09/10/2025 - The Euro-Mediterranean Documentary Market held in Sitges from 9-12 October has picked 70 projects from 22 countries

The MEDIMED Euro-Mediterranean Documentary Market, held in Sitges (Barcelona), has announced the 70 documentary projects selected for its 26th edition, which is being held from 9-12 October. Over the years, MEDIMED has established itself as a key meeting point for professionals from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, facilitating co-productions, financing and international collaborations within the documentary field.

This year’s Pitching Forum brings together 22 titles exploring political, human and environmental issues, while the Anti Pitch Programme, Speedy Pitch Meetings and Co-Producers Wanted Pitch offer additional opportunities for emerging filmmakers to connect with decision makers. A new feature of the 2025 edition is the inclusion of projects from countries with developing industries, further broadening MEDIMED’s Euro-Mediterranean reach.

In parallel, the Digital Docs Gallery showcases more than 250 completed films from 50 countries, accessible to a wide range of international buyers and broadcasters, including ARTE, BBC Arabic, Al Jazeera, France TV, Movistar Plus+, NHK and SVT.

Here is the full list of projects selected:

Pitching Forum

In the Name of Peace – Hala Alabdalla (Syria/France)

The Last Mountain – Yorgos Avgeropoulos (Greece)

Firebirds – Nour Ballouk (Lebanon/France)

Eternal Return – Chiara Brambilla (Italy)

You Can’t See the Forest for the Trees – Tineke de Vaal (Netherlands)

Sisters of the Sea – Nadja Drost (Spain/Canada)

Iran Unveiled – Maryam Ebrahimi (Sweden/Iran)

The Birth of Derna – Hussein Eddeb (Libya/Norway)

The Grey House – Juliana Fanjul (Mexico/Switzerland)

Anatomy of a Genocide – Torstein Grude (Norway)

And the Sky Turned Red – Hassan Jaber (Tunisia)

All the King’s Men – Dania Kafoury (Palestine)

Revolution of Love – Tanja Kokalj (Slovenia)

Promised Land – Shaza Maddad (Syria)

Beyond the Line – Othman Naciri (Morocco)

Mother Tongue – Dina Naser (Jordan)

The Glass Wall – Marta Prus (Poland)

The Sea Between Us – Amal Ramsis (Egypt/Spain)

Rosa’s Revolution – Lucía Recalde (Spain)

It Is What It Is – Gal Rosenbluth (Israel)

City of a Million Colours – Abeer Saady (Egypt/Germany)

Under the Same Sun – Hady Zaccak (Lebanon)

Anti Pitch Programme (Rough Cut Advisory Meetings)

Border Lines – Leila Ben Salem (Tunisia)

Roots of Sand – Adel Darwish (Morocco)

Clouds Over the Valley – Ziad Kamel (Lebanon)

Dust Diaries – Emre Kara (Turkey)

The Weavers – Elena Karkazi (Greece)

The Wall Within – Matej Kovač (Croatia)

Big Boys Don’t Cry – Omar Morsy (Egypt/Germany)

Chronically Undateable – Erik Nyári (Hungary)

Stolen Earth – Giulia Piersanti (Italy)

Nahual: Life Between Worlds – Alicja Wysocka (Poland)

Speedy Pitch Meetings

The Wind and the Wall – Fatma Ben Ali (Tunisia)

The Kingdom of Shadows – Yasmina Djebli (Algeria/France)

The Forgotten Ones – Bilal El-Masri (Palestine)

Tania’s Head – Nacho García (Spain)

Echoes of the Desert – Nadia Karim (Egypt)

Saltwater Stories – Marta Lafuente (Spain/Portugal)

El Loco – Tom O’Connor (UK/Argentina)

Conflict Zone – Stefan Roth (Germany)

Lost in Translation – Eleni Tsakiris (Greece)

Between Two Rivers – George Zaatari (Lebanon)

Co-Producers Wanted Pitch

The Missing Frame – Nadia Abdelrahman (Jordan)

A City Without Doors – Yazan Alhaj Saleh (Syria)

What Day Are We In?! – Ahmad Barakat (Palestine)

Letters from Limbo – Sofia Barroso (Spain)

The Smell of Dust – Yusuf Derviş (Turkey)

The House of the Others – Hussein Fadel (Iraq)

The Shadow of the Sun – Meryem Kabbaj (Morocco)

Children of the Wind – Sara Kassem (Tunisia/Italy)

Fragments of the Sea – Aliyah Khan (Egypt/France)