At the end of an edition organised in person from 17 to 23 January and which brought together a large number of professionals in Biarritz, the 4th edition of FIPADOC shared its 2022 prize list.

The international competition jury (Rachel Leah Jones, Stan Neumann and Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen) crowned The Balcony Movie [+lee también:
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The national competition was won by Marie-Jo Will See You at 4 [+lee también:
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In the music documentaries competition, the feature film Paraíso [+lee también:
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The awards list:

Grand Prix - International Documentary
The Balcony Movie [+lee también:
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Grand Prix – National Documentary
Marie-Jo Will See You at 4 [+lee también:
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Grand prix – Musical Documentary
Paraíso [+lee también:
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Grand Prix – Impact Documentary
Revolutions of Our Times – Kiwi Chow (Hong Kong)

Grand Prix CNC Images de la Culture – Impact Documentary
Revolutions of Our Times – Kiwi Chow (Hong Kong)

Smart Award
Kusunda - Felix Gaedtke & Gayatri Parameswaran (Germany/Switzerland/Sweden/United States/Nepal/Taïwan) (short film)

New Writings Award
Seven Grams - Karim Ben Khelifa (France/United Kingdom/United States) (short film)

Short Film Award
Angle mort – Lofti Achour (Tunisia/France)

FIPADOC Award Young Creation
Que no me roben los sueños - Zoé Brichau (Belgium) (short film)

Other prizes

Audience Award
Opéra de Paris, une saison (très) particulière – Priscilla Pizzato (France)

Tënk Award
Sur tes cendres – Joachim Michaux (France/Liban) (medium-length feature)

Mitrani Award
En mis zapatos - Pedro Morato (Belgium)

Ciné+ Award
Babi Yar. Context [+lee también:
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PFDM Award
Option éducation sexuelle – Marie-Pierre Jaury (France)

European Youth Award
A Parked Life – Peter Triest (Belgium/Netherlands)