Cinemed

About

Founded in 1979, the Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film (Festival international du cinéma méditerranéen de Montpellier) is aimed at promoting cultural knowledge of cinema from the Mediterranean basin, the Black Sea, Portugal and Armenia.

In a spirit of tolerance, the event facilitates exchanges, symposia and studies of the common features which link these film-making traditions.

The Montpellier Festival has always supported the dissemination of Mediterranean cinema to a French and European public and has set up a competition with international juries to promote award-winning fiction features and shorts.

Awards

Feature films:

• Golden Antigone (Agglomeration of Montpellier) - This prize totals €15,000 as follows: €6,000 for the director and €9,000 for the company which is to distribute the film in French cinemas within the twelve (12) months following the award.
• Filmgoers' Award (Midi Libre). A prize of €4,000 which is attributed to the director (audience choise).
• Critics' Award (BNP Paribas). Award for the best fiction feature, consisting of €2,000 awarded to the director.
• JAM award for best music. €1,200.
• Young People's Award (CMCAS). €2,000 awarded to the director.

Short films:

• Grand Prix for Short Films (Agglomeration of Montpellier) - A cash prize of €4,000 will be awarded to the director of the best fiction short.
• Filmgoers' Award (Midi Libre-Titra Film). €1,000 to the director and €500 in DCP services.
• Young People's Award (City of Montpellier). €2,000 awarded to the director.
• Canal+ Award.

Other prizes may be awarded. 

Rules

• Films completed since 1 July 2022.
• The director must be from one of the states in the Mediterranean or Black sea Basin, Portugal, Georgia and Armenia, or the subject of the film is located in the Mediterranean environment or express the cultural features of the Mediterranean area

Fiction films:

• Fiction films of a running time of over 60 minutes; 
• They have not been distributed in France either commercially, non-commercially, or on video; 
• The screening format must be DCP; 
• The subject and handling must contribute to the cinematic representation of the Mediterranean.

Short fiction:

• Fiction, documentary and animated shorts. Maximum running time of 30 minutes; 
• The screening format must be DCP; 
• The subject and handling must contribute to the cinematic representation of the Mediterranean.

Documentaries:

• Running time: minimum 50 minutes - Films shorter than 50 minutes will not be accepted;
• Films which have not been broadcast on French TV channels or released in French cinemas
• Screening formats: DCP; 
• The subject and the treatment of the film must reflect a personal, artistic and original point of view of the Mediterranean in the social, cultural, political, historical or environmental domain. 

Premiere Requirements

No premiere requirement