The International Association of Independent Producers of the Mediterranean (APIMED) was founded in the French city of Montpellier in 1997 and today is gathering more than 500 film and television producers of the Mediterranean basin.
APIMED’s main aim is to contribute to preserve all cultures if the Mediterranean area and to promote their diversity in the audiovisual industry. We defend, manage and represent our members and their business interests with regard to the audiovisual production sector and the public and private entities. The association gathers independent producers and the main producer’s associations from the following countries: Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Lebanon, Israel, Italy, Malta, Morocco, Palestine, Spain, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey.
APIMED moved its Central Office to Barcelona in 1999, thanks to an invitation from the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed). The IEMed is giving support and assistance to an initiative that pretends to create new links between both shores of the Mediterranean, something that this institution has been working on since its creation in 1989.
APIMED chose Barcelona because the city has a great number of audiovisual companies that give their services to the industry since many years, for the influence of the Catalan Producers Association (PAC) and thanks to the support given by the local public institutions, specially the Autonomous Catalan Government.

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All European and Mediterranean independent producers are welcome to become members of APIMED as well as the associations of producer’s of any European or Mediterranean country.

PRESIDENCY:

- Isona PASSOLA , President
- Boualem AISSAOUI, Vice-president
- Dima AL JOUNDI, Vice-president
- Mohamed CHARBAGI, Vice-president
- Carles VIVANCOS , General Secretary
- Jordi SASPLUGAS, Treasurer


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

- Abdellatif BEN AMMAR (Dumar Video Film , Tunisia )
- Boualem AISSAOUI (CIM Audiovisuel , Algeria )
- Carles VIVANCOS ( Tasmania Films, Spain )
- Dima AL JOUNDI ( Crystal Films, Lebanon )
- Dima AHMAD (Collage Productios, Palestine )
- Dominique LE PIVERT (Grenade Productions, France )
- Isona PASSOLA ( Massa d'Or Produccions , Spain )
- Jordi SASPLUGAS (Leisure & Communication, Andorra )
- Mohamed Habib ATTIA ( Cinetelefilms , Tunisia )
- Mohamed CHARBAGI (Alif Productions, France )
- Nadia CHERABI (Procom International, Algeria )
- Nurit KEDAR (One Shot Productions, Israel )
- Olga ABAZOGLOU (Les Productions du Cyclope, Greece )
- Paule HERADES (Stella Productions, France )
- Patricia HUBINET (Les Films du Soleil, France)
- Sibel VOSKAY (BBA, Turkey )


MEMBERS OF HONOR:

•  Ahmed BAHA EDDINE ATTIA
•  Mohamed LAKHDAR - HAMINA
•  Nour Eddine SAIL
•  Salah STETIE