25/10/2013 - 12 titles compete for the Golden Antigone 2013, including films from Italy, Spain, Grece, Croatia and Turkey

Opening tonight with Suzanne [+see also:
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interview: Katell Quillévéré
film profile] by Katell Quillévéré (appreciated in Cannes – read the review and watch the video interview of the director), the 35^th Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpellier will offer until November 2 a very dense programme filled with discoveries.

Amongst the 12 titles competing for the Golden Antigone which will be awarded by a jury presided by Egyptian filmmaker Yousry Nasrallah, Stockholm [+see also:
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interview: Paolo Zucca
film profile] by Italian director Paolo Zucca (discovered in Venice – read the review and watch the video interview of the director), the Greek-German coproduction September [+see also:
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film profile] by Penny Panayotopoulou (review), One Shot [+see also:
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film profile] by Croatian director Robert Orhel and Kusursuzlar by Turkish director Ramin Matin. It is also worth noting the coproductions Giraffada [+see also:
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film profile] by Rani Massalah (Palestine-France), Paradjanov by duo Serge Avédikian - Olena Fetisova (Ukraine-France-Georgia-Armenia) and Only in New York - Peace After Marriage by Jordanian Ghazi Albuliwi (the United States with France and Turkey).

As for avant-premieres, Anni felici [+see also:
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interview: Daniele Luchetti
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film profile] by Alain Ughetto (one of the three nominees for the European Film Award 2013) and Tante Hilda! [+see also:
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interview: Jacques-Rémy Girerd
film profile] by duo Jacques-Rémy Girerd - Benoît Chieux, Une autre vie [+see also:
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film profile] by Emmanuel Mouret (in competition in Locarno - news), Quai d'Orsay [+see also:
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film profile] by Bertrand Tavernier (Best Screenplay in San Sebastian - review), Sense of Humor [+see also:
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film profile] by Marilyne Canto (article), Me Myself and Mom [+see also:
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film profile] by Guillaume Gallienne (review), Story of My Death [+see also:
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interview: Albert Serra
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The festival’s programme also offers competitions for documentaries and short films, a panorama of feature films (notably including The Human Factor [+see also:
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film profile] by Bruno Oliviero, Italian Movies [+see also:
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film profile] by Matteo Pellegrini and Adria Blues [+see also:
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film profile] by Slovenian director Miroslav Mandic), a special screening for the documentary Che strano chiamarsi Federico [+see also:
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making of
film profile] by Ettore Scola, a day dedicated to scriptwriting with Jean-Pol Fargeau and tributes to Daniel Auteuil, Marisa Paredes, Agustí Villaronga, Matteo Garrone and Gilles Jacob, who will all be present.