The ideal environment to develop and bring your feature film to life

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LabSud 2025

Call for projects open until April 10, 2025 – Midnight!

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LabDoc 2026

Call for projects open until December 30, 2025 – Midnight!

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LabMed 2025

Call for projects open until December 20, 2025 – Midnight!

Residencies designed to strengthen the impact of your screenplay

A solid screenplay is the foundation of a successful film. At Meditalents, we help emerging filmmakers sharpen their narrative to make it more impactful.

Each year, we select and bring together young talents from Southern Europe, North Africa, and the Mediterranean Middle East to take part in our dedicated Labs.

These creative spaces offer a framework to structure and develop their first feature film—whether fiction or documentary.

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Write alongside other passionate filmmakers

A supportive environment to structure your work

Get guidance from renowned industry professionals

Choose the screenwriting residency that fits your current goals

Your first or second fiction feature film

Authors at our writing residencies

Your first or second documentary feature

Authors at our writing residencies

Your feature film in Southern France

Authors at our writing residencies

This month's program

Get a quick overview of Meditalents’ highlights this month: open calls for projects, upcoming residencies, public events, and professional meetings.

March 20, 2025
Mois + Année
from March 20 to 25

Opening of the 14th edition of LabMed

Opening the first session of LabMed!We’re delighted to welcome our nine residents from across the Mediterranean to Marseille, along with Fabrizio Mosca and Aude Py as mentors.An intense week of writing and exchange that will continue at the Music & Cinema Marseille Festival for our Co/Lab.

March 26, 2025
Mois + Année
from March 26 to 28

Co/Lab 2025

This year, the Music & Cinema Marseille Festival (MCM) and Meditalents are joining forces once again for the Co/Lab.On the program: a pitch session featuring the projects of our LabMed residents, joined by three authors from the LabDoc, presented to an audience of industry professionals, followed by one-to-one meetings between residents and producers.

May 2, 2025
Mois + Année
May 2

Applications for LabSud 2025 Are Now Open !

Are you a writer from the South of France, or is your film set in the region? Apply now for the 4th edition of our LabSud 2025 residency! Applications are open until June 30

May 13, 2025
Mois + Année
from May 13 to 24

Cannes Film Festival

Meet the Meditalents team at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival

June 7, 2025
Mois + Année
Saturday June 7, at 6 p.m. at the Mucem

Screening: Un Paese di Resistenza by Shu Aiello at the Mucem

Screening of Un Paese di Resistenza, the new documentary by Shu Aiello, mentor at LabDoc 2025.
A former symbol of migrant hospitality, the village of Riace in Calabria is now weakened by the rise of populism and faces a stark choice: resist or disappear.

June 10, 2025
Mois + Année
Monday, June 10th at 5:30 p.m.

Screening: Planète, closing film of the 2025 Cannes Critics' Week, at Cinéma Les Variétés.

Screening of Planète, closing film of the 2025 Cannes Critics' Week. Directed by Momoko Seto and co-written by Alain Layrac, mentor at LabSud 2024 & 2025, Planète offers a singular work blending visual poetry with a sharp perspective on our world.

June 16, 2025
Mois + Année
from June 16 to 21

2nd Session of LabMed 2025

As summer begins, our residents gather once again for the second session of LabMed. They continue developing their fiction feature films with the guidance of Fabrizio Mosca and Claire Barré.

September 7, 2025
Mois + Année
from September 7 to 11

The 2nd session of LabDoc 2025

Our LabDoc residents are gathering in Marseille for their second and final session, dedicated to developing their documentaries alongside Shu Aiello and Rebecca Houzel.The residency will conclude with a final presentation day organized in partnership with Aix-Marseille University.

September 12, 2025
Mois + Année
September 12

Closing Day of the 6th editon of LabDoc

As part of the final session of the 6th edition of LabDoc 2025, Meditalents’ documentary screenwriting residency, a closing day is being organized in collaboration with Aix-Marseille University and the Master’s program in Creative Documentary on Friday, September 12.

The morning will feature a masterclass with Jean-Gabriel Périot, the special guest of this edition, moderated by director Adriano Valerio. This will be a unique opportunity for an in-depth exchange around the distinctive body of work of Jean-Gabriel Périot.

In the afternoon, the seven LabDoc 2025 projects will be pitched, a highlight of the residency, during which the authors will present their documentary film projects to an audience of producers, broadcasters, students, and industry professionals.

Program :

10:30 – 12:30: Masterclass with Jean-Gabriel Périot

14:00 – 15:30: Pitches of the 7 projects from the LabDoc 2025 residency

Location:

Turbulence building

Saint-Charles Campus – Aix-Marseille University
3, Place Victor Hugo
13003 Marseille

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September 29, 2025
Mois + Année
from September 29 to October 3

4th Edition of LabSud

Our eight residents from the South Region are gathering in Marseille for their one and only LabSud session.We’re delighted to welcome them and look forward to starting this week of work alongside Alain Layrac and Sabrina Amara.

October 13, 2025
Mois + Année
from October 13 to 18

Closing of the 14th edition of LabMed

After two sessions earlier this year, our LabMed residents are gathering in Marseille for a final week, guided by Fabrizio Mosca and Laïla Marrakchi. This session brings their residency journey to a close, and marks the end of this year’s Meditalents Labs.

October 30, 2025
Mois + Année
from October 30 to December 30

The call for project for LabDoc is open !

For filmmakers from the Mediterranean region, LabDoc offers a space for work and exchange to help you develop your first or second feature-length documentary project.

Latest News

Group Picture Cinemed
October 23, 2025

Discover the winning project of the Meditalents Award from the 11th edition of “Du court au long” at the CINEMED Festival.

Group Picture LabMed 2025 session 3
October 18, 2025

Closing of the 14th edition of LabMed

Group Photo LabSud 2025

The 4th Edition of LabSud

September 1, 2025

Aude Py, LabMed 2025 mentor, appointed Head of the Screenwriting Department at La Fémis

LabDoc 2025 residents at closing day
September 12, 2025

Closing of the 6th edition of LabDoc

Meditalents Award goes to L’ultimo giorno d’inverno by Emma Onesti at the Milano Film Network
September 1, 2025

Meditalents Award goes to L’ultimo giorno d’inverno by Emma Onesti at the Milano Film Network

Thumbnail Interview Amineh Arani Meditalents
June 18, 2025

Testimony: Five Months of Support with Amineh, Iranian Filmmaker

May 13, 2025

Meditalents Residents and Mentors shine at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival

LabMed group discussion
March 20, 2025

Beginning 2025 with the Opening of LabMed, LabDoc, and co/Lab

Les soeurs Keserwany à la Berlinale
February 13, 2025

Two LabMed 2024 Residents Honored at the 2025 Berlinale

February 23, 2024

DIARIES FROM LEBANON: A brilliant premiere at the Berlinale 2024 (Myriam El Hajj, LabDoc 2022)

December 11, 2023

Karim Bensalah and Jamal Belmahi win best screenplay award at Red Sea IFF

December 11, 2023

LabMed 2023 Laureates honored

December 4, 2023

The 13th LabMed jury

November 22, 2023

Closing of the 4th edition of LabDoc

September 8, 2023

Meditalents award a prize during the Venice Film Festival

July 12, 2023

Luisa Porrino presents her latest feature film

July 10, 2023

Philippe Pujol at the LabDoc 2023

June 21, 2023

SOLID wins a "star" from SCAM

June 11, 2023

A major partnership with TorinoFilmLab

June 10, 2023

Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire at the LabMed 2023

June 7, 2023

Samy Sidali presents his films at the journées des chichas de la pensée

May 19, 2023

Morad Mostafa at the Cannes Film Festival

May 1, 2023

The 4th LabDoc welcomes its laureates

March 1, 2023

The 12th LabMed welcomes its laureates

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