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Submission of documentaries for FIFO 2008

Submission of documentaries for FIFO 2008 is still open until October, 15th 2007.
The Pacific International Documentary Film Festival aims to become the most important documentary film event in the Pacific region. We invite all audiovisual professionals to come and share at the 5th edition of the Pacific International Documentary Festival (FIFO Tahiti) that will take place from 29 January to 03 February 2008 at the Maison de la Culture of Papeete (Tahiti – French Polynesia).

Any documentary that talks about the Pacific can be registered and participate.

An international jury comprising recognized film and television professionals will award during the next edition the Festival the Jury Grand Prize and three Special Jury Prizes; adding to the Audience Price. Each prize will be awarded with a financial amount.

Among the members of this jury, we already have the confirmation of:

Laure Adler
Renowned French writer
Director of Editions du Seuil
President of the Jury FIFO 2008

Geoffrey B. Daniels
Senior Deputy Chairman
Production & Development
National Geographic International Channels

Jean-Jacques Garnier ; Cultural Attaché at the French Embassy in Australia

David Jowsey
Commissioning Editor
ABC TV Documentaries

Pierre Lescure
Journalist
Producer

Richard Mann ; Deputy Regional Director of the Pacific Community

Stéphane Martin ; President of Quai Branly Museum

Emmanuel Priou ; Producer of Bonne Pioche

Dan Salmon
New Zealand Director
Jury Grand Prize and Audience Prize FIFO

Marie-Claude Tjibaou ; President of the Cultural Center Tjibaou of Nouméa

As a reminder, at the last Gala of the previous edition, FIFO 2007 awarded:

 The Jury Grand Prize for the New Zealand film « Made in Taiwan », directed by Dan Salmon and produced by Georges Andrews Production, with an amount of 4,200 Euros;
 The Jury Special Prize for the New Caledonian film « Tjibaou, le pardon » directed by Gilles Dagneau and produced by aaa, ADCK centre culturel Tjibaou and RFO, with an amount of 2,500 Euros;
 The Jury Special Prize for the Australian film « Mr. Patterns », directed by Catriona McKenzie and produced by Film Australia, with an amount of 2,500 euros;
 The Audience chose for the Audience Prize the film « Made in Taiwan », directed by Dan Salmon and produced by Georges Andews Production, with an amount of 2,500 Euros.

We invite you to inform about the participating conditions in our FIFO web site and to submit your films before the deadline of October, 15th 2007.

See you at the FIFO 2008
Warm and friendly Regards

Pierre OLLIVIER
Director FIFO
organisation@fifotahiti.org
www.fifotahiti.org
Tel. + 689 70 70 16