Cinemed
Short and feature-length films, documentaries, previews, live arts... The cinemas of the Mediterranean basin, the Black Sea, Portugal and Armenia are showcased each year at the Montpellier International Mediterranean Film Festival, Cinemed. Initiated in 1979, it is organized by the Association du festival international du cinéma méditerranéen de Montpellier.
Cinemed's 2023 screenings include: La Chimère by Alice Rohrwacher (Italy), Hors-saison by Stéphane Brizé (France), Rosalie by Stéphanie Di Giusto (France), Léo by Jim Capobianco and Pierre-Luc Granjon (Ireland/France), L'Enlèvement by Marco Bellocchio (Italy/France/Germany)...
The screenings are organized in different venues: Opéra Berlioz, Centre Rabelais or in the Diagonal, Utopia, Nestor-Burma cinemas and the Maison pour tous Louis-Feuillade.
Educational activities
Cinemed is committed to raising awareness of cinema among the very young through 5 educational activities:
- Educational workshop: every year Cinemed organizes a preparatory workshop as part of the baccalaureate preparation for cinema-audiovisual option classes
- Cinemed screening for middle schools: On the opening day of the festival, a special junior high school short film session will be held to encourage secondary school students to discover cinematographic works and take part in cultural activities in cinemas.
- Young audience festival : every year, Cinemed offers a selection of 8 "Cinema Discovery" films for primary and nursery school children in the Metropole and the City of Montpellier.
- "Flying fish" workshop: this workshop supports around ten young people under the age of 15 in making a short film. The workshop follows a schedule divided between creative phases (writing, shooting, editing) and immersion phases at the heart of the festival (screenings, meetings with professionals, etc...).
- "Fais ton reportage" workshop: young people aged 12 to 18 can produce a report on the occasion of the festival to highlight the latest film news from the Mediterranean basin.