Cinemed Meetings award top grant
The 36th edition of the Cinemed Meetings, part of the 48th Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, gave its main development grant to Les Criminels, a film directed by Turkish filmmaker Serhat Karaaslan. The grant, totaling 8,000 euros, was funded by the CNC, with additional support from Cercle Rouge Productions and Saraband for music and sound post-production.Second grant awarded to French project
A second grant, worth 4,000 euros from the Occitanie region, was given to J’ai deux amours, a French film directed by Maëva Leïla Youbi. This project also received the Casell’arte prize, which includes a writing residency and 1,000 euros.Spanish project receives writing residency
The Spanish film La prière des bêtes (El prec de les feres), directed by Marta Duran Lozano, was awarded a writing residency at CECI-Moulin d’Andé. It also received 2,500 euros in post-production support from Titra Film.Special prizes for two projects
Two special prizes were given out at the event. The first was an invitation to Massa Mare, a professional editing workshop at the Confrontation festival in Perpignan, awarded to the Spanish project Cette terre entre nous (Una terra entre nosaltres - This Land Between Us) by Arnau Vilaró. The project also received the MedMeetings Award, an invitation to the professional platform of the MedFilm Festival in Rome.Second special prize supports Slovenian project
The second special prize, offering two development consultations, was awarded to the Slovenian film Purgatoire (Purgatory) by Žiga Virc. The Music & Cinema prize, which includes an invitation to the European Market for Music Composition for Image at the MCM – Festival International Music & Cinema in Marseille, went to the Palestinian project Minus 40 by Waseem Khair.Initiative supports feature film development
The 12th edition of the "Du court au long" initiative, which helps filmmakers in Montpellier's short film competition develop feature films, awarded a residency at LabMed of Meditalents to Vida Skerk, a Slovenian, Croatian, and Italian filmmaker working on Left Behind, Still Standing. The initiative also gave a special mention to The Tenants, a film directed by Slovenian filmmaker Dan Grabnar.Residency awarded to Palestinian filmmaker
A residency at CECI-Moulin d’Andé was given to Palestinian filmmaker Shayma’ Awawdeh for her project The Story of the Mountain.
