Competition line up and programme

The competition line up of the 24th Fribourg International Film Festival was revealed today. 13 long features from Asia, Latin America and the Caucasus have been selected. As a true premiere in the festival’s history, Armenia and Georgia are represented. From March 13 to 20, the Festival will showcase more than 80 films; most of them being screened as Swiss premiere. Tickets can be bought online. 

As every year, the International Competition forms the heart of the Festival. One of its most remarkable aspects is the vitality displayed by Latin American productions: Colombia and Mexico are represented with two fictions each, while films from Argentina and Costa Rica are also contenders for the Regard d’Or. Productions from Egypt, Palestine, Armenia, Georgia, the Philippines and Vietnam round off the 2010 selection, which displays seven first films by young filmmakers.

The competition is judged by the International Jury featuring Hanna Schygulla (Germany/France), Rakhshan Bani-Etemad (Iran), Michel Ciment (France), Patrick Ferla (Switzerland) and Igor Minaiev (Ukraine/France). The awards are endowed with a total amount of CHF 75’000. The award ceremony will take place on Saturday, March 20, at 5 PM followed by the Swiss premiere of Juan José Campanella’s latest film, El Secreto de sus Ojos, Academy Award nominee for this year’s Best Foreign Language Film.

Six panoramas, one public forum dedicated to television series in the Middle East, three short film selections and numerous guests promise an exciting week full of discoveries and encounters.

The films of the international competition 2010
The complete programme 2010