Tomorrow will see Thierry de Peretti’s Undercover (victorious in San Sebastián) opening the 43rd Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, which is set to unfold between 15 and 24 October with Hafsia Herzi (Good Mother [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil …
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Stealing focus among the 200-plus films on the agenda are the ten fiction feature films due to battle it out for the 2021 Antigone d'Or, which will be handed over by a jury led by Italy’s Asia Argento. The works in question are Anima bella [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by fellow Italian Dario Albertini, the Spanish titles Libertad [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Clara Roquet
scheda film] by Clara Roquet (unveiled in Critics’ Week) and The Odd-Job Men [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Neus Ballús
scheda film] by Neus Ballús (rewarded in Locarno), As Far As I Can Walk [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Stefan Arsenijević
scheda film] by Serbia’s Stefan Arsenijevic (victorious at Karlovy Vary), Hive [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Blerta Basholli
scheda film] by Kosovo’s Blerta Basholli (triumphant at Sundance), Luzzu [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Alex Camilleri
scheda film] by Maltese director Alex Camilleri (likewise rewarded in Park City), Let It Be Morning [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Israel’s Eran Kolirin (presented in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section), Costa Brava, Lebanon [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Lebanon’s Mounia Akl (unveiled within the Venice Film Festival’s Orizzonti Extra line-up) and two Egyptian contenders: Souad [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Aytem Amin (discovered within the Berlinale’s Panorama section and rewarded in Tribeca) and Amira by Mohamed Diab (which premiered in Venice’s Orizzonti line-up).

Five other full-length fiction films are set to screen in the Panorama section, including Small Body [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Laura Samani
scheda film] by Italy’s Laura Samani, The Inner Cage [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Leonardo Di Costanzo
scheda film] by her compatriot Leonardo Di Costanzo, Kerr by Turkey’s Tayfun Pirselimoglu and Streams [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mehdi Hmili
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The Documentaries competition will pit nine titles against one another, including May God Be with You by French director Cléo Cohen, Landscapes of Resistance [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Marta Popivoda
scheda film] by Serbia’s Marta Popivoda, Divinations [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Italy’s Leandro Picarella, Taming the Garden [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Salomé Jashi
scheda film] by Georgian filmmaker Salomé Jashi, Miguel’s War [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Lebanese director Eliane Raheb, All-In [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Belgian-Turk talent Volkan Üce, Little Palestine (Diary of a Siege) [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Palestine’s Abdallah Al-Khatib, The Forgotten Ones [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Michale Boganim
scheda film] by Israel’s Michale Boganim and Les Enfants terribles [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Turkish filmmaker Ahmet Necdet Cupur.

A raft of premieres will be rounding off the programme, in the form of A Chiara [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jonas Carpignano
scheda film] by Italy’s Jonas Carpignano, Three Floors [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by fellow Italian Nanni Moretti, Parallel Mothers [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, Schoolgirls [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Pilar Palomero
scheda film] by his compatriot Pilar Palomero, O fim do Mundo [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Basil Da Cunha
scheda film] by Swiss-Portuguese filmmaker Basil da Cunha and the French titles La Traviata, My Brothers and I [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Yohan Manca, The Accusation [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Yvan Attal
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intervista: Mabrouk El Mechri
scheda film] by Mabrouk El Mechri, Beautiful Minds [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by directorial duo Bernard Campan and Alexandre Jollien, and Marine Barnérias’ documentary Rosy.

Likewise worth a mention are the various Special Screenings on the festival agenda, which include that of the animated film The Crossing [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by France’s Florence Miailhe and of the documentary Black Notebooks (I: Vivianne & II: Ronit) by Israel’s Shlomi Elkabetz, a competition and a short films overview, sections entitled "Four Italian Western Gems" and "A Night in Hell" (comprised of five films, including Censor [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Prano Bailey-Bond
scheda film] by Welsh director Prano Bailey-Bond), a "Children’s Cinemed" section (notably involving Vicky and Her Mystery [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by France’s Denis Imbert) and Rose [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Aurélie Saada, which is closing the festival, not to mention the professional Cinemed Meetings event, running 19 to 21 October, which Cineuropa will explore in greater detail very soon.