Mediterranean film will once again take centre stage in Brussels this December, by way of the 22nd edition of the Mediterranean Film Festival - Cinemamed, which will allow audiences to travel to the four corners of the Mediterranean basin from the comfort of a selection of movie theatres. The event will be opened by Maryam Touzani’s second film (who turned heads with Adam [+leggi anche:
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The Competition will consist of 7 feature films, including the most recent Berlinale’s Golden Bear winner Alcarràs [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Spanish director Carla Simón. A selection of Belgian co-productions are also set to grace the line-up, in the form of Orit Fouks Rotem’s Belgian-Israeli co-production Cinema Sabaya, The Damned Don’t Cry [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Selcen Ergun
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The festival is continuing its search for new talent via the ReVolution section, which was introduced last year and focuses on self-emancipatory battle cries by modern-day youngsters blending fiction and documentary forms. Audiences will also get the opportunity to discover Tunisian director Erige Sehiri’s summery first fiction feature shot through with societal questions, Under the Fig Trees [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], which was unveiled in the Directors’ Fortnight and recently won the Namur Festival’s Bayard d’Or, not to mention Rita Baghdadi’s Lebanese documentary Sirens, painting the portrait of the Arab world’s first female heavy metal band. A whole other genre of music is at the heart of Houria [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Benedetta Porcaroli
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intervista: Andrea Bagney
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In addition to these two competitive sections, the festival is also set to screen a panorama of 17 films as yet unseen in Belgium, including several hotly anticipated French movies, such as The Little Gang [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Pierre Salvadori
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intervista: Philippe Faucon
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Last but not least, the festival is scheduled close in style with a screening of Italian director Emanuele Crialese’s new film L’Immensità [+leggi anche:
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