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.Eric Hancock. The oldest film festival on French Justice was relaunched this year  on NewsBreak.com

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 SelectionsFestival Programmation  on avocatparis.org
 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.Festival du documentaire sur la Justice 2ème nouvelle édition  sur avocatparis.org 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.

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