FIDMarseille
Every summer FIDMarseille —Marseille International Film Festival, offers a programme of more than 100 films to 20,000 spectators, in cinemas, museums, libraries, art galleries, and in open-air theaters throughout the city. The festival selection includes a large number of world premieres. FIDMarseille has been known as one of the major places where to find contemporary independent and groundbreaking cinema, documentary as well as fiction, short and feature films.
About
More than a film festival, the FIDMarseille is a veritable forum: from the publication of essays to the organization of panel discussions, the festival intends to be an active space for critical thought and sharing experiences.
The festival’s reputation, the recognition of its artistic vision, the coherence of its programming, attract journalists and professionals from all over the world.
6 days – 100 scheduled movies – 50 films in competition – 5 competitions (International competition, French competition, First film competition, Flash competition, Ciné+ competition) – 3000 submitted films – 13 prizes awarded.
The 36th edition of FIDMarseille will take place from 8 to 13 July 2025.
Submissions
Film registrations for the 36th FIDMarseille are open until 15 March 2025 for films produced in 2024 and 2025.
All films produced after January 1st, 2024 are eligible.
Two registration forms are available:
- One for short films (under 60 minutes), for which the registration fee is €25
- One for feature lenght films (60 minutes or more), for which the registration fee is €45
Programme
Alongside the competitive sections, FIDMarseille dedicates every year one or two retrospectives to major artists of our times. In 2025, the main retrospective will honour Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude.
The program is completed by a non-competitive section, “Other Gems”, which includes restored films.
Industry
The FIDLab
The FIDLab is a workspace for film projects selected in response to an international call for entries. Each year, around a dozen projects are selected, without criteria of format, duration, subject, fiction and documentary, whether at the stage of writing, development or post-production.
The platform was created to offer project promoters the opportunity to meet with producers, support funds, broadcasters, distributors, sales agents, TV channels, etc.
FIDLab is positioned as both a talent scouting centre and a showcase for diversity, and has become an internationally recognised label.
The 17th edition of FIDLab will take place on Thursday 10 and Friday 11 July 2025, in the heart of FIDMarseille (8 – 13 July 2025).
Students
FIDCampus
FIDCampus is a training programme for young filmmakers and students from art schools, film schools and partner universities. Each year, ten to fifteen young filmmakers, selected on the basis of their latest film and their motivation, are invited to take part in a 7-day residency during FIDMarseille.
They begin the week with two days of tutoring and group discussions about their films, with experts (directors, cinematographers, editors, sound engineers… like Claire Atherton, Caroline Champetier, Nicolas Becker and others) and continue with a rich programme of screenings, masterclasses and professional meetings organised for them. They are also invited to attend presentations by FIDLab – FIDMarseille’s co-production support platform.