refugees from traveling from Italy into Austria and Germany, and “Moon Europa” (2016) on immigrants living in the countries of northern Europe. “The Valley” is his second feature-length documentary.

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REGISTRATIONS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT PriMed 2019

For the 11th edition of Mediterranean Young Peole’s Award of PriMed, the CMCA invites all high school and college students from the Mediterranean to became jurors of PriMed 2019. The 23rd edition of PriMed will be held from 24 to 30 November 2019 in Marseille.

If you want to register your class, please contact us at education@primed.tv before 25th september 2019.

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ALL STATISTICS OF REGISTERED FILMS FOR PriMed 2019

For the 23rd edition of PriMed we received 473 films from 37 countries. Here you can see the statistics of the recorded movies.