The 12th edition of Lab Med welcomed 8 authors of first or second feature films from the Mediterranean basin.
They were able to exchange ideas with speakers François Lunel & Jamal Belmahi during 3 sessions in residence, each lasting one week, in Marseille.
The first session took place from March 5 to 10, 2023.
The 2nd session from June 11 to 16, 2023.
The 3rd session from December 9 to 16, 2023.
Yousef, an Egyptian teenager, joins his father in Rome for a better life. Instead, he lives in a garage with a distant father and works with an aggressive master who exhausts him. He will find comfort in a secret relationship with an older client, who offers him the opportunity to study and change his future. But this will not be without consequences and will lead to serious problems in the garage, confronting him with a difficult choice.
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Most family members aren't thrilled about a rookie trainee performing the circumcision, but Nevo, the proud grandfather, is determined that Elkana will be the chosen one. In the midst of an existential crisis, Nevo is willing to go as far as it takes. MILAH is a comedy about an ancient ceremony in a modern world and the absurd sacrifices we make for reassurance.
Lily, a teenager working as a hostess at a sleazy bar, and her bisexuality as she is caught between a mysterious older man and a younger co-worker.
Assa, an Ethiopian housekeeper, begins working for a young Lebanese couple with a one-year-old baby, gradually outgrowing her role as caretaker.
Neyrouz is disturbed by the sudden death of her husband. A few days after his death, she discovers that he left her a debt that she must repay.
Mohammedia. One night, the Moon is torn apart. Abir realizes that she is now the only one dreaming. She goes to others so that they can dream again.
A little North African girl living in a slum grows up in contact with her family's activism. When she becomes a woman, this inheritance will allow her to emancipate herself.
After saving Mimouna from what he believes to be an attack, Radi flees with her across Algeria, music as his only baggage, in order to escape reprisals.
François Lunel was born in Paris. He lived in the south of France (Hyères, Toulon, Aix en Provence) until the age of 19. He obtained an A3 baccalauréat with a cinema option. He went on to study cinema at the University of Paris VIII, and began making documentaries in 1992, moving to Sarajevo in 1993 during the siege, where he made "JOURS TRANQUILLES À SARAJEVO", selected at Cannes in 2002.
In 2005, he directed a documentary on the life of American saxophonist Sonny Simmons (supported by the CNC). He wrote a first novel set in Brittany (KEREMMA, éditions Riveneuve), then shot two feature-length films, "L'APPARITION DE LA JOCONDE" and "CHEZ LÉON COIFFURE", a documentary produced by Films d'Ici, released in April 2012.
In 2019, he shot the feature-length fiction film QUAND LA NUIT NOIRE, in Sarajevo, with Bosnian actors. The film has just been completed. Since 2004, he has been a lecturer at the Fémis film school, and runs writing workshops at the NFDC (Indian CNC), Groupe Ouest, PK Formation and Meditalents. Several of the projects he has supervised have been brought to the screen and selected at the world's leading festivals (Sundance, Venice...)
QUAND LA NUIT NOIRE : feature-length fiction film produced by Promenades Films/Rose Productions/National Television of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Released in 2021.
L'APPARITION DE LA JOCONDE, feature film produced by La Vie est belle and Promenades Films. With support from CNC, Musée du Louvre (Catherine Derosier). With Serge Riaboukine, Grégoire Colin, Vanesa Glodjo, Julie Gayet. National release: October 2011.
JOURS TRANQUILLES À SARAJEVO, feature film, produced by Promenades Films, TV Bosnia. With support from CNC (aid for French films in foreign languages), Fond Hubert Bals (Holland) and the Swedish Film Institute (AIDS). National release: March 26, 2003. Awarded at Alexandria Festival 2002, selected at Cannes Festival 2002, Thessalonica, Rotterdam, Göteborg. DVD release in 2005.
LE SAUT DE L'ANGE, 80 mn, produced by Promenades Films and Rose Productions (Bosnia), with support from CNC and Région PACA. In editing.
CHEZ LEON COIFFURE, 83 mn, produced by Les Films d'Ici (Serge Lalou, Laura Briand), with support from CNC, Ville deP aris. National release: April 2012.
FLEURS DANS LE MIROIR, LUNE DANS L'EAU, 52 mn, produced by JBA Production (Jacques Bidou, Marianne Dumoulin) and the Musée du Louvre (Catherine Derosier), selected at the Taïpei Festival, Hong Kong 2009. Published by Arte Vidéo:
TOGETHER WITH SONNY SIMMONS, 52 mn, produced by Promenades Films, project supported by CNC, SCAM, SACEM and PROCIREP. Diff : Images Plus. DVD release in 2005 (La Vie est belle Editions, Sacem).
SOL EN MER, 52 minutes, produced by Promenades Films. Coproduction: France 3, broadcast by France 3, April 2000.
LA BOUTIQUE AU COIN DE LA RUE, directed by Miklos Laszlo. 2011. Best play, audience award, best actor, best actress, Mostar Festival 2012.
KEREMMA, novel published by Riveneuve, collection Arpents, 2010.
ARTS ET CINÉMA, with Gisèle Skira, published by Séguier, 2011.
Jamal Belmahi was born in Morocco to a Moroccan father and an Austrian mother. A screenwriter for more than a decade, he has written several TV formats and also two film projects (Les Chevaux de Dieu, dir. Nabil Ayouch, Adieu l'Afrique Director: Pierre-Alain Meier). He is currently developing several projects, including Idir Serghine's first feature film.
He is a consultant on several series in Morocco and Algeria, a member of the CNC commission for the financial contribution for short films and one of the founding members of a French association of professional screenwriters: the SCA (Scénaristes de Cinéma Associés).
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Lidia LeBer Terki is a French screenwriter and director of Algerian origin. After holding various positions in the film industry, she directed her first short film, MAL DE VILLE, which won an award at the Pantin Film Festival in 1998. She followed this up with other short films, including NOTRE PÈRE (2000) and MAINS COURANTES (2001), both selected at international festivals. As co-director and producer, she created the documentaries LE PROJET SEXTOY / SEXTOY'S STORIES (2014), exploring the Parisian electronic scene of the 90s. Her first feature-length fiction film, PARIS LA BLANCHE (2017), won several awards, including the France Bleu Jury Prize and the Best Actress Award. Lidia LeBer Terki is also involved in image education in schools and is working on feature film projects and a fiction/documentary series on the Parisian electronic scene.
