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 2020
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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)
PAST EDITIONS
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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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