LabMed 2024
The 13th edition of LabMed welcomes 8 authors of 1st or 2nd feature films from the Mediterranean basin.
They will exchange with the advisors Hakim Mão, Claire Barré, Adriano Valerio and Anissa Daoud during 3 residency sessions of one week each, starting in July 2024, in Marseille.
The first session will take place from June 29 to July 5, 2024.
Abdallah Al-Khatib
Das Heim
When a court rejects the asylum application of Nour, a 25-year-old woman in Germany, and deportation looms, Nour joins a group of women living in a private refugee center. Together, they embark on a multi-dimensional struggle to challenge the deportation order and seek a freer future for themselves and their children in Germany.
Michelle Keserwany
Amara
Darine, a dynamic woman in her thirties, works at a small radio station in Beirut, where she expertly hosts the morning show "Horoscopes with Darine". One day, her life takes an unexpected turn when the station asks her to replace the news anchor who has been fired due to the country's economic crisis. Darine, who has always taken refuge in a deliberately fictional world, suddenly finds herself reporting on the grim reality of a country on the brink of collapse.
Federica Quaini
In the belly of the wolf
“Oh grandma, what a big mouth you have!” And when she said that, that rascal of a Wolf threw himself on poorLittle Red Riding Hood and swallowed her in a mouthful. Will the little girl be able to get out of the wolf’s belly?
Katia Jarjoura
Braquer Beyrouth
In Beirut, Selma, 27, decides to rob her bank with the help of an action collective. She wants to get back the 30,000 dollars in her account that have been confiscated by the banking system since the beginning of the economic collapse. It's her last resort to save her sister, who has brain cancer. But the robbery takes an unexpected turn and sets the world on fire...
Sis Gurdal
Untitled
An insecure artist and daughter of a famous painter must navigate the cutthroat art world and survive financially, leading her to forge her father's paintings and ultimately face a public trial.
Pauline Ouvrard
Mauvaises Têtes
Karim was counting on his hair transplant to give him confidence. But when the operation fails, Karim loses his footing. From Istanbul to Bodrum, he tries to save his remaining hair at all costs, taking along two clinic patients with whom he forms an unexpected friendship.
Céline Baril
Mauvaises Têtes
Karim was counting on his hair transplant to give him confidence. But when the operation fails, Karim loses his footing. From Istanbul to Bodrum, he tries to save his remaining hair at all costs, taking along two clinic patients with whom he forms an unexpected friendship.
Rim Nakhli
Le Temps De L'Errance
Chadia, 18, lost in the city, wanders randomly in search of her missing brother. Her emotional instability and disturbing encounters heighten her absolute search for self and brighten the city from a different angle.
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Adriano Valerio
After completing a Master's degree in law at Milan's Università Statale and studying cinema under Marco Bellocchio, he moved to France to take a Master's degree in Fine Arts at the École internationale de création audiovisuelle et de réalisation (EICAR) in Paris. He now teaches film direction and analysis. He works with the Marangoni Institute, the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris and the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts in Beirut. His short film 37°4S won the Jury's Special Mention at the Cannes Film Festival (2013), the David di Donatello for Best Italian Short Film (2014) and the Nastro d'Argento Special Prize (2014). He has directed several films: Curling (2010), 37°4 S (2013), Banat (2015), Agosto (2015) and Mon amour, mon ami (2017).
Anissa Daoud
Self-taught and versatile Anissa Daoud was born of a Tunisian father and a Franco-Italian mother. Initially known as an actress and author, then a producer and more recently a director, she's carrying projects with high impact and strong social and political involvement.
The films she defends are mainly international co-productions which have gained recognition by competing in leading festivals like Cannes, Venice, Cairo, Les Césars, Tampere, Clermont-Ferrant, Cairo Film Festival, etc.
While continuing her career as an actress and producer, she is currently developing the screenplay for her first feature film.
Claire Barré
Claire Barré, novelist and screenwriter, made her debut with "Ceci est mon sexe" (2014) for Hugo&Cie, discovered by publisher Stéphane Million. Under his direction, she published "Baudelaire, le diable et moi" (2015) and "Phrères" (2016) with Robert Laffont, as well as a story about shamanism, "Pourquoi je n'ai pas écrit de film sur Sitting Bull" (2017), and the novel "Chant d'amours" (2019) with Sable polaire. In collaboration with Ernie LaPointe, she has signed "Sun Dancer, Wisdom and Visions of a Native American" (2021). Winner of the Sopadin Prize in 2014, she co-wrote the screenplays for "Un monde plus grand" and "Police" and has a forthcoming film, "Hommes au bord de la crise de nerfs", scheduled for May 2022. Her latest book, "La Ballade de Nicthevo", was published by Guy Trédaniel in January 2022.
Hakim Mão
Hakim was born and raised in Agadir, on Morocco's Atlantic coast, before moving to France to study cinema, first at BTS Audiovisuel in editing, then at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Louis Lumière in the cinema department, where he wrote and directed several short films.He then developed his first feature-length project, Forgive them for they don't know, which was selected at the 2012 Meditalents writing workshop along with eleven other directors from the southern Mediterranean. Based in Paris, Hakim works as a script consultant while developing several short and feature film projects, including Jeld, selected for the co-production forum at the Bordeaux International Independent Film Festival.
