Justice Documentary Festival Paris

The **Justice Documentary Festival Paris** is one of the oldest French judicial festivals which brings together a selection of documentaries on the theme of Justice. It awards a Jury Grand Prize and a Public Grand Prize.

## First editions

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 titled it “Film and justice”. Film festivals take place every year in the auditorium of the Maison du Barreau.

## Editions

|Année|Dates|Lieu|Président|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1997|21-27 mars|Paris|Bertrand Tavernier|
|1998|20-24 mars|Paris|Claude Miller|
|1999|19-23 mars|Paris|Pierre Granier-Deferre|
|2000|6-10 octobre|Paris|Costa Gavras|
|2015|26-28 mars|Paris|Pierre Haski|
|2017|13-15 septembre|Paris|Isabelle Giordano|
|2024|04-06 février|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 2023

- Chaired by Serge Moati
- Laure Beccuau, public prosecutor at the Paris Judicial Court
- Julie Couturier, Bâtonniere of Paris
- Vincent Nioré, Vice-Bâtonnier of Paris
- Jacques Toubon, Former Minister of Justice and Culture
- Dominique Simonnot, 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

- _In the eyes of the judges_ by Mathieu Delahousse and Damien Vercaemer
- _La Dispute_ by Mohamed El Khatib 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 produced by Bernard de La Villardière
- _War crimes in Ukraine, justice on the march_ by Elizabeth Drévillon produced by Stéphanie Lebrun
- _Dangereux à perpétuité ?_ 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 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. The jury was composed of former Vice President of the Paris Bar Association Basile Ader, former minister Manuel Valls, criminal defense lawyer Rachel-Flore Pardo, President of the Court of Assizes Sophie-Hélène Château, Public Prosecutor of Tours Frédéric Chevalier, producer David Nitlich, and Vice President of the Paris Bar Association Vanessa Bousardo.