EXCLUSIVE: France’s Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, also known as Cinemed , and Beirut-based Arab cinema platform Aflamuna have unveiled the seven projects selected for its 4th project incubator event supporting independent filmmakers from across the Middle East and Africa.

They include Palestinian West Bank director’s Bilal Alkhatib documentary My Name Is Khalil , a portrait of a young actor and filmmaker’s search for identity, having been named after a brother who died in the first Intifada.

Syria also features strongly in the selection with Jalal Maghout’s animation Recordanza , about a young Syrian writer seeking a fresh start in Berlin, and Hanna Karim’s documentary Adieu Alep , following a filmmaker’s attempt to reconnect with his native city of Aleppo after ma

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