Festival Data:

• Established: 1989
• Genre: Documentary (click to see)
• Attendance: 20000
• Media Attendance: 90
• Accredited Industry Attendance: 500
• Total Number of Films Submitted: 1600
• Total Number of Films Screened: 140
• Total Screenings: 120

• Competitive
• Has Panels

Festival Website:

Festival Description:

The Marseille International Documentary Film Festival is organised to promote cinema by presenting films to broadcasters, the media and the public. The documentary genre is at the center of the FIDMarseille’s artistic choices. Championed like an art of testimony with no requirement as to format, the festival welcomes films and artists who play with the transversality of the arts. Three years ago, the festival took the decisive step of welcoming in the official selection fiction films alongside documentaries.

In 2009, FIDMarseille presented about 140 films, for the most part these were films making their international premieres in a rich program made up of the official selection (international competition, national competition, competition of first films), parallel screens, and round tables. Programs include:

- Official Selection (International Competition, French Competition, International Selection not in competition, First Films Competition)

- Parallel Programs (retrospectives, homages, round tables, cartes blanches, and all special screenings)

Films selected may compete for:

The Grand Prix of the International Competition

The Grand Prix of the French Competition

The First Film Award

The National Georges de Beauregard Prize

The International Georges de Beauregard Prize

The Public Librairies Prize

The Marseille Esperance Prize

Two juries, International, National, are appointed by festival staff with consultation of the board of directors. They include well-known figures from the film and television industry and the artistic and cultural world, in France and abroad.

Film Submissions:

• Call for Entry: http:/ / www.fidmarseille.org/ dynamic/ index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=411&Itemid=177&lang=french