{"id":149,"date":"2016-05-05T11:10:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T10:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jbaproduction.com\/en\/jacques-bidou\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T18:02:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T17:02:01","slug":"jacques-bidou","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/jbaproduction.com\/en\/jacques-bidou\/","title":{"rendered":"JACQUES BIDOU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-229\" src=\"http:\/\/jbaproduction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/JB4web.jpg\" alt=\"JB4web\" width=\"550\" height=\"405\" \/><\/p>\n<p>French nationality<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #e87800;\"><b>PRODUCER<br \/><\/b><\/span>jacquesbidou@jbaproduction.com<br \/>Bac in Philosophy<br \/>INSAS (Institut National Sup\u00e9rieur des Arts du Spectacle\/Bruxelles)<br \/><b>From 1984 till 2006<\/b><br \/><b>STAR FILM<\/b>, commercialisation for Spain: about 3.000 hours of television<br \/><b>CYRK SA<\/b>, commercialisation libraries: Revcom, Movietime, Four Star, CED, MK2, etc.<br \/>Production of 2 long feature films, coproduction with DUE WEST (UK) and LEGENDE (FR) of &#8220;Colombus&#8221; by Ridley Scott (1991\/1992)<br \/><b>JBA PRODUCTION<\/b>\u00a0produced around 115 films (documentaries and fictions)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #e87800;\"><b>MAIN LONG FEATURE FILMS<br \/><\/b><\/span><b>1994<br \/><\/b>RICE PEOPLE by Rithy Panh &#8211; Competition CANNES 94<br \/>BAB EL OUED CITY by Merzak Allouache &#8211; Official selection, CANNES 94<br \/>XIME by Sana N&#8217;hada &#8211; Official selection, CANNES 94<br \/><b>1995<br \/><\/b>SALUT COUSIN! by Merzak Allouache &#8211; Directors&#8217; Fortnight CANNES 96<br \/>FLAME by Ingrid Sinclair &#8211; Directors&#8217; Fortnight CANNES 96<br \/><b>1996<br \/><\/b>ARISTOTLE&#8217;S PLOT by J.-Pierre Bekolo -TORONTO, SUNDANCE 96<br \/>FOOLS by Ramadan Suleman &#8211; LOCARNO 97<br \/>DANCE OF THE WIND by Rajan Khosa &#8211; VENICE 97<br \/><b>1997<br \/><\/b>CORPS PLONGES by Raoul Peck &#8211; MONTREAL, TORONTO, LONDRES 98<br \/>ONE EVENING AFTER THE WAR by Rithy Panh &#8211; Off. selection CANNES 98<br \/>OS MUTANTES by Teresa Villaverde &#8211; Official selection CANNES 98<br \/><b>98-99<br \/><\/b>KARVAAN by Pankaj Butalia \u2013 VENICE 99<br \/>APRIL&#8217;S CAPTAINS by Maria de Medeiros \u2013 Official selection, CANNES 00<br \/>LUMUMBA by Raoul Peck \u2013 Directors&#8217; Fortnight, CANNES 00<br \/><strong>2000<\/strong><br \/>THOMAS EST AMOUREUX by Pierre-Paul Renders, VENICE 00<br \/>BACKDOOR by Yorgos Tsemberopoulos<br \/><b>2001<br \/><\/b>PAU AND HIS BROTHER by Marc R\u00e9cha, Competition CANNES 01<br \/>UNE PART DU CIEL by B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte Li\u00e9nard, Official Selection, CANNES 02<br \/><b>02-03<br \/><\/b>DES PLUMES DANS LA TETE de Thomas de Thier, Directors&#8217; Fortnight, CANNES 03<br \/>LES MAINS VIDES by Marc Recha, Official Selection, CANNES 03<br \/><b>04-05<br \/><\/b>ZULU LOVE LETTER by Ramadan Suleman, Official Selection VENISE 04<br \/>SALVADOR ALLENDE by Patricio Guzman, Official Selection CANNES 04<br \/><b>07-08<br \/><\/b>SALT OF THIS SEA by Annemarie Jacir, Official Selection CANNES 08<br \/>SALAMANDRA by Pablo Ag\u00fcero, Directors&#8217; Fortnight , CANNES 08<br \/><b>2009<br \/><\/b>FACE by Tsai Ming-Liang &#8211; Official Selection CANNES 09<br \/><b>2010<br \/><\/b>THE ENERGUMEN by Jean-Lo\u00efc Portron<br \/><b>2011<br \/><\/b>CORPO CELESTE by Alice Rohrwacher &#8211; Directors&#8217; Fortnight CANNES 2011<br \/><b>2012<br \/><\/b>A RESPECTABLE FAMILY by Massoud Bakhshi, Directors&#8217; Fortnight CANNES 12<br \/>THE REPENTANT by Merzak Allouache, Directors&#8217; Fortnight CANNES 12<br \/>VIRGEM MARGARIDA by Licinio Azevedo, TORONTO 12<br \/>DOG FLESH by Fernando Guzzoni, SAN SEBASTIAN 12<br \/><b>2013<br \/><\/b>STRAY DOGS by Tsai Ming-Liang, Grand Prix du Jury VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2013<br \/>THE ROOFTOPS by Merzak Allouache, in competition at the VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2013<br \/><b>2014<br \/><\/b>CAIN&#8217;S CHILDREN by Marcell Gero, in competition at the SAN SEBASTIAN Film Festival 2014<br \/><b>2015<br \/><\/b>EVA DOESN&#8217;T SLEEP by Pablo Ag\u00fcero, TORONTO and in competition at the SAN SEBASTIAN Film Festival 2015<br \/>RISING VOICES by B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte Li\u00e9nard and Marie Jimenez<br \/><strong>2016<br \/><\/strong>JESUS by Fernando Guzzoni, SAN SEBASTIAN 16, TORONTO<br \/><strong>2017<\/strong><br \/>DUTY (WAJIB) by Annemarie Jacir, LOCARNO in competition, TORONTO.<br \/><strong>2018<\/strong><br \/><strong>DONBASS<\/strong> by Serguei Loznitsa,\u00a0Official Selection CANNES 2018, Opening de &#8220;Un certain Regard&#8221;<br \/><strong>2020<\/strong><br \/><b>YALDA, A NIGHT FOR FORGIVENESS<\/b>\u00a0by Massoud Bakhshi (Iran), Grand Jury Prize SUNDANCE<br \/><strong>SOW THE WIND<\/strong> by Danilo Caputo, Panorama BERLIN<br \/><strong>2021<\/strong><br \/>PLASTIC BAG by Than Lwin Oo \u2022 short Myanmar<br \/><strong>2025<\/strong><br \/>In production THE FOLLOWERS OF THE REVOLUTION de Pedro Neves \u2022 Feature documentary Portugal\/France<br \/>In pre-production &#8220;DENGUE&#8221; by Prantik Basu (France\/ India) et RESHMA SHERA de Megha Ramaswamy (Germany\/France\/India)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #e87800;\"><b>MAIN DOCUMENTARIES<\/b><\/span><br \/>&#8220;SOUTH-AFRICAN CHRONICLES&#8221; (1rst Prize Bruxelles 88), &#8220;SITE 2&#8221; (1rst Prize Amiens &amp; best documentary of the year Scam 89), &#8220;CHAPARE&#8221; (Prize of the Jury Biarritz 90), &#8220;THE NEAR AND THE FAR&#8221; (1rst Prize Geneva 91), &#8220;ONE WAY&#8221; (94), &#8220;TALES FROM A HARD CITY&#8221; (1rst Prize Marseille 94), &#8220;MY VOTE IS MY SECRET&#8221; (Prize Joris Ivens, R\u00e9el Paris 95), &#8220;LES GENS DES BARAQUES&#8221; (Best documentary Scam 96), &#8220;INES, MY SISTER&#8221; (96), &#8220;FAUSTO COPPI&#8221; (Award Banff 97), &#8220;OUR FRIENDS AT THE BANK&#8221; (Silver Fipa 98), &#8220;DIARIO EN MEDELLIN&#8221; (1rst Prize Nyon 98), &#8220;JUSTICE&#8221; (Mitrani Prize Fipa 99), \u00ab MY AMERICAN FAMILY (Nion, Marseille 2000), \u00ab TAXI PARISIEN \u00bb (Competition, Locarno Festival 2002), \u00ab NOTES FROM A KURDISH REBEL \u00bb (Competition Reel 2006), \u00ab FUCKING SHEFFIELD \u00bb (Sheffield festival 2006), the &#8220;ENERGUMEN&#8221; by Jean-Lo\u00efc Portron (2010), &#8220;SOWETO, TIME OF WRATH&#8221; South Africa 2016 and in 2025 GOMA TOO MUCH IS TOO MUCH by Elise Sawasawa (DRC).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #e87800;\"><b>AND<\/b><\/span><br \/><b>From 1995 to 1998<\/b> Vice-chairman of the Association\u00a0<b>FEMIS<\/b><br \/><b>From 1998 to 2011<\/b> Administrator of\u00a0<b>FEMIS<\/b><br \/><b>1990 &amp; 1991<\/b>\u00a0Group leader\u00a0<b>EAVE<\/b>\u00a0(Media I)<br \/><b>1992<\/b> Head of studies\u00a0<b>EAVE<\/b>\u00a0Greece<br \/><b>From 1995 to 1998<\/b> Head of studies\u00a0<b>&#8220;Produire en R\u00e9gion&#8221;<\/b>\u00a0(France)<br \/><b>1998 &amp; 1999<\/b> Group leader\u00a0<b>EAVE<\/b>\u00a0(Media II)<br \/><b>1999 to 2013<\/b>\u00a0Head of studies\u00a0<b>EURODOC<\/b>\u00a0(Media +)<br \/><b>2011 to 2013<\/b>\u00a0Head of studies\u00a0<b>DOCMED<\/b>\u00a0(Euromed audiovisual)<br \/><strong>2018 &#8211; 2022<\/strong>\u00a0Group Leader and member of the pedagogical committee <strong>EURODOC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #e87800;\"><b>ACTOR<\/b><\/span><br \/>Main role in &#8220;MONDAY MORNING&#8221; by Otar Iosselani, Silver Bear , and best Mise en sc\u00e8ne, Berlin 2002<\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>PUBLICATIONS<br>T\u00e9l\u00e9vision en libert\u00e9 \u2022 1981 \u2022 \u00c9ditions Sociales<br>Il \u00e9tait une fois la production \u2022 2021 \u2022 \u00c9ditions H\u00e9misph\u00e8res<br>Once upon a time in production \u2022 2025 \u2022 Ed Paul Cronin London<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French nationality PRODUCERjacquesbidou@jbaproduction.comBac in PhilosophyINSAS (Institut National Sup\u00e9rieur des Arts du Spectacle\/Bruxelles)From 1984 till 2006STAR FILM, commercialisation for Spain: about 3.000 hours of televisionCYRK SA, commercialisation libraries: Revcom, Movietime, Four Star, CED, MK2, etc.Production of 2 long feature films, coproduction with DUE WEST (UK) and LEGENDE (FR) of &#8220;Colombus&#8221; by Ridley Scott (1991\/1992)JBA PRODUCTION\u00a0produced around<a href=\"http:\/\/jbaproduction.com\/en\/jacques-bidou\/\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>JACQUES BIDOU - JBA PRODUCTION<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jbaproduction.com\/en\/jacques-bidou\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"JACQUES BIDOU - JBA PRODUCTION\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"French nationality PRODUCERjacquesbidou@jbaproduction.comBac in PhilosophyINSAS (Institut National Sup\u00e9rieur des Arts du Spectacle\/Bruxelles)From 1984 till 2006STAR FILM, commercialisation for Spain: about 3.000 hours of televisionCYRK SA, commercialisation libraries: Revcom, Movietime, Four Star, CED, MK2, etc.Production of 2 long feature films, coproduction with DUE WEST (UK) and LEGENDE (FR) of &#8220;Colombus&#8221; 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