23/10/2015 - Over 250 films are on the programme of the 37th edition of the event, which kicks off tomorrow – including ten titles that will be vying for the Golden Antigone

Managed by its new artistic delegate, Christophe Leparc, Cinemed, the Mediterranean Film Festival organised in Montpellier, will raise the curtain on its 37th edition (24-31 October 2015) tomorrow. This gathering, rich in both quantity and quality, is reflected perfectly by its opening film, Per amor vostro [+see also:
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interview: Giuseppe M Gaudino
film profile] by Italy’s Giuseppe M Gaudino (which won the Best Actress Award at Venice, for Valeria Golino). 

This year, ten titles will be in the running for the Golden Antigone, which will be handed out by a jury chaired by actor-director Roschdy Zem. Standing out among them are Amama [+see also:
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interview: Asier Altuna
film profile] by Spaniard Asier Altuna (the real revelation of the San Sebastián competition), John From [+see also:
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film profile] by Portuguese director João Nicolau, Montanha [+see also:
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interview: João Salaviza
film profile] by his fellow countryman João Salaviza (unveiled in the Venice Critics’ Week), Riverbanks [+see also:
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film profile] by Panos Karkanevatos (co-produced by Greece, Germany and Turkey), Three Windows and a Hanging [+see also:
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interview: Arben Zharku
interview: Isa Qosja
film profile] by Isa Qosja (the first Kosovar film to have represented its country in the race for the Oscar) and Lazar [+see also:
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interview: Svetozar Ristovski
film profile] by Macedonia’s Svetozar Ristovski (also co-produced by Croatia, Bulgaria and France). Also featuring among the competition titles is French production Let Them Come [+see also:
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film profile] by Salem Brahimi (screened at Toronto), the Franco-Belgian comedy Good Luck Algeria [+see also:
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film profile] by Farid Bentoumi (read the article), Dégradé [+see also:
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film profile] by Palestinian brothers Arab and Tarzan Nasser (popular in the Cannes Critics’ Week) and the Turkish feature Entanglement [+see also:
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interview: Tunç Davut
film profile] by Tunç Davut.

Ten feature films are being showcased in the Panorama, including Family Relics [+see also:
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film profile] by Bulgarian director Ivan Cherkelov, Chlorine [+see also:
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interview: Sara Serraiocco
film profile] by Italian filmmaker Lamberto Sanfelice (revealed at Sundance and shown at the Berlinale), Chromium [+see also:
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interview: Bujar Alimani
film profile] by Albania’s Bujar Alimani, El país del miedo [+see also:
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film profile] by Spaniard Francisco Espada, the Maltese production Simshar [+see also:
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film profile] by Rebecca Cremona, No One's Child [+see also:
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film profile] by Serbian filmmaker Vuk Rsumovic (winner of the Venice Critics’ Week in 2014) and Let the Music Play [+see also:
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film profile] by Turkey’s Nesli Cölgecen.

Also of note is a flurry of preview screenings, including Suburra [+see also:
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interview: Stefano Sollima
film profile] by Italian director Stefano Sollima, Parisienne [+see also:
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film profile] by Lebanese filmmaker Danielle Arbid (read the article), the Venice star attraction As I Open My Eyes [+see also:
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interview: Leyla Bouzid
film profile] by Leyla Bouzid, Les Ogres [+see also:
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film profile] by Léa Fehner (read the article), All Three of Us [+see also:
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film profile] by Kheiron, The Very Private Life of Mister Sim [+see also:
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film profile] by Michel Leclerc (read the article) and the Cannes title Les Anarchistes [+see also:
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film profile] by Elie Wajeman. In addition, three documentaries will be on show: the Berlinale-awarded The Pearl Button [+see also:
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film profile] by Patricio Guzmán, the environmentally focused Demain [+see also:
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film profile] by Mélanie Laurent and Cyril Dion, and Argentina [+see also:
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interview: Carlos Saura
film profile] by Spaniard Carlos Saura.

The Montpellier Festival, which will be brought to a close by Cristina Comencini’s Latin Lover [+see also:
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making of
interview: Cristina Comencini
film profile], will also offer (among myriad other events) a competition comprising eight feature-length documentaries (including such titles as Toto and His Sisters [+see also:
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film profile] by Romanian director Alexander Nanau and Spartans [+see also:
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interview: Nicolas Wadimoff
film profile] by Switzerland’s Nicolas Wadimoff), a competition and overview of short films, a Sergio Sollima night, and retrospectives dedicated to Valeria Golino, young Portuguese cinema (under the auspices of Miguel Gomes), Tony Gatlif and Carlos Saura.

(Translated from French)