From 27 November-3 December, Cinemamed – Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival will celebrate its 25th edition, once again spotlighting the richness and diversity of Mediterranean cinema in the heart of the European capital.

The festival will open with the world premiere of L'Enfant Bélier, the new flick by Marta Bergman, who first turned heads with her documentary work, then with her debut feature, Alone at my Wedding [+lee también:
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ficha de la película], which screened in ACID in 2018. She returns with this searing new film, inspired by the tragic Mawda case from May 2018, and takes the time that cinema allows to probe its possible dynamics. Sara and Adam have arrived in Belgium with their two-year-old daughter, hoping to reach England. After being crammed together and hidden in the back of a vehicle, fear starts to outweigh hope. Redouane has been a police officer for 20 years and spends every night chasing smugglers. That evening, as the patrol tries to stop the van suspected of transporting migrants, everything changes… The festival will close with the Belgian premiere of Maryam Touzani’s new film, Calle Málaga [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] (France/Morocco/Spain/Germany/Belgium), the Audience Award winner in the Venezia Spotlight section of the Venice Film Festival and Morocco’s submission for the Oscars.

The Official Competition will gather eight films, reflecting just as many facets of Mediterranean cinema. They include the Italian movie Duse [+lee también:
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entrevista: Cyril Aris
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ficha de la película], which had the honour of being in the Official Competition in May, as well as the second feature by Erige Sehiri (who was behind the highly accomplished Under the Fig Trees [+lee también:
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entrevista: Cağla Zencirci y Guillaume…
ficha de la película] by Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti, which premiered at the Berlinale, will also be on the programme, alongside Derrière les palmiers (France/Morocco) by Meryem Benm’Barek (who made a splash a few years ago with Sofia [+lee también:
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entrevista: György Pálfi
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For several years now, the festival has hosted a second competition, ReVolution, dedicated to fiction and documentary films that shed light on the challenges facing Mediterranean youth. This year’s line-up features the Greek flick Bearcave [+lee también:
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entrevista: Stergios Dinopoulos y Krys…
ficha de la película] by Stergios Dinopoulos and Krysianna Papadakis (Europa Cinemas Label in Venice’s Giornate degli Autori), the Italian film Agon [+lee también:
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entrevista: Giulio Bertelli
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entrevista: Georgi M. Unkovski
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entrevista: Amel Guellaty
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ficha de la película] by Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani, as well as the documentaries Rashid, the Boy from Sinjar (Belgium/France) by Jasna Krajinovic and Valentina and the MUOSters [+lee también:
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As usual, Cineuropa will present an award to one of the films in competition.