The ''International Festival of Audiovisual Programmes'' or ''International Documentary Festival FIPADOC'' ( (FIPA)), founded in 1987 by Michel Mitrani (1930-1996), was first held in

Cannes Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The ci ...

in October 1987.^, In 2019, the FIPA became FIPADOC,^,^, an international festival specializing in non-fiction films for all screens and all formats.

History

The festival was moved to

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...

in its eighth year (1995), and, since 1997, has been held in

Biarritz Biarritz ( , , , ; Basque also ; oc, Biàrritz ) is a city on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the French Basque Country in southwestern France. It is located from the border with Sp ...

, France. It is the only international festival that defends all creative genres: drama, series, creative or investigative documentary, performing arts, transmedia and new talent.^,^, 6 days to meet professionals, directors, viewers and students while discovering the year's best programs. As a veritable observatory of international audiovisual creation, Fipa aims to shine a spotlight on innovative, original programs that are decidedly outside- the-box.^, Fipa is a platform for discovery and debate, a calendar highlight and annual meeting place for television professionals, but also for evermore members of the general public, with attendances increasing each year. The prizes awarded by its prestigious juries serve as benchmarks for the audiovisual sector, and can make-or-break careers and programme sales.^,^, These made-for-television productions are screened in optimal conditions: digital images presented in high definition on the big screen and available in French and English. Numerous conferences, debates and interviews allow for direct contact between creators and their audience. Jury FIPADOC

Editions

2020^,^,^,

2018^,

Le 31st edition of Fipa took place in Biarritz from the 23rd until the 28th of January 2018.

Drama

* Fipa d'or: ''

Cops Cop or Cops commonly refers to: * Police officer Cop and other variants may also refer to: Art and entertainment Film * ''Cop'' (film), a 1988 American thriller * ''Cops'' (film), an American silent comedy short starring Buster Keaton * ''The ...

'' by Stefan A. Lukacs (Austria) * Fipa d'or Best Actress:

Ursula Strauss Ursula Strauss (born 25 April 1974) is an Austrian actress. She is best known for her role as Inspector Angelika Schnell in the television series '' Schnell ermittelt''. Strauss was born in Melk Melk (; older spelling: ) is a city of Austria, i ...

in '' Meine Fremde Freundin'' (Germany) * Fipa d'or Best Actor: ''

Tobias Kersloot Tobias is the transliteration of the Greek which is a translation of the Hebrew biblical name he, טוֹבִיה, Toviyah, JahGod is good, label=none. With the biblical Book of Tobias being present in the Deuterocanon/Apocrypha of the Bible, ...

'' in '' Van God Los : Kerstkado'' (The Netherlands) * Fipa d'or Best Script:

Katrin Bühlig Katrin is a feminine given name. It is a German and Swedish contracted form of Katherine. Katrin may refer to: Sports * Katrin Apel (born 1973), German biathlete *Katrin Beinroth (born 1981), German judoka *Katrin Borchert (born 1969), German- ...

Daniel Nocke Daniel Nocke is a German screenwriter for film and television, and a director of animated short Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted ...

for '' Meine Fremde Freundin'' (Germany) * Fipa d'or Best Original Score: Jesper Ankarfeldt for ''Van God Los : Kerstkado'' (The Netherlands)

Series

* Fipa d'or: ''

Sob Pressão ''Sob Pressão'' ( English: ''Under Pressure'') is a Brazilian medical drama television series created by Luiz Noronha, Cláudio Torres, Renato Fagundes and Jorge Furtado based on the 2016 film of the same name (which was inspired by the Márcio ...

'' by

Jorge Furtado Jorge Alberto Furtado (born June 9, 1959) is a Brazilian film and television director and screenwriter. Life and career Furtado attended university for courses in medicine, psychology, journalism and arts but didn't graduate. He began his profe ...

, Mini Kerti, Luiz Noronha, Cláudio Torres & Renato Fagundes (Brazil) * Fipa d'or Best Actor: Julio Andrade pour le rôle du « Dr. Evandro Moreira » dans ''

'' (Brazil) * Fipa d'or Best Actress: Marjorie Estiano for the character of « Dr. Carolina Almeida » in ''

'' (Brazil) * Fipa d'or Best Script:

, Lucas Paraizo, Antonio Prata, Marcio Alemão for ''

'' (Brazil) * Fipa d'or Best Original Score: Stephen Rae for ''Safe Harbour'' (Australia)

Other formats

* Fipa d'or Performing Arts: ''Marianne Faithfull, fleur d’âme'' by

Sandrine Bonnaire Sandrine Bonnaire (; born 31 May 1967) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter who has appeared in more than 40 films. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for '' À Nos Amours'' (1983), the César Award for Best Actr ...

(France) * Fipa d'or International : ''Stronger Than A Bullet'' by Maryam Ebrahimi (Sweden, France, Qatar) * Fipa d'or National : ''En équilibre'' de Antarès Bassis & Pascal Auffray * Special mention National : ''Les Enfants du 209, rue Saint-Maur, Paris Xe'' by Ruth Zylberman

Other awards

* Michel Mitrani Drama Prize: ''Heyvan'' by Bahram Ark & Bahman Ark (Iran) * Michel Mitrani Prize Documentary: ''

Heimat ''Heimat'' () is a German word translating to 'home' or 'homeland'. The word has connotations specific to German culture, German society and specifically German Romanticism, German nationalism, German statehood and regionalism so that it ha ...

'' by Sam Peeters (Belgium) * Innovation Prize: ''Altération'' by Jérôme Blanquet (France) * Erasmus+ Prize: ''Magic Moments'' de Martina Buchelová (Slovakia) * Young Europeans Jury Prize: '' Enfants du hasard'' by

Thierry Michel Thierry Michel (born 13 October 1952) is a Belgian film director, mostly making social and political documentaries. His office and company ''Les films de la passerelle'' is located in Liège, where he works with the producer Christine Pireaux. Ov ...

Pascal Colson Pascal, Pascal's or PASCAL may refer to: People and fictional characters * Pascal (given name), including a list of people with the name * Pascal (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** Blaise Pascal, Fre ...

* Audience Award: '' Le temps des égarés'' by Virginie Sauveur (France) * Hackathon Prize: ''Dessine-moi un futur'' - Developed by the team formed by Alice Bédard, Sandrine Corbeil, Hugo Denepoux, Florian Pannetier, Quentin Piat & Alexandre Rosenthal

2017^,

The 30^th edition of Fipa took place in Biarritz from the 24th until the 29th of January 2017.

Drama

* Fipa d'or: ''NW'' by

Saul Dibb Saul Dibb (born 18 August 1968) is an English director and screenwriter. His father is the documentary maker Mike Dibb. Born in London, England, Saul Dibb is a graduate of the University of East Anglia. He is best known for co-writing and direct ...

(United-Kingdom) * Fipa d'or Best Actress: Alba Gaia Bellugi in ''Manon 20 ans'' (France) * Fipa d'or Best Actor: Elias Anton in ''Barracuda'' (Australia) * Fipa d'or Best Script : Jack Thorne for
National Treasure
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National Treasure
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Series

* Fipa d'or: ''Ramona'' by Guillermo Calderón, Carmen Gloria López & Patricio Pereira (Chili) * Fipa d'or Best Actor: Matteo Simoni, Rik Verheye, Bart Hollanders & Stef Aerts in ''Callboys'' (Belgium) * Fipa d'or Best Actress: Gianina Frutero in ''Ramona'' (Chili) * Fipa d'or Best Script: Aurélien Molas, Valentine Milville & José Caltagirone for ''Crime Time - Hora de Perigo'' (France) * Fipa d'or Best Original Score: Thomas Couzinier & Frédéric Kooshmanian for ''Zone blanche'' (France)

Other formats

* Fipa d'or Documentary: de Merzak Allouache (Algeria, France) * Fipa d'or Reportage and Investigation: ''Ambulance'' by Mohamed Jabaly (Norway, Palestine) * Fipa d'or Performing Arts: ''Currentzis. The Classical Rebel'' by Bernhard Fleischer (Austria, Germany, France) * Fipa d'or ''Smart Fipa'': ''

Zero Impunity ''Zero Impunity'' is a multimedia documentary film by Nicolas Blies and Stéphane Hueber-Blies ( the Blies brothers). Animation was co-directed with Denis Lambert. The film explores the systematic occurrence of wartime sexual violence and assault. ...

'' by Nicolas Blies, Stéphane Hueber-Blies & Marion Guth (Luxembourg, France)

Other awards

* Michel Mitrani Prize: ''Sve je više jtvari koje dolaze'' by

Jelena Gavrilović Jelena Gavrilović (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Гавриловић; born 18 January 1983) is a Serbian actress and singer. She started acting in theatre during primary and high school in Lazarevac, her home town. She graduated from the Art ...

* Young Europeans Jury Prize: ''Ambulance'' by

Mohamed Jabaly Muhammad was an Islamic prophet and a religious and political leader who preached and established Islam. Muhammad and variations may also refer to: *Muhammad (name), a given name and surname, and list of people with the name and its variations ...

* Prix ''Télérama'': by

Merzak Allouache Merzak Allouache (born 6 October 1944) is an Algerian film director and screenwriter. His 1976 film ''Omar Gatlato'' was later entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize. His 1996 ''Salut cousin!'' wa ...

* Erasmus+ Prize: ''Polski'' by Rubén Rojas Cuauhtémoc * Audience Award: ''Latifa, une femme dans la république'' by Jarmila Buzkova (France) * EuroFipa of Honour: Hanka Kasteliková (Czech Republic) * Hackathon Prize ''Smart Fipa'' : ''Aquaterra -'' Développé par l’équipe Cachalot, composed by: Roland Dargelez, Frédéric Fréaud, Samuel Lepoil & Anne Sellès

2016^,^,

The 29th edition of Fipa took place in Biarritz from the 19th until the 24th of January 2016.

Drama

* Fipa d'or: ''Birthday""5'' by

Roger Michell Roger Michell (5 June 1956 – 22 September 2021) was a South African-born British theatre, television and film director. He was best known for directing films such as ''Notting Hill'' and ''Venus'', as well as the 1995 made-for-television fi ...

(United-Kingdom) * Fipa d'or Best Actress: Marie Baümer in ''Brief an mein Leben'' (Germany) * Fipa d'or Best Actor: Nicolas Rojas in ''Zamudio, perdidos en la noche'' (Chili) * Fipa d'or Best Script: Viktor Oszkár Nagy & Petra Szöcs for ''Hivatal'' (Hungary) * Fipa d'or Best Original Score: Alexander Balanescu & Ariel Sommer for ''The Scandalous Lady W'' (United-Kingdom)

Series

* Fipa d'or: '' Historia de un clan'' by Sebastián Ortega (Argentina) * Fipa d'or Best Actor: Stellan Skarsgård in ''River'' (United-Kingdom, United-States) * Fipa d'or Best Actress: Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir in ''Case'' (Island) * Fipa d'or Best Script:

Lior Raz Lior Raz ( he, ליאור רז; born 24 November 1971) is an Israeli actor and screenwriter. He is best known for portraying Doron Kabilio in the political thriller television series ''Fauda'' and Segev Azulai in '' Hit & Run''. Early life Raz ...

, Avi Issacharoff, Moshe Zonder, Michal Aviram, Asaf Beiser et Leora Kamenetsky pour ''

Fauda ''Fauda'' (, from ''fawḍā'', meaning "chaos") is an Israeli television series developed by Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff drawing on their experiences in the Israel Defense Forces. The series premiered on February 15, 2015. It tells the stor ...

'' (Israel) * Fipa d'or Best Original Score: Luis Ortega & Daniel Melingo for ''Historia de un clan'' (Argentina)

Other formats

* Fipa d'or Documentary: ''Le Siège'' by Rémy Ourdan & Patrick Chauvel (France, Bosnia-Herzegovina) * Fipa d'or Reportage and Investigation: ''La Bataille de Florange'' by Jean-Claude Poirson (France) * Fipa d'or Performing Arts: ''Zpověď zapomenutého'' by

Petr Vaclav Petr is a Czech given name for males and a Czech surname. Petr is the Czech form of ''Peter''. For information on Petr as a first name, see Peter (given name). Given name * Petr Aven (born 1955), Russian billionaire banker, economist and poli ...

(Czech Republic) * Fipa d'or ''Smart Fipa'': ''WEI or Die'' by Simon Bouisson (France)

Other awards

* Michel Mitrani Prize: ''Vue de l’esprit'' de Sébastien Simon & Forest Ian Etsler (France), Special distinction attributed to ''Villeneuve'' by Agathe Poche (France) * Young Europeans Jury Prize: ''Burden of Peace'' by Joey Boink (The Netherlands) * Prix ''Télérama'': ''Loro di Napoli'' by Pierfrancesco Li Donni (Italy) * Audience Award: ''Corée, nos soldats oubliés'' by Cédric Condon & Jean-Yves Le Naour * EuroFipa of Honour: Dan Frank (France) * Hackathon Prize ''Smart Fipa'': ''Mnémésis'' - Developed by the Pharmakon team, composed by: Simon Bonnacie, Roland Dargelez, Doris Lanzmann, Julie Scheid & Éric Suard

2015^,^,

The 28th edition of Fipa took place in Biarritz from the 20th until the 25th of January 2015.

Drama

* Fipa d'or : ''Marvellous'' by Julian Farino (United-Kingdom) * Fipa d'or Best Actor: Juana Acosta in ''Sanctuaire'' (France) * Fipa d'or Best Actress: Toby Jones in ''Marvellous'' (United-Kingdom) * Fipa d'or Best Script: Pierre Erwan Guillaume, Olivier Masset-Depasse, Quitterie Duhurt-Gaussères, Xabi Molia for ''Sanctuaire'' (France) * Fipa d'or Best Original Score: Matthias Weber, Paul Galister for ''Beautiful girl'' (Austria)

Series

* Fipa d'or: ''Happy Valley'' by Sally Wainwright, Euros Lyn & Tim Fywell (United-Kingdom) * Fipa d'or Best Actor: Jurgen Delnaet in ''Marsman'' de Mathias Sercu (Belgium) * Fipa d'or Best Actress: Marie Dompnier in ''Les Témoins'' d’Hervé Hadmar (France) * Fipa d'or Best Script: Shelley Birse for ''The Code'' (Australia) * Fipa d'or Best Original Score: Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen for ''Kampen Om Tungtvannet'' (''La Bataille de l’eau lourde'') (Norway)

Other formats

* Fipa d'or Documentary: ''Pekka'' by Alexander Oey (The Netherlands) * Fipa d'or Reportage and Investigation: ''Taïga'' by Hamid Sardar (France) * Fipa d'or Performing Arts: ''Mia Oikgeniaki Ypothesi'' by Angeliki Aristomenopoulou (Greece) * Fipa d'or ''Smart Fipa'': ''

Soundhunters ''Soundhunters'' is a transmedia musical project created by Nicolas Blies and Stéphane Hueber-Blies (aka the Blies brothers), Marion Guth and François Le Gall, broadcast on the Franco-German channel Arte in 2015 and deployed internationally wi ...

'' by Nicolas Blies, Béryl Koltz, Marion Guth, François Le Gall, Stéphane Hueber-Blies (Luxembourg)

Other awards

* Michel Mitrani Prize: ''Marsman'' by

Mathias Sercu Mathias, a given name and a surname which is a variant of Matthew (name), may refer to: Places * Mathias, West Virginia * Mathias Township, Michigan People with the given name or surname ''Mathias'' In music * Mathias Eick, Norwegian Jazz Musici ...

(Belgium) * Young Europeans Jury Prize: '' Peace on the Tigris'' by Takeharu Watai (Japan) * ''Prix Télérama'': ''Rwanda, la vie après – Paroles de mères'' by Benoît Dervaux & André Versaille (Belgium) * Jérôme Minet Prize: ''Les Heures souterraines'' by Philippe Harel (France) * Audience Award: '' Rwanda, la vie après - Paroles de mères'' de Benoît Dervaux et André Versaille (Belgium) * EuroFipa of Honour:

Chris Chibnall Christopher Antony Chibnall (born 21 March 1970) is an English television writer and producer, best known as the creator and writer of the award-winning ITV mystery-crime drama ''Broadchurch'' and as a showrunner of the long-running BBC sci-f ...

for ''

Broadchurch ''Broadchurch'' is a British crime drama television series broadcast on ITV for three series between 2013 and 2017. It was created by Chris Chibnall, who acted as an executive producer and wrote all 24 episodes and produced by Kudos in asso ...

'' and all of his career (United-Kingdom) * Hackathon Prize of the ''Smart Fipa'': ''Qu'est-ce qu'elle a ma gaule? -'' Developed by: Simon Falgaronne, Céline Ferret, Joris Fuluhea, Gabriel Grandjouan, Marie-Paule Jiccio & Arthur Martineau

2014^,^,

The 27th edition of Fipa took place in Biarritz from the 21st until the 24th of January 2014.

Drama

* Fipa d'or: ''3 x Manon'' by Jean-Xavier by Lestrade (France) * Fipa d'or Best Actress:

Emily Watson Emily Margaret Watson (born 14 January 1967) is an English actress. She began her career on stage and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992. In 2002, she starred in productions of ''Twelfth Night'' and ''Uncle Vanya'' at the Donmar W ...

in ''

The Politician's Husband ''The Politician's Husband'' is a three-episode British television miniseries, first shown on BBC Two between 25 April and 9 May 2013. Written by Paula Milne, it makes a pair with her 1995 drama ''The Politician's Wife''. Plot Senior Cabinet m ...

'' (United-Kingdom) * Fipa d'or Best Actor:

Eduard Fernández Eduard Fernández Serrano (born 25 August 1964) is a Spanish screen and stage actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including three Goya Awards and four Gaudí Awards. Biography Eduard Fernández was born in Barcelona on 25 August ...

in '' Barefoot on Red Soil'' (Spain) * Fipa d'or Best Script:

Britta Stöckle Britta (also spelled Brita) is a female given name that is a variant of the Swedish name Birgitta, which is a form of the Irish Gaelic name ''Brighid'' ( Bridget in English). The name Britta became popular in Scandinavia and Germany because of St. ...

for '' Pass gut auf ihn auf'' (Germany) * Fipa d'or Best Original Score: David Cervera for '' Barefoot on Red Soil'' (Spain)

Series

* Fipa d'or: ''

Arvingerne ''The Legacy'' ( da, Arvingerne, literally "the heirs") is a Danish television drama created by Maya Ilsøe and produced by DR. Series 1 was first broadcast on the Danish national television channel DR1 on 1 January 2014, and was sold to a num ...

'' by Pernilla August (Denmark) * Fipa d'or Best Actress: Helen McCrory in ''

Peaky Blinders The Peaky Blinders were a street gang based in Birmingham, England, which operated from the 1880s until the 1910s. The group consisted largely of young criminals from lower- to middle-class backgrounds. They engaged in robbery, violence, racket ...

'' (United-Kingdom) * Fipa d'or Best Actor: Cillian Murphy in ''

'' (United-Kingdom) * Fipa d'or Best Script: Maya Ilsøe for ''

'' (Danemark) * Fipa d'or Best Original Score: Martin Phipps for ''

'' (United-Kingdom)

Other formats

* Fipa d'or Documentary: ''Chante ton bac d'abord'' by David André (France) * Fipa d'or Reportage and Investigation: ''Congo Business Case'' by Hans Bouma (The Netherlands) * Fipa d'or Performing Arts: ''Colin Davis in His Own Words'' by

John Bridcut John Bridcut is an English documentary filmmaker, best known for his films about British composers. His most famous work, '' Britten's Children'' (2004), is a study of the influence that Benjamin Britten's close relationships with children had on ...

(United-Kingdom) * ''Smart Fipa'': ''1914, Dernières nouvelles'' by Bérénice Meinsohn (France)

Other awards

* Michel Mitrani Prize: '' Le Copain d'avant'' by Françoise-Renée Jamet & Laurent Marocco (France) * Jury's Award: ''

Bringing Tibet Home ''Bringing Tibet Home'' (in Tibetan: ཕ་ས་བུ་ཐུག in Korean: 아버지의 땅 in Chinese: 夢土) is a 2013 documentary film produced and directed by Tibetan filmmaker Tenzin Tsetan Choklay about Tibetan contemporary Artist Ten ...

'' by

Tenzin Tsetan Choklay Tenzin Tsetan Choklay is a Tibetan filmmaker. He was born to Tibetan refugees in India, and was raised in Dharamshala where he was a student at Tibetan Children's Village. He then graduated at Punjab University in Chandigarh, and moved to Bombay ...

(United-States) * ''Prix Télérama'': ''Art War'' by Marco Wilms (Germany) * Jérôme Minet Prize: ''

Des fleurs pour Algernon Des is a masculine given name, mostly a short form (hypocorism) of Desmond. People named Des include: People * Des Buckingham, English football manager * Des Corcoran, (1928–2004), Australian politician * Des Dillon (disambiguation), severa ...

'' by Yves Angelo (France)

2009^,^,

The 22nd edition of Fipa took place in Biarritz from the 20th until the 25th of January.

Drama

*Fipa d'or Grand Prize: '' Ihr könnt Euch niemals sicher sein'' *Fipa d'or Best Actor: Baruch Brener – '' Brothers'' *Fipa d'or Best Actress: Orna Fitoussi – '' Brothers'' *Fipa d'or Best Original Soundtrack: Angélique Nachon and Jean-Claude Nachon – '' L'affaire Salengro'' *Fipa d'or Best Screenplay: Eva Zahn and Volker A Zahn – '' Ihr könnt Euch niemals sicher sein'' *Fipa d'argent Special Prize: ''

Un homme d'honneur The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizin ...

Series and serials

*Fipa d'or Grand Prize: '' De smaak van De Keyser'' (a.k.a. '' The Emperor of Taste'') *Fipa d'or Best Actor:

Pierre Verville Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

– '' Les Lavigueur, la vraie histoire'' (a.k.a. '' The Lavigueurs, the True Story'') *Fipa d'or Best Actress: Marieke Dilles – '' De smaak van De Keyser'' (a.k.a. '' The Emperor of Taste'') *Fipa d'or Best Original Soundtrack:

Wim De Wilde Wim is a masculine given name or a shortened form of Willem and other names and may refer to: * Wim Anderiesen (1903–1944), Dutch footballer * Wim Aantjes (1923–2015), Dutch politician * Wim Arras (born 1964), Belgian cyclist * Wim Blockmans ...

– '' De smaak van De Keyser'' (a.k.a. '' The Emperor of Taste'') *Fipa d'or Best Screenplay: Salvatore Mereu – '' Sonetaùla'' *Fipa d'or Special Prize: '' Les Lavigueur, la vraie histoire'' (a.k.a. '' The Lavigueurs, the True Story'')

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