Call for entries

For more than three decades, the International Competition: Feature Films is the core of the FIFF and has been the place of many discoveries. Each year in March, winners share nearly CHF 50,000.– in awards (Grand Prize, Special Jury Prize, Audience Award, Ecumenical Jury Award, Youth Jury Award, Critics’ Choice Award, CH Cinema Network)

The winners perpetuate the impressive list of personalities who have made up the list of recipients of the FIFF award over the past three decades: Gaston Kaboré, Souleymane Cissé, Shaji N. Karun, Ömer Kavur, Raoul Peck, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Fernando Pérez, Abderrahmane Sissako, Stanley Kwan, Pablo Trapero, Edward Yang, Jia Zhang-ke, Carlos Sorín, Bahman Ghobadi, Ernest Abdyjaparov, Lav Diaz, Eric Khoo, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Brillante Mendoza, Lee Chang-dong, Júlia Murat, Wang Bing, Lee Su-jin, Christian Díaz Pardo, Yaelle Kayam, Boo Junfeng, Valentyn Vasyanovych, Alejandra Márquez Abella, Amjad Abu Alala, Philippe Lacote, Maryna Er Gorbach, Chie Hayakawa, Yanqi Chen and Guan Hu, winner of the 2025 Grand Prix for Black Dog!

In 2014, the FIFF launched the International Competition: Short Films for films of less than 30 minutes, with prizes worth a total of CHF 10,500.– for the winner. The best short film will be awarded with a prize of CHF 4,000.– and a Jury made up of film students from the Réseau Cinéma CH will be awarding an additional prize of CHF 3,000.– as well.