For its 26th edition, Music & Cinema Marseille is once again setting up the European Market for Film Music Composition - Third character - a project dedicated to European composers, directors and producers.

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.

ALCIME, the association that organizes the international festival Music & Cinema Marseille, and the 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.  

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.

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.