“Mediterranean Short Doc” award is for a documentary or a reportage – lasting less than 30 minutes – whose subject is about Mediterranean area. Here are the films chosen to take part in the 22nd PriMed, le Festival de la Méditerranée en images, from November 25th to December 1st 2018 in Marseille:
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CARMEN
By Natalia PRESTON
16 minutes, 2017
Production : Natalia Preston
“Carmen” is a poignant, honest portrait of a woman who follows the dictates of her heart, uprooting from Venezuela and going to Madrid, where she comes up against harsh reality. The man she followed has disappeared, her days are difficult, long and lonely. She makes her living by singing in Madrid’s subway stations: the underground network becomes her world, Venezuelan music her faithful companion. Carmen shares her hopes and her songs with passers-by. The melodies remind her of her children, of unattainable love and the life she left in Venezuela. Despite the difficulties and her pain, her love of music gives her strength and dignity, driving her to be an example, an ambassador of humanity, to those who cross her path.
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DR FATMA
By Narcisse YOUMBI
13 minutes, 2018
Production : Institut Français d’Algérie
Dr. Fatma, an Algerian gynaecologist obstetrician takes us into the difficult medical universe of young mothers or mother-to-be who come to her surgery.
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DYING FOR EUROPE
By Nikos PILOS
17 minutes, 2017
Production: Nikos Pilos, Goethe-Institut Athen
In “Dying for Europe”, the largest tide of migrants since the Second World War is shown through fragments of personal stories.
Constructed as a trilogy, this harrowing film sheds light on the strength and hope of those who, daring to dream of a better life in Europe, are ready to sacrifice their own.
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HOMMAGE TO KOBANÎ
By Soran QURBANI
13 minutes, 2017
Production: Nakba FilmWorks, Edinburgh College of Art
A trip through the city of Kobanî, the administrative centre of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria, commonly known as Rojava, narrated by a 19-year old fighter, Narine. In a letter to her mother, she reveals her daily life in the ruins of a city shattered by war and deserted by its inhabitants, from whom she unearths memories buried under the rubble.
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THE TREASURE
By Marisa LAFUENTE ESTESO and Nestor DEL CASTILLO
12 minutes, 2017
Production: De Cabo a Rabo S.L.
Little Vera is about to leave with her grandfather in search of a treasure hidden in a wood. In the middle of the trees, the girl discovers the true meaning of the trip. A film full of tenderness.
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WITH OPEN WINGS
By Vivian Papageorgiou
22 minutes, 2017
Production : Vivian Papageorgiou
A short documentary about a group of handicapped dancers and the way they use art to help them confront their daily lives.
SPECIAL PriMed 2018 SELECTION FILE
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“Mediterranean Challenges” category
“Mediterranean Memory” category
“Mediterranean Art, Heritage and Cultures” category
“First Film” category
Mediterranean Young People’s Award
