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You were especially numerous in applying to the next edition of LabMed, and this year, all records were broken.
A huge thank you for your trust, your interest in Meditalents, and for the volume of applications received. Submissions came from 28 countries, with a strong representation from France, Italy, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Croatia, Spain, and Turkey.
With a 66% increase in applications to LabMed compared to last year, a very promising year of residencies is ahead.
We are eager to discover these projects and the worlds they carry. Now it’s time for a lot of reading: we are pleased to introduce our selection committee.
For LabMed, the selection committee brings together this year Aliénor Pinta and Laura Luchetti, who were already part of the previous edition, along with Magalie Armand, who is joining the committee. We warmly thank them for their contribution.
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Aliénor Pinta has been Head of Documentary Programming at the Cinemed Festival in Montpellier since 2014, where she has also been in charge of professional meetings since 2021. She is also Artistic Coordinator of the La Rochelle Cinéma Festival. She has held various positions within festivals (Côté Court in Pantin, Ciné-Rencontres de Prades, Arras Film Festival) and has worked with the CNAP. She regularly serves as a jury member, moderator, and reader for numerous committees, regional bodies, television channels, and festivals.
An award-winning Italian director, Laura Luchetti develops work across fiction cinema, animation, series, and theatre. Her films have been screened and awarded at many international festivals, including Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, Venice, and Locarno. She also directs television series for international platforms. Her body of work is distinguished by a sensitive and committed approach to contemporary storytelling, with particular attention to form and narrative devices.
Trained in production and line production, Magalie Armand worked as a production manager and line producer before joining the CNC in 2012, following a year at Unifrance. There, she headed the Co-production, Cooperation and World Cinemas department, overseeing international funding schemes and representing French projects at Eurimages, while also initiating the Fund for Young Francophone Creation. Since 2024, she has been supporting short and feature film projects as a producer and consultant, and has been the Executive Director of the SDI since January 2026.
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