Orange supports the 25th edition of FIPA

FIPA – the International Festival of Audiovisual Programs – will take place from January 23-29 in Biarritz, France. FIPA, a meeting place for audiovisual professionals from around the world is celebrating its 25th birthday this year. 25 years of creative, inventive, ambitious and sometimes surprising television.

6 days to discover the best of television from France and further afield
6 days of screenings, debates and round table discussions where professionals, the general public, students, directors and the jury get together to discover the best in the year’s worldwide audiovisual creation. Fiction, series, creative documentaries, major reports, lively shows and musical performances… 65 international programs officially compete to win a gold or silver FIPA award in their category, or a best actor or director award 54 non-competition programs fill up the schedule of this 25th edition which looks to be a resounding success.

new competition for interactive works
This year, FIPA is affirming its attitude of openness to new media by creating an award designed to reward the best web creations. FIPA is open to new forms of narration, be they interactive or collaborative investigations, playable animations or fiction, web-series broadcast on social networks, or multi-entry documentaries.

a content broadcast strategy on all screens
This partnership is part of the Orange Group’s strategy of supporting audiovisual creation in all its diversity and making it accessible to the largest possible audience thanks to its web, television and mobile networks.

To meet changing usage requirements, in 2009 Orange launched a pack of 5 movie channels that can be watched live or on request on the screen of the viewer’s choice.  With the Orange cinema series, the Group offers its customers who are movie and series fans exclusive programs, along with innovative and original series. What’s more, subscribers can make the most of an extensive range of worldwide fiction: from Mexico (CAPADOCIA) to Australia (UNDERBELLY), not forgetting the USA (BOARD WALK EMIRE), from Italy (L'ULTIMO PADRINO) to Denmark (THE LEFT WING GANG), and from the UK (MISFITS, THE HOUR), to Canada (C.A).


for more information
the FIPA site
Orange cinema series
Orange and content