For twenty years, the Films Femmes Méditerranée festival has been weaving, from Marseille, a unique network between the two shores. The event highlights female directors from the Mediterranean region, their struggles and their imaginations, in a cinematic space often dominated by male voices. For its president Marcelle Callier, the Mediterranean is not a border, but a link, a territory of creation and solidarity.
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Films Femmes Méditerranée: cinema in the feminine plural
22-med – October 2025
• For twenty years, the Marseille festival Films Femmes Méditerranée has connected the two shores by giving voice to female directors from the region.
• From Greece to Tunisia, a Mediterranean of women weaves links between matrilineage, creation, and solidarity.
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In the flourishing landscape of film festivals, Films Femmes Méditerranée (FFM) stands out as an exception. Founded in 2005 in Marseille, it is both a female-centric film festival and a meeting point for filmmakers from the Mediterranean region. Two unique aspects that, for its president Marcelle Callier, constitute “a lifelong commitment.”
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