The International Festival of Audiovisual Programmes or International Documentary Festival FIPADOC (French: Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels (FIPA)), founded in 1987 by Michel Mitrani (1930-1996), was first held in Cannes in October 1987.[1],[2] In 2019, the FIPA became FIPADOC,[3],[4],[5] an international festival specializing in non-fiction films for all screens and all formats.[6]
Location | Biarritz, France |
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Founded | 1987 | (as International Film Festival)
Founded by | Michel Mitrani |
Directors | Anne Georget |
Website | fipadoc |
The festival was moved to Nice in its eighth year (1995), and, since 1997, has been held in Biarritz, France.[7] It is the only international festival that defends all creative genres: drama, series, creative or investigative documentary, performing arts, transmedia and new talent.[8],[9],[10]
Award[12][13][14][15] | Jury | Film awarded |
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Grand Prix - Best International Documentary | Maryam Ebrahimi, Mary Stephen, Martijn Te Pas | The Human Factor by Dror Moreh (U.K.) |
Grand Prix - Best French Documentary | Gilles Élie-Dit-Cosaque(fr), Kathleen Evin(fr), Xavier Villetard | « Danser sa peine » by Valérie Müller(fr) (France) |
Grand Prix - Best Music Documentary | Jean-Daniel Beauvallet(fr), Éric Darmon(fr), Selma Mutal | Once Aurora by Stian Servoss and Benjamin Langeland (Norway) |
Grand Prix - Best Impact Documentary | Delphine Deloget(fr), Sébastien Deurdilly, Carole Vezilier | 21 Days Inside by Zohar Wagner (Israel) |
INA Smart Award | Agnès Alfandari, Richard Copans(fr), Victoria Mapplebeck | Traveling While Black by Roger Ross Williams, Félix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphaël, Ayesha Nadarajah (Canada) |
Mitrani Award | Jean-Paul Tribout(fr), Xavier Gubert, Marion Sarraut(fr), Jérôme Clément-Wilz and Blanche Guichou(fr). | Honeyland by Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska (North Macedonia) |
European Jury Award | Yann Blake, Antoine Bourgeais, Victoria Kloch, Max Liebstein, Giorgia Mazzanti, Joanna Nowiska, Marius Penu. | La Cravate by Étienne Chaillou and Mathias Théry (France) |
Short Film Award | Georges Bollon, Eveline Kluger Kadish, Corina Schwingruber Ilić | Obon by Andre Hörmann and Anne Samo (Germany) |
Prix du Public - Public Award | The audience of each film screening. | Sous la peau by Robin Harsch (Switzerland) |
Tënk Award | The Dam by Natalia Koniarz (Poland) | |
Erasmus+ Young Creator Award | Rea Apostolides, Anna Feillou, Sébastien Legay. | For Eunice by Jaan Stevens (Belgium) |
Le 31st edition of Fipa took place in Biarritz from the 23rd until the 28th of January 2018.
The 30th edition of Fipa took place in Biarritz from the 24th until the 29th of January 2017.
The 29th edition of Fipa took place in Biarritz from the 19th until the 24th of January 2016.
The 28th edition of Fipa took place in Biarritz from the 20th until the 25th of January 2015.
The 27th edition of Fipa took place in Biarritz from the 21st until the 24th of January 2014.
The 22nd edition of Fipa took place in Biarritz from the 20th until the 25th of January.