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CINEMED 2018

Il cinema mediterraneo brilla a Montpellier

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- La 40ma edizione del Festival Cinemed, che si svolgerà nella città occitana dal 19 al 27 ottobre, propone un ricco programma molto diversificato

Il cinema mediterraneo brilla a Montpellier
Les Météorites di Romain Laguna

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A sign of our times, Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year (from 19 to 27 October), with the French actress Clotilde Coureau as guest of honour, will open tomorrow with the first two episodes of the TV series Il miracolo by the Italian directors Niccolò Ammaniti, Francesco Munzi and Lucio Pellegrini. As for the rest of the festival, this edition boasts an impressive programme dedicated exclusively to cinema, with Italian cinema in the spotlight this year thanks to a retrospective on Italian comedy, a special session on the documentary Quando c'era Berlinguer by Walter Veltroni and the festival's closing film, Lucia's Grace [+leggi anche:
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by Gianni Zanasi.

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Ten feature films will compete for the 2018 Golden Antigone, which will be awarded by a jury chaired by the director Robert Guédiguian. Standing out in particular is Meteorites [+leggi anche:
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by the French director Romain Laguna (discovered at San Sebastian in the new New Directors section, two years after pitching for the Cinemed Development Fund). The competition also includes two Italian features that made their debut at Toronto: Twin Flower [+leggi anche:
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by Laura Luchetti and The Vice of Hope [+leggi anche:
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by Edoardo de Angelis. Also being showcased are three feature films shown at Venice: Screwdriver (Mafak) by the Palestinian director Bassam Jarbawi (unveiled at the Giornate degli autori at Venice – watch the interview here), the subtle comedy Tel Aviv on Fire [+leggi anche:
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by the Israeli-Palestinian director Sameh Zoabi (discovered on the Lido in the Horizons section) and The Day I Lost My Shadow [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Soudade Kaadan
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by the Syriandirector Soudade Kaadan (awarded Best First Film at Venice after its premiere in the Horizons section). Two films appreciated at the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes are also taking part: The Load [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ognjen Glavonić
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by the Serbian director Ognjen Glavonic and Petra [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jaime Rosales
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by the Spanish director Jaime Rosales. The line-up is completed by Sibel [+leggi anche:
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by the Turkish director Çagla Zencirci and the French director Guillaume Giovanetti (unveiled in competition at Locarno) and Good Day's Work [+leggi anche:
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by the Slovenian director Martin Turk.

Seven more feature films will be presented in the Panorama section: the Romanian production Hawaii [+leggi anche:
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by the Spanish director Jesús Del Cerro, Journey to a Mother's Room [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Celia Rico Clavellino
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by his compatriot Celia Rico Clavellino (special mention in the New Directors section at San Sebastian), If Life Gives You Lemons [+leggi anche:
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by the Italian director Ciro D'Emilio, the French-Italian co-production Amare Amaro [+leggi anche:
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by Julien Paolini, Who Killed Lady Winsley? [+leggi anche:
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 by Irako-Kurdish director Hiner Saleem and two documentaries: Chjami è rispondi [+leggi anche:
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by the French director Axel Salvatori-Sinz and the Spanish-American co-production The Silence of Others [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Almudena Carracedo, Esther…
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by the directing duo Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar.

The documentary competition will feature Railway Men [+leggi anche:
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by the Tunisian director Erige Sehiri, Before Father Gets Back [+leggi anche:
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by the Georgian director Mari Gulbiani, When Pigs Come [+leggi anche:
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by the Serbian director Biljana Tutorov, Troublemaker [+leggi anche:
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by the Austrian-Spanish director Fernando Romero Forsthuber, Momsy [+leggi anche:
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by the Croatian director Josip Lukic, What Madness [+leggi anche:
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by the French director Diego Governatori, Erased,__Ascent of the Invisible by the Lebanese director Ghassan Halwani and Amal [+leggi anche:
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by the Egyptian director M. Siam.

14 premieres complete the programme, including the French films Bad Seeds [+leggi anche:
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by Kheiron, Whatever Happened to My Revolution [+leggi anche:
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by Judith Davis, Conviction [+leggi anche:
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by Antoine Raimbault, Edmond [+leggi anche:
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by Alexis Michalik, Remi, Nobody's Boy [+leggi anche:
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by Antoine Blossier, Les Invisibles [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Liza Benguigui
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by Louis-Julien Petit and the documentary Mimi by Laure Pradal. The Venetian award-winning Real Love [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Claire Burger
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by Claire Burger will also be screened, along with La vida lliure [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Marc Recha
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by the Spanish director Marc Recha and five titles from Cannes: Carmen & Lola [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Arantxa Echevarría
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by Arantxa Echevarria, The Trouble With You [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Pierre Salvadori
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 by Pierre Salvadori, Dear Son [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mohamed Ben Attia
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by Mohamed Ben Attia, the documentary Samouni Road [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Stefano Savona
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by Stefano Savona and Diamantino [+leggi anche:
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by the duo Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt.

The rich programme also includes a documentary competition, a short film competition and panorama, a meeting with the Spanish documentary filmmaker José Luis Guerin, a night of genre films, and a section on Mediterranean film masterpieces.

The 40th Mediterranean Film Festival is also organising an industry event from 23 to 25 October – Cinemed Meetings – which Cineuropa will cover in more detail at a later date – this year’s focus is on young Lebanese cinema.

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