The FIAPF (Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films; en, International Federation of Film Producers Associations), created in 1933, is an
organization
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composed with 36 member associations from 30 of the leading audiovisual production countries. Its Secretariat is located in
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
, Belgium. FIAPF is also in charge of regulating international
film festival
A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upo ...
s, including some of the world's most important ones.
Functions
FIAPF helps producers formulate policies and coordinate political action in these key areas:
* Copyright and related intellectual property rights' legislation
* Enforcement of IPR legislation and anti-piracy action
* Deployment of digital technologies and their impact on the audiovisual value chain
* Technology standardization process
* Media regulation
* Private and public sector film financing mechanisms
* Trade-related issues
Members
FIAPF members are 36 producer organizations from 29 countries:
Former members include:
Accredited film festivals
As of 2015, the FIAPF provided accreditation to 47 film festivals worldwide. The FIAPF categorizes the film festivals as Competitive, Competitive Specialised, Non-Competitive and Documentary/Short Film.
Competitive film festivals
The following film festivals have been given competitive status by the FIAPF.
Competitive specialised film festivals
The following film festivals have been given specialised competitive status by the FIAPF.
Non-competitive film festivals
The following film festivals have been given non-competitive status by the FIAPF.
Documentary and short film festivals
The following film festivals are for documentary and short films.
Former accredited film festivals
The following film festivals used to be accredited by the FIAPF, but withdrew.
References
External links
FIAPF Official Website* FIAPF-Accredited Film Festivals:
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Film organisations in Belgium