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Christine Camdessus

Christine Camdessus is a French producer and a General Artistic Director of the Fipadoc International Documentary Film Festival.

Christine Camdessus launched her production company in 2001. Among more than 60 creative documentaries distributed worldwide are Hammer and Tickle, Pakistan Zindabad, The Lost War of the Vatican?, Five Broken Cameras by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi (Sundance Director’s Price 2012, Oscar Nomination 2013, International Emmy Award 2013), Divided Korea, The Wonderful Kingdom of Papa Alaev, Erdogan, The Making of a Sultan, One Day in Tehran and Forman versus Forman selected in Cannes Classics in May 2019.
 

Christine is the chairwoman of NIPKOW’s jury (Berlin). She was the Vice President of USPA (France's leading TV producers union) from 2014 to 2018 and a member of E.D.N. and E.F.A. In 2013, ALEGRIA received the award for Best Documentary Production company in France. In 2018, Christine became the managing and artistic director of Fipadoc, the International Documentary Film Festival, that takes place in Biarritz, France, during the last week of January. It brings the public and professionals together for screenings of outstanding documentary films.