The 19^th Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival - Cinémamed is set to take place from 29 November-7 December. It will offer more than 60 recent cinematic productions hailing from the Mediterranean Basin, highlighting the rich diversity of the countries located there, thanks to some truly moving stories.

This year, Cinémamed has chosen as its underlying theme the quest for freedom – the freedom of thought and expression, and the freedom to love, to breathe and to live. The line-up will favour stories of a life spent battling oppression and obscurantism. Of particular note are a number of female struggles that audiences will see in the Official Competition selection, and which lie at the heart of films such as Adam [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by newly turned Moroccan director Maryam Touzani, and the closing film, Arab Blues [+lee también:
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entrevista: Manele Labidi
ficha de la película] by Manele Labidi, starring Iranian thesp Golshifteh Farahani.

Besides Touzani’s film, seven other titles will take part in the Official Competition, including the Slovenian film Don’t Forget to Breathe [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Martin Turk, which was presented in the Alice nella città section of the Rome Film Fest a few days ago; The Traitor [+lee también:
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Q&A: Marco Bellocchio
ficha de la película] by Marco Bellocchio, presented in competition at Cannes; the Serbian flick Stitches [+lee también:
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entrevista: Miroslav Terzić
ficha de la película] by Miroslav Terzic, which won the Europa Cinemas Label in the Panorama section of the Berlinale; and the French film The End of Love [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Keren Ben Rafael, which was first unveiled at Venice, in the Biennale College Cinema section. The European co-productions A Tale of Three Sisters [+lee también:
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entrevista: Emin Alper
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ficha de la película] by Turkey’s Emin Alper (premiered in competition at the Berlinale), Abou Leila [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Algeria’s Amin Sidi-Boumédiène (unveiled in the Cannes Critics’ Week) and A Son [+lee también:
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entrevista: Mehdi M. Barsaoui y Sami B…
ficha de la película] by Tunisia’s Mehdi M Barsaoui (presented in the Orizzonti section of Venice) round out the section.

The Panorama strand will showcase 15 movies, including 5 Is the Perfect Number [+lee también:
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entrevista: Igort
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ficha de la película] by Salvador Simó and Fire Will Come [+lee también:
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entrevista: Oliver Laxe
ficha de la película] by Oliver Laxe, which won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes. Plus, the new outing by Robert Guédiguian, Gloria Mundi [+lee también:
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entrevista: Robert Guédiguian
ficha de la película], which was selected at this year’s Venice Film Festival, will get an airing in Brussels.

Lastly, it is worth noting that the festival will be training its spotlight on Italy, particularly with its opening film, Piranhas [+lee también:
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entrevista: Roberto Saviano
ficha de la película] by Claudio Giovannesi, the winner of the Silver Bear for Best Script at Berlin.