Biarritz-based Fipadoc has put out the call for projects for its International Pitch session, running during the festival’s Industry Days, running January 25-28 2027.
The 24 selected project teams will pitch to 60+ international funders from Europe and beyond. Decision makers from France TV, ARTE, RTBF, RTS, SVT, Al Jazeera, ZDF, HBO and many other broadcasters will be present together with distributors, sales agents, festival programmers and film funds.
To strengthen the potential outcome of the pitches, Fipadoc will schedule hundreds of tailor-made individual meetings between the pitch teams and these decision makers.
The application deadline is October 2 2026. Fipadoc Industry Days will run January 25-28, 2027. The 9th edition of the Fipadoc festival will unspool January 22-30.
Click here for further information and to apply.
The Fipadoc Industry Award winners in 2026 were:
- BEST FRENCH PITCH AWARD NOT SO FAR AWAY PLACES by Renato Borrayo Serrano & Yulia Vishnevetskaya (France). The award is endowed by Saya with €7.000 in post-production services.
- BEST INTERNATIONAL PITCH AWARD INNER LANDSCAPES by Zofia Sawicka (Poland). €5.000 co-production grant sponsored by Al Jazeera Documentary
- PUBLIC SÉNAT AWARD TAKEN BY THE WHITE MAN by Ana Sofia Fonseca (Portugal). Pre-buy for the selected project.
- EUROREGION AWARD LIVE TILL DEATH by Xuban INTXAUSTI (Spain, France) €6.000 euros in cash sponsored by the EGTC Euroregion Nouvelle-Aquitaine Euskadi Navarra for the best Euregional project
- DOCS UP FUND AWARD INNER LANDSCAPES by Zofia Sawicka (Poland) €1.500 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
- DOCS UP FUND AWARD THE BAMBOO FAMILY by Sein Lyan Tun (Myanmar, Netherlands) €1.500 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 RECLAIMING TIME by Fuad Hindieh (France, Palestine) A year’s tailored mentoring support focusing on marketing, festival & distribution strategy
- DOCSBARCELONA AWARD QUEENS BALLROOM by Siyi Chen & Hansen Lin (United States, Belgium, France) Selection of one project presented at Fipadoc for the DocsBarcelona Pitching Forum
- DOK.FEST MÜNCHEN AWARD LANDFALL by Peter Middleton (United Kingdom) Selection of one project presented at Fipadoc for the DOK.fest München Pitching Forum
- SAN SEBASTÍAN AWARD THE ISLAND IN SILENCE by Mario Trujillo (Mexico) Selection of one project presented at Fipadoc for the San Sebastián Lau Haizetara Pitching Forum
