PriMed 2017 / Find out about all the films selected!

25 documentaries and web-documentaries have been chosen to take part in the 21st PriMed, le Festival de la Méditerranée en images, from November 19th to the 25th 2017 in Marseille.

From June 6th to the 9th the selection jury worked together in the premises of the CMCA (Centre Méditerranéen de la Communication Audiovisuelle), which co-organises PriMed with France Télévisions, Rai and the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU).

As a reminder, the CMCA received 385 films representing 40 countries from around the world. Here are the chosen films in their six categories:

• Mediterranean Issues (click here to read the synopses) :
  – CHILD MOTHER by Yael KIPPER and Ronen ZARETZKY
  – IF I CLOSE MY EYES by Francesca MANNOCCHI and Alessio ROMENZI
  – NÉ EN SYRIE by Hernán ZIN
  – SYRIE, LE CRI ÉTOUFFÉ by Manon LOIZEAU and Annick COJEAN

• Mediterranean Memory (click here to read the synopses) :
  – ALGER, LA MECQUE DES RÉVOLUTIONNAIRES (1962 – 1974) by Ben SALAMA
  – LES ANNÉES DE PLOMB, UNE TRAGÉDIE ITALIENNE by Nicolas GLIMOIS
  – L’HÉRITAGE DE FRANCO – LES ENFANTS VOLÉS D’ESPAGNE by Inga BREMER
  – NÉ À DEIR YASSIN by Neta SHOSHANI

• Mediterranean Art, Heritage and Cultures (click here to read the synopses) :
  – A FOOTNOTE IN BALLET HISTORY? by Hisham ABDEL KHALEK
  – ALALÁ (JOIE) by Remedios MALVAREZ BAEZ
  – JE DANSERAI MALGRÉ TOUT! by Blandine DELCROIX
  – NESSUNO CI PUÒ GIUDICARE by Steve DELLA CASA and Chiara RONCHINI

• First Film (click here to read the synopses) :
  – ATTENTION! by Onur BAKIR and Panagiotis CHARAMIS
  – BENVENUTI by Laura AURIOLE and Annalisa LENDARO
  – GAZA SURF CLUB by Philip GNADT and Mickey YAMINE
  – MARE NOSTRO by Andrea GADALETA CALDAROLA

• Mediterranean Short Films (click here to read the synopses) :
  – BOLINGO. LA FORÊT DE L’AMOUR by Alejandro G. SALGADO
  – KACHACH, AU-DESSUS DE ZAATARI by Bruno PIERETTI
  – MY MOTHER THE TOBACCO GROWER by Stathis GALAZOULAS
  – UN JOUR À ALEP by Ali AL-IBRAHIM
  – WASTE NO.2 WRECK by Jan IJÄS

• Mediterranean Multimedia (click here to read the synopses) :
  – BORDERBLOB by Andrea KUNKL
  – CHANT ACIER by François BON, Emmanuel ROY and Annabel ROUX
  – LA VIA D’USCITA by Milena GABANELLI
  – SANT’ELIA, FRAGMENTS D’UN ESPACE QUOTIDIEN by Silvia ARU, Bruno CHIARAVALLOTI, Claudio JAMPAGLIA and Maurizio MEMOLI

Soon you will be able to watch extracts of all the selected films on www.primed.tv

The members of the selection jury were:

– Nathalie BÉLY, audiovisual Production Manager, Department of Cultural Production at MuCEM (Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations)
– Elisabeth CESTOR, deputy head of MuCEM’s cultural development pole
– Cécile DUMOULIN, head of MuCEM’s cultural development and audience department
– Valérie GERBAULT, executive officer of the CMCA
– Frédérique LAMBERT, teacher, author and assistant director
– Philippe MACÉ, technical director of INA Méditerranée
– Mireille MAURICE, executive officer of INA Méditerranée (Institut National de l’Audiovisuel)
– Bania MEDJBAR, film producer and director
– Franco REVELLI, head of multimedia, training and broadcasting at the CMCA
– Sami SADAK, artistic director of the World and Jazz Music Forum for Babel Med Music
– Paule SARDOU, film director and former President of Festival Tous Courts

SELECTION FOR PriMed 2017
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Mediterranean Issues
Mediterranean Memory
Mediterranean Art, Heritage and Cultures
First Film
Mediterranean Short Films
Mediterranean Multimedia