The Fipa, International Festival of Audiovisual Programs, defined as six days of ideal television, is back in Biarritz.  Six days, from juanuary 24th to 30th, 2011.
The FIPA was born, 24 years ago, avec l’objectif « to set up an observatory for the international community to find and compare the most sophisticated expressons this audiovisual language accross all genres thanks to a genuine and independant selection process » (édito Michel Mitrani- 1987). It has continued to put its faith in independence, quality, diversity et innovation.

The only festival that defends all genres of international audiovisual creation: fiction, series and soap operas, creative documentaries, reportages and current affairs, and music and live performance.

This year, the festival offers a panorama of new forms on the Web : a total of 12, from web-series to experimental formats, as well as interactive drama, web-reportage and web-documentary, innovative projects from around the world (Canada, USA, Netherlands, Germany, France…).

Program submission are closed but you can ask for accreditation up to juanuary 15th, 2011 : www.fipa.tm.fr/fr/fipa/accreditations.htm

This year again, the villa KAIOA, in Bidart, very close from Biarritz and the sites of the festival, changes its days of rental. For the festival, it will welcome the tenant on sunday 23rd in the afternoon, till sunday 30th or monday 31st morning.
Villa Kaioa is for 6 people – 3 bedrooms.
Villa Kaioa : www.biarritz-villa-kaioa.com

The 8th edition of the Surf movie festival of Donostia will take place from the 9th till 13th of June 2010.

The surfing contest movie (full-length films) aims to be an authentic party of the best movie of world surfing.

The participants have to send their production before April the 15th – movies have a superior duration of 30mn and were produced after January 1st, 2009.

The selected lengths-measurements will participate in the official selection of the “Amstel Surfilm Festival”. The best will be rewarded a 6000€ prize.

The short films of surfing (pair of shorts movie contest), as for them, must be sent before May 16th, 2010. They will last at least 5mn , generics included and will be subtitled in English if it is not the language of the short film. The selected short films will be thrown during the “Amstel Surfilm Festival”,  in the main theatre of Donostia-San Sebastian.

Several prizes will be awarded among which the Prize of the Jury (1500€) and the Prize of the Public (300€).

And the public can already feast with some videos, on-line on: www.dailymotion.com/group/surfshortfilm <http://www.dailymotion.com/group/surfshortfilm>  contest