12 awards were distributed at the PriMed Award Ceremony, which was held on November 30th in the Prado cinema in Marseilles. Among them Broadcasting Awards, one Special Mention and a new award given by 6th formers “Moi, citoyen méditerranéen”.
Grand Prix: Mediterranean Issues – Sponsored by France Télévisions
LIBYE, ANATOMIE D’UN CRIME by Cécile ALLEGRA
Like ghosts they wander round Tunis. Wounded, humiliated, men who have been subjected to an unprecedented crime: rape, perpetrated in Libyan prisons on a massive scale since the revolution.
Mediterranean Memory Award – Sponsored by INA (Institut National de l’Audiovisuel)
MISSING FETINE by Yeliz SHUKRI
Forced into marriage as a child, then taken out of the country, Fetine Memish’s fate has remained a mystery to her family for years. Until her great-niece began investigating…
First Film Award – Sponsored by RAI (Radiotelevisione italiana)
DES MOUTONS ET DES HOMMES by Karim SAYAD
Sheep are an integral part of life for the inhabitants of Bab el Oued, a working class district of Algiers: although the rams are lovingly prepared for a series of fiercely contested fights, all must be slaughtered for Eïd.
Mediterranean Art, Heritage and Cultures Award
NAISSANCE-MARIAGE-MORT, TROIS ETAPES DE LA VIE by Asuman ATAKUL FIRTINA
In today’s Turkey each community still accompanies the important moments of life with rituals and ancient customs.
Mediterranean Young People’s Award
LE GRAND SAPHIR, UNE REVOLTE ORDINAIRE by Jérémi STADLER
Emmanuel Laurin swam from Marseilles to Toulon, collecting the rubbish he found to make the public aware of the pollution in the Mediterranean.
Mediterranean Short (Audience Award)
DYING FOR EUROPE by Nikos PILOS
The film shows the strength of the hope of those who, daring to dream of a better life in Europe, are ready to sacrifice their own.
ASBU Special Mention
MARSEILLE, ILS ONT TUE MON FILS by Edouard BERGEON and Philippe PUJOL
Three mothers living in the north of Marseille talk about their chaotic daily lives, their despair about the future and the pain of losing a child in the gangland warfare.
“Moi, citoyen méditerranéen” Award
– Southern Mediterranean, sponsored by CFI (Canal France International)
PLANÉTOPHILE by Cédric IBRAHIM
– Northern Mediterranean
C’EST JUSTE UNE CANETTE by Anna DE VITA
BROADCASTING AWARDS
2M (Morocco)
ASHBAL, LES LIONCEAUX DU CALIFAT by Thomas DANDOIS and François-Xavier TRÉGAN
Used as weapons of war, children aged between 4 and 16 talk about what they have experienced in the ISIS training camps.
France 3 Corse ViaStella
STRANGE FISH by Giulia BERTOLUZZI
For 15 years the Tunisian fishermen of Zarzis, anonymous heroes, have rescued thousands of migrants from the sea, and offered a worthy shrine for those who drowned.
RAI 3 (Italy)
STRANGE FISH by Giulia BERTOLUZZI
