Biarritz’ FIPADOC has announced its first stage of programming for the 2020 festival edition. Taking place (pending health and safety measurements) 17 – 23 January 2022, FIPADOC has announced its opening film and two preview screenings. Additionally, the list of films presented out of competition: all films in the ENCORE DES DOCUMENTAIRES category, a programme featuring five major events this year, including a tribute to the great Dutch documentary filmmaker Heddy Honigmann and a new section dedicated to food and gastronomy. The competition selections will be announced on January 6.
Opening Film & Preview Screenings
- Opening: Buena Vista Social Club (dir. Wim Wenders)
- Preview: Deneuve, la reine Catherine (dir. Virginie Linhart) – France
- Preview: Flee (dir. Jonas Poher Rasmussen) – Denmark, France
FOCUS ON… BENELUX
- A Man and a Camera by Guido Hendrikx (Netherlands, 2021)
- By the throat by Effi Weiss and Amir Borenstein (Belgium, 2021)
- Four Seasons in One Day by Annabel Verbeke
- California Dreaming by Fabrizio Maltese (Luxembourg, 2019)
- Les mots de la fin (Final Words) by Gaëlle Hardy and Agnès Lejeune (Belgium, 2021)
- New Pigs on the Block by Jimmy Kets (Belgium, 2021)
- Schwaarze Mann – un noir parmi nous (Schwaarze Mann – A Black Man Among Us) by Fränz
Hausemer (Luxembourg, 2018)
Guest of Honour: Heddy Honigmann
ARTE’S 30th Anniversary
- Buena Vista Social Club by Wim Wenders (Germany)
- Alma, une enfance de la violence (Alma: A Violent Childhood) (digital experience, 2012)
- Glenn Gould: Hereafter by Bruno Monsaingeon (Canada, France, 2005)
- The Missing Picture by Rithy Panh (France, Cambodia, 2013)
- Language Does Not Lie by Stan Neumann (France, 2004)
- Dancing Dreams – in The Footsteps of Pina Bausch by Rainer Hoffmann and Anne Linsel (Germany,
2010) - Opération Lune (Operation Moon) by William Karel (France, 2002)
- Over the Limit by Marta Prus (Poland, Germany, Finland, 2017)
- Récréations (Playtime) by Claire Simon (France, 1993)
Taste of Doc
- Arzak depuis 1897 (Arzak Since1897) by Asier Altuna (Spain, 2020)
- Come Back Anytime by John Daschbach (Japan, 2021)
- Guérande, un peu de la beauté du monde (Guérande, a Little Beauty in This World) by Sophie Averty
(France, 2021) - The Taste of Desire by Willemiek Kluijfhout (Netherlands, 2021)
- Le chef errant (The Wandering Chef) by Hye-Ryeong Park (South Korea, 2018)
- And several digital experiences designed especially for children.
Family Films
- En terrain libre (On Free Land) by Marie Famulicki, Delphine Moreau and Corinne Sullivan (France, 2020)
- L’appel du Nord (Call of The North) by David Guersan and Thibaut Branquart (France, 2020)
- Ride the Wave by Martyn Robertson (United Kingdom, 2021)
- Yukon, un rêve blanc (Yukon: A Dream in White) by Mathieu Le Lay (France, 2021)
There will also be some 25 virtual and augmented reality works, 360° films, interactive documentary narratives, and web series to experience as part of the FIPADOC SMART Digital Experience. Find more information on this and the entire programme – HERE
