Fipadoc’s Industry Days 2025 closed their doors on Thursday, January 30. Discover the winning projects!
◤ BEST INTERNATIONAL PITCH AWARD – AL JEZEERA BALKANS AWARD: YUGO GOES TO AMERICA
by Filip Grujić & Aleksa Borković | Serbia & Croatia
€3,000 in co-production grant + an invitation to be part of the Al Jazeera Balkans Industry Forum.
◤ BEST FRENCH PITCH AWARD: SEVEN AND ONE
by Lucas Vernier | France
€7,000 in post-production services at SAYA.
◤ PUBLIC SÉNAT AWARD : JULIAN ASSANGE: THIS IS ALL ABOUT YOU
by Etienne Huver | France
€7,000 Pre-buy.
◤ DOTiMAGES AWARD : UNDER THE YELLOW SKY
by Maryna Nazarenko | Ukraine, Estonia & Latvia
€3.000 in cash sponsored by the DOTiMAGES Fund to support the financing of a cinematographic or creative documentary project.
◤ THE DOCS UP FUND AWARD : MEMOIRS OF JERUSALEM
by Kinda Kurdi | United Kingdom & Jordan
€2.500 in cash and editorial mentoring sponsored by Docs Up Fund to provide mentoring and financial support to a documentary project committed to defend human rights around the world.
◤ CAT&DOCS AWARD for a project with strong international potential: 2084
by Ruth Chao | Spain
Consultancy by distributor Cat&Docs.
4 EUROPEAN FESTIVALS, PARTNERS OF FIPADOC, AWARD PROJECTS THAT WILL BE WELCOMED IN THEIR COPRODUCTION FORUMS:
◤ DOCSBARCELONA AWARD : JULIAN ASSANGE : THIS IS ALL ABOUT YOU
by Etienne Huver | France
The project will be pitched at the Docs Barcelona Co-Production Forum 2025.
◤ DOK.FEST MÜNCHEN AWARD : TALKING OF GAZA
by Tamara Erde & Haneen Sabbah | France
The project will be pitched at the Dok.fest München Forum 2025.
◤ BIO TO B AWARD : LIMBS OF ONE BODY
by Kaspar Panizza | Germany
The project receive 2 free accreditations to attend Bio to B 2025.
◤ SAN SEBASTIÁN AWARD – Lau Haizetara award: TEHRAN AUTO-IMMUNE
by Afsaneh Salari | France, Sweden & Iran.
The project will be pitched at the Lau Haizetara forum in 2025.
FIPADOC CAMPUS
◤LIGHTDOX AWARD – LIMBS OF ONE BODY
by Kaspar Panizza | Germany.
◤DOC AROUND EUROPE AWARD – CORDON
by Anton Mezulić | Croatia, France.