JBA Production
52 rue Charlot
75003 Paris
Tel : + 33 (0)1 48 04 84 60
Fax : + 33 (0)1 42 76 09 67
jacquesbidou@jbaproduction.com

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Jacques Bidou
French nationality
Producer
jacquesbidou@jbaproduction.com
Bac in Philosophy
INSAS (Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle/Bruxelles)
From 1984 till 2006
STAR FILM, commercialisation for Spain: about 3.000 hours of television
CYRK 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 "Colombus" by Ridley Scott (1991/1992)
JBA PRODUCTION produced around 100 films (documentaries and fictions)
Coproduction with LA SEPT, INA, TF1, FRANCE2, FRANCE 3 (FR), CANAL PLUS, CHANNEL 4 (UK), ZDF (G), TV3 et TVE (SP), RAI 3 (ITA), RTSR (CH), RTBF (B), NOS (NED), RTP (P), etc.

Main long features films
1994 "RICE PEOPLE" by Rithy Panh - Competition CANNES 94
"BAB EL OUED CITY" by Merzak Allouache - Official selection, CANNES 94
"XIME" by Sana N'hada - Official selection, CANNES 94
1995 "SALUT COUSIN!" by Merzak Allouache - Quinz. des réalisateurs CANNES 96
"FLAME" by Ingrid Sinclair - Quinzaine des Réalisateurs CANNES 96
1996"ARISTOTLE'S PLOT" by J.-Pierre Bekolo -TORONTO, SUNDANCE 96
"FOOLS" by Ramadan Suleman - LOCARNO 97
"DANCE OF THE WIND" by Rajan Khosa - VENICE 97
1997 "CORPS PLONGES" by Raoul Peck - MONTREAL, TORONTO, LONDRES 98
"ONE EVENING AFTER THE WAR" by Rithy Panh - Off. selection CANNES 98
"OS MUTANTES" by Teresa Villaverde - Official selection CANNES 98
98-99 "KARVAAN" by Pankaj Butalia – VENICE 99
"APRIL'S CAPTAINS" by Maria de Medeiros – Official selection, CANNES 00
"LUMUMBA" by Raoul Peck – Quinzaine des réalisateurs, CANNES 00
2000 "THOMAS EST AMOUREUX" by Pierre-Paul Renders, VENICE 00
"BACKDOOR" by Yorgos Tsemberopoulos
2001 "PAU AND HIS BROTHER" by Marc Récha, Competition CANNES 01
"UNE PART DU CIEL" by Bénédicte Liénard, Official Selection, CANNES 02
02-03 " DES PLUMES DANS LA TETE » de Thomas de Thier, Quinz. des réal., CANNES 03
" LES MAINS VIDES » by Marc Recha, Official Selection, CANNES 03
04-05 " ZULU LOVE LETTER " by Ramadan Suleman, Official Selection VENISE 04
" SALVADOR ALLENDE " by Patricio Guzman, Official Selection CANNES 04
07-08 " SALT OF THIS SEA " by Annemarie Jacir, Official Selection CANNES 08
" SALAMANDRA " by Pablo Agüero, Quinz. des Réal., CANNES 08
2009 " VISAGE " by Tsai Ming-Liang, Official Selection CANNES 2010 2010 " L’ENERGUMENE " by Jean-Loïc Portron "CORPO CELESTE " by Alice Rohrwacher "EVITA " by Pablo Agüero "JOURNAL D’UN JEUNE GARCON " by Tsai Ming-Liang "KHORRAMSHAHR " by Massoud Bakhshi

Main Documentaries
"SOUTH-AFRICAN CHRONICLES" (1rst Prize Bruxelles 88), "SITE 2" (1rst Prize Amiens & best documentary of the year Scam 89), "CHAPARE" (Prize of the Jury Biarritz 90), "THE NEAR AND THE FAR" (1rst Prize Geneva 91), "ONE WAY" (94), "TALES FROM A HARD CITY" (1rst Prize Marseille 94), "MY VOTE IS MY SECRET" (Prize Joris Ivens, Réel Paris 95), "LES GENS DES BARAQUES" (Best documentary Scam 96), "INES, MY SISTER" (96), "FAUSTO COPPI" (Award Banff 97), "OUR FRIENDS AT THE BANK" (Silver Fipa 98), "DIARIO EN MEDELLIN" (1rst Prize Nyon 98), "JUSTICE" (Mitrani Prize Fipa 99), « MY AMERICAN FAMILY (Nion, Marseille 2000), « TAXI PARISIEN » (Competition, Locarno Festival 2002), « NOTES FROM A KURDISH REBEL » (Competition Reel 2006), « FUCKING SHEFFIELD » (Sheffield festival 2006).

and
From 1995 to 1998 Vice-chairman of the Association FEMIS
Since 1998 Administrator of FEMIS
1990 & 1991 Group leader EAVE (Media I)
1992 Head of studies EAVE Greece
From 1995 to 1998 Head of studies "Produire en Région" (France)
1998 & 1999 Group leader EAVE (Media II)
1999 to 2010 Head of studies EURODOC (Media +)