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| Location | Paris, France |
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| Founded | 21 March 1997 |
| Awards | Grand Prize of Jury, Grand Prize of Public |
| Language | French |
The Justice Documentary Festival Paris, among the longest-standing French judicial festivals, unites a collection of documentaries focused on the theme of Justice and presents both a Jury Grand Prize and a Public Grand Prize. [1]
The Documentary Festival on Justice or Judicial Film Festival of the Paris Bar is a national Film festival created in 1997 by President Bernard Vatier. [2] Its head office is in Paris at the Musée du Barreau de Paris. In 2013, the President Christiane Féral-Schuhl titled it “Film and justice”. Film festivals take place every year in the auditorium of the Maison de l'ordre des avocats . [3]
| Année | Dates | Lieu | Président |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 21-27 march | Paris | Bertrand Tavernier |
| 1998 | 20-24 mars | Paris | Claude Miller |
| 1999 | 19-23 march | Paris | Pierre Granier-Deferre |
| 2000 | 6-10 october | Paris | Costa Gavras |
| 2015 | 26-28 march | Paris | Pierre Haski |
| 2017 | 13-15 september | Paris | Isabelle Giordano |
In 2023, the new edition of the Paris Bar Judicial Film Festival is called the Justice Documentary Festival. It is organized by the Maison du Barreau de Paris. It puts in competition 11 films on the judicial theme judged by a prestigious jury made up of personalities from the legal world, journalists and intellectuals [4] in order to award 2 prizes including that of the Jury and that of the Public, it takes place from 18 to September 21, 2023 at the auditorium of the Paris Bar. [5] It is considered by the press as "one of the oldest and most prestigious festivals on the theme of justice". [1] Dylan Besseau and Guillaume Gevart were the two youngest directors in the selection, [1] the festival was chaired by Serge Moati.
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