Mediterranean Season 2026

Touda only dreams of one thing: being a Sheikha, a traditional Moroccan performer empowered by the lyrics of the fierce female poets who came before her – with their songs of resistance, love and emancipation. Performing every evening in provincial bars under the lustful gaze of men, Touda plans to set her sights on leaving her small town for the bright lights of Casablanca where she hopes to be recognized as a true artist and also secure a better future for her and her son

Georges, a politically committed stage director, has given up activism. But when Samuel, his best friend suffering from an incurable disease, urges him to pursue his crazy idea of staging Anouilh’s Antigone to steal two hours of peace from the Lebanese war, Georges cannot refuse. In Beirut, George will rapidly discover the tense atmosphere and all the war conflicts between ethnic groups in the country. The play seems to be a glimmer of hope, even if the cloud of a raging war is upon them. How will the man who has only ever known revolt face the reality of the conflict? Will he be able to escape unscathed?

Beirut, Lebanon. On the waterfront’s construction site, security agent Raed must prevent passing-by walkers from accessing the seaside. Yet as the horizon becomes each day more stifled by the construction, Raed makes peculiar encounters — mere dreams, or symbols of his desires?

Beirut, 1982. To see his fiancée, Gabriel has to cross a bridge guarded by snipers. This evening, it is the opening of the World cup, all Beirut watches this match! Will the snipers give in to the fever of the football, allowing the old Plymouth of Gabriel and his friend Mokthar to pass?

In the 1950s, the young Alice leaves Switzerland for Lebanon, a sunny and exuberant country. There, she falls in love with Joseph, a mischievous astrophysicist who dreams of sending the first Lebanese into space. Alice quickly finds her place in his family. But after a few years of dolce vita, the civil war interferes in their paradise...

Reinette l'Oranaise est l'ultime dépositaire de la musique de tradition arabo-andalouse. Aveugle depuis l'âge de deux ans, elle s'est forgée une singulière force de caractère et une personnalité émouvante. En concert - au New Morning à Paris- ou dans ses interviews, la diva de la chanson judéo-arabe rappelle que la musique est son refuge et le remède vital contre la déchirure de l'exil.

A mother and daughter, Esther and Deborah, during a Purim celebration meal, experience a strange evening. Food fills the space, then the mother's dreamlike journey begins with a film of her nephew's Thania (the women's evening that begins the wedding festivities). Her solitary journey takes her back in an instant to her previous life: that of Algeria, of her own marriage, a real fairy tale. The return is violent. Deborah also knows it.