Marseille Festival of Documentary Film
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Marseille International Festival of Documentary Film (in French the Festival international du documentaire de Marseille of FIDMarseille) is a documentary film festival
held yearly since 1989 in Marseille
, France
. The festival awards grand prizes in international and national categories. The 2009 competition featured 20 documentaries in the international category and 14 in the French category.
Past winners of the grand prize of the international competition include Chantal Akerman
's Là-bas
(co-winner 2006), Eduardo Coutinho
's O Fim e o Princípio (co-winner 2006), Simone Bitton
's Wall (2004) Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks
(2003), In Public
(2002), Patricio Guzmán
's Le Cas Pinochet (2001).
Documentary film festivals
Documentary film festivals are film festivals devoted solely to documentary film, which is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality....
held yearly since 1989 in Marseille
Marseille
Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. The festival awards grand prizes in international and national categories. The 2009 competition featured 20 documentaries in the international category and 14 in the French category.
Past winners of the grand prize of the international competition include Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman
Chantal Anne Akerman is a Belgian film director, artist, and professor of film at the European Graduate School. Akerman's best-known film, Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles , exemplifies a dedication to the ellipses of conventional narrative cinema.-Early life:Akerman was born to...
's Là-bas
Là-Bas
Là-Bas is a novel by the French writer Joris-Karl Huysmans, first published in 1891. It is Huysmans' most famous work after À rebours. Là-Bas deals with the subject of Satanism in contemporary France, and the novel stirred a certain amount of controversy on its first appearance...
(co-winner 2006), Eduardo Coutinho
Eduardo Coutinho
Eduardo Coutinho is an Brazilian film director, screen writer, actor and film producer.He directed and wrote the script to the 1967 popular Brazilian film, El ABC del amor near the beginning of his career...
's O Fim e o Princípio (co-winner 2006), Simone Bitton
Simone Bitton
Simone Bitton is a French-Israeli documentary filmmaker. Her films have been nominated for or won the César Award, the Marseille Festival of Documentary Film Award, and the Sundance Film Festival, Special Jury Prize ....
's Wall (2004) Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks is a Chinese documentary film by Wang Bing. Over 9 hours long, the film consists of three parts, "Rust," "Remnants" and "Rails."...
(2003), In Public
In Public (film)
In Public is a short documentary film directed by sixth generation filmmaker Jia Zhangke. In Public was filmed digitally for the 2001 Jeonju International Film Festival....
(2002), Patricio Guzmán
Patricio Guzmán
Patricio Guzmán Lozanes is a Chilean documentary film director. He is internationally renowned for films such as The Battle of Chile and Salvador Allende....
's Le Cas Pinochet (2001).