Founded in 1992, Addoc provides a space for encounters and reflection for filmmakers, technicians, and anybody involved in documentary film creation.
The association has always had a dual goal. On the one hand, it is concerned with defending author documentaries, from conception to broadcasting. And on the other, it seeks to encourage debate about documentary cinema, encouraging reflection and exchange from experience. Addoc is involved in debates questioning the definition of a work, support structures, the conditions of creation and broadcasting, and public television. We particularly defend the idea that the filmmaker is at the heart of the work.
The association has a range of activities as diverse as the issues it defends: we organise debates at festivals, and workshops and projections for the public; we also promote the publication of works, and documentary awareness events.
Through our action, it is our hope to bring together often-isolated creators to be able to defend more forcefully the diversity of documentary forms. To us, practical issues, and political and aesthetic commitments are an extension and enrichment of our role as filmmakers.