FIAPF

The FIAPF (Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films; English: International Federation of Film Producers Associations), created in 1933, is an organization composed with 36 member associations from 30 of the leading audiovisual production countries. Its Secretariat is located in Brussels, Belgium. FIAPF is also in charge of regulating international film festivals, including some of the world's most important ones.

Functions

FIAPF helps producers formulate policies and coordinate political action in these key areas:

  • Copyright and related intellectual property rights' legislation
  • Enforcement of IPR legislation and anti-piracy action
  • Deployment of digital technologies and their impact on the audiovisual value chain
  • Technology standardization process
  • Media regulation
  • Private and public sector film financing mechanisms
  • Trade-related issues

Members

Accredited film festivals

As of 2015, the FIAPF provided accreditation to 47 film festivals worldwide. The FIAPF categorizes the film festivals as Competitive, Competitive Specialised, Non-Competitive and Documentary/Short Film.[3]

Competitive film festivals

The following film festivals have been given competitive status by the FIAPF.[4]

City Festival Date
Berlin Berlin International Film Festival late February
Moscow Moscow International Film Festival late April
Cannes Cannes Film Festival mid-May
Shanghai Shanghai International Film Festival late June
Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary International Film Festival late June to early July
Locarno Locarno International Film Festival early to mid-August
Montreal Montreal World Film Festival late August
Venice Venice Film Festival late August to early September
San Sebastian San Sebastian International Film Festival mid-September
Warsaw Warsaw International Film Festival mid-October
Tokyo Tokyo International Film Festival late October to early November
Mar de Plata Mar del Plata Film Festival mid-November
Tallinn Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival mid to late November
Cairo Cairo International Film Festival late November
Goa International Film Festival of India late November

Competitive specialised film festivals

The following film festivals have been given specialised competitive status by the FIAPF.[5]

Non-competitive film festivals

The following film festivals have been given non-competitive status by the FIAPF.[7]

Documentary and short film festivals

The following film festivals are for documentary and short films.[8]

Former accredited film festivals

The following film festivals used to be accredited by the FIAPF, but withdrew.[9][10]

References
  1. About us. Association of Producers of Ukraine (www.producer.com.ua)
  2. FIAPF's members. FIAPF.
  3. FIAPF Accredited Festivals Directory 2008, FIAPF, 2008
  4. "Competitive Feature Film Festivals". fiapf.org. Archived from the original on 2004-03-10. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  5. "Competitive Specialised Film Festivals". fiapf.org. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2016-05-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Non-Competitive Film Festivals". fiapf.org. Archived from the original on 2012-08-04. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
  8. "Documentary and Short Film Festivals". fiapf.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
  9. "FIAPF - International Federation of Film Producers Associations". Web.archive.org. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  10. "FIAPF - International Federation of Film Producers Associations". Web.archive.org. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
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