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CINÉMAMED 2017

A female focus for the 17th edition of the Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival

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- The 17th Cinémamed will unspool from 1-8 December, screening almost 70 movies spanning all genres and showcasing the sheer diversity of films from the southern countries

A female focus for the 17th edition of the Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival
I Still Hide to Smoke by Rayhana

The 17th edition of the Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival (Cinémamed) will take place from 1-8 December, boasting almost 70 films spanning all genres and shining a spotlight on the sheer diversity of films from the southern countries. It will also place the emphasis on females, painting a mixed and colourful portrait of Mediterranean women, and positioning female filmmakers centre stage. The aim is to “pay tribute to the women of today through movies in which they resist, create, overcome, demonstrate and dismantle stereotypes, and disrupt and alter our way of looking at things”. The 100% female jury will be chaired by Egyptian director-producer Marianne Khoury, and will include Belgian actresses Stéphanie Crayencour and Anne Paulicevich.

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In the official competition, we find A Ciambra [+see also:
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 by Jonas Carpignano (Italy/France), which was unveiled in the Directors’ Fortnight; I Still Hide to Smoke [+see also:
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by Algerian author and actress Rayhana, starring such names as Hiam Abbas, a co-production between Algeria, Greece and France; Hunting Flies [+see also:
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interview: Izer Aliu
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]
 by Izer Aliu (Norway/Albania); Beauty and the Dogs [+see also:
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interview: Kaouther Ben Hania
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 by Kaouther Ben Hania, presented in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes, a co-production between Tunisia, France, Sweden and Norway; and the new film by Tony GatlifDjam [+see also:
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 (France/Greece/Turkey). Besides these titles, audiences will be able to enjoy the new movie by young Moroccan director Hicham LasriHeadbang Lullaby [+see also:
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, revealed at the Berlinale and co-produced with France; Secret Ingredient [+see also:
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interview: Blagoj Veselinov
interview: Gjorce Stavreski
film profile
]
 by Gjorce Stavreski (Macedonia/Greece); More [+see also:
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 by Onur Saylak (Turkey/Greece); and lastly, the new film by director Annemarie JacirWajib [+see also:
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 (Palestine). 

The rich cinematic panorama will offer 14 brand-new films, including the feature debut by Belgian filmmaker Guérin van de VorstThe Faithful Son [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Guérin Van de Vorst
film profile
]
. Meanwhile, the Medoc section will unspool 15 documentaries hailing from all around the Mediterranean.

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(Translated from French)

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