# Justice Documentary Festival Paris

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.

## History

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. Its head office is in Paris at the Musée du Barreau de Paris. In 2013, the President Christiane Féral-Schuhl [fr] titled it "Film and justice". Film festivals take place every year in the auditorium of the Maison de l'ordre des avocats [fr].

## Editions

| 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 [fr] |
| 2023 | 14-21 September | Paris | Serge Moati |
| 2024 | 4-6 February | Paris | Bernard de La Villardière |

## New edition

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 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. It is considered by the press as "one of the oldest and most prestigious festivals on the theme of justice". Dylan Besseau and Guillaume Gevart were the two youngest directors in the selection, the festival was chaired by Serge Moati.

## Jury

The following were on the jury in 2023:
* Chaired by Serge Moati
* Laure Beccuau, public prosecutor at the Paris Judicial Court
* Julie Couturier [fr], Bâtonniere of Paris
* Vincent Nioré, Vice-Bâtonnier of Paris
* Jacques Toubon, Former Minister of Justice and Culture
* Dominique Simonnot [fr], General controller of places of deprivation of liberty
* Basile Ader, former vice-president of Paris and lawyer for L'Equipe and Le Parisien

### Official selections

The following were selected in 2023:
* In the eyes of the judges by Matthieu Delahousse [fr] and Damien Vercaemer
* La Dispute by Mohamed El Khatib [fr] produced by Serge Lalou and Camille Laemlé
* Daech, les enfants fantômes by Hélène Lam Trong produced by Fabienne Servan-Schreiber and Estelle Mauriac
* Anne Bouillon : Justice pour toutes ! by Dylan Besseau produced by Guillaume Gevart
* Rwanda : Le silence des mots by Gaël Faye and Michael Sztanke produced by Stéphanie Lebrun
* The Killers of the Republics - Hit for Hit by Damien Fleurette, Vincent Nouzille [fr] produced by Bernard de La Villardière
* War crimes in Ukraine, justice on the march by Elizabeth Drévillon produced by Stéphanie Lebrun
* Dangereux à perpétuité ? [fr] by Frédérique Lantieri produced by Stéphanie Lebrun
* In our prisons, a story of struggle by Lise Baron produced by Maël Mainguy
* Justice ! by Marion Guégan & Marie Chartron produced by Théo Laboulandine
* Ambush : Invisible Crimes by Sarah Brethes, Mathieu Magnaudeix & David Perrotin produced by Mediapart

## Winners

The following won prizes in 2023:
* The Grand Jury Prize: In our prisons, a story of struggle by Lise Baron
* The Grand Public Prize: Rwanda : Le silence des mots by Gaël Faye
* Special Mention from the Jury: Daech, les enfants fantômes by Hélène Lam Trong

## Second Edition

In 2024, the second edition is chaired by Bernard de La Villardière.