Lab on Mars

In addition to its core role as a platform for showcasing cinematic works, the Festival provides a collaborative space for industry partners and creators, including directors, screenwriters, and composers. One of the Festival’s fundamental missions is to support artistic creation and training for young artists. To this end, it has developed initiatives to help professionalize emerging creators, aiding in their recognition and the development of tangible projects.

European Market for Film Music Composition - Third Character

FOR COMPOSERS, DIRECTORS AND PRODUCERS

For its 25th edition, Music & Cinema is once again setting up the European Market for Musical Composition - Third character device for the image dedicated to European composers, directors and producers.

Workshop in Musical Composition for Cinema

FOR COMPOSERS

With the support of Sacem, the MCM organizes a Master Class of Musical composition for Cinema every year. Directed by experienced and talented composers, this Master Class allow up to ten young composers and musicians to benefit from a 10-day intensive workshop to revisit the original music of several short films or films extracts. The aim is to work toward a finished work for MCM’s closing ceremony, and perform a public representation of this movie-concert, interpreted by the students.

Grant for the composition of an original score for a short film

FOR COMPOSERS AND PRODUCERS

Alcime, the association organizing the Festival international Music & Cinema Marseille, and Sacem, offer a grant for the composition of an original score for short films. To be eligible for this grant, these short films must be shot, produced or post-produced in Provence-Alps-Côte d’Azur, the Rhône Alps or Auvergne.

Espace kiosque

FOR SCRIPTWRITERS

This year again, the MCM renews the unique feature of the Espace Kiosque. The Espace Kiosque is one of the Festival's flagship events for supporting young filmmakers and encouraging professional encounters. During one day, the Espace Kiosque offers talented screenwriters the opportunity to discuss their projects with producers.

SiRAR Site Régional d'Aide à la Réalisation

FOR SCRIPTWRITERS AND DIRECTORS

The SiRAR is a grant for directing a first short film and for composing a first original score.
The first prize offers two inseparable grants: the first one, endowed by the city of Aubagne and the Région Sud (Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur), offers a young author-director a grant to help with the directing of their first short film, the other awarded by Méridiens in partnership with the Conservatoire National à Rayonnement Régional Pierre Barbizet, offers a young composer a grant to help with the composition of the original music for the winning film.

Co/Lab

FOR DIRECTORS AND PRODUCERS

At the initiative of Meditalents and on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of MCM, the two organizations are partnering to create Co/Lab, a meeting space dedicated to Mediterranean feature films developed in Meditalents' writing workshops: LabMed and Labdoc.

La résidence du sud

FOR SCRIPTWRITERS

La Résidence du Sud aims to accompany authors in their francophone scenario projects.