Awards and Juries Sponsors

The Grand Prix of the Fribourg International Film Festival consists of CHF 30,000 jointly bestowed by the Canton of Fribourg (CHF 20,000) and the Municipality of Fribourg (CHF 10,000). This award is conferred upon the director (CHF 20,000) and the producer (CHF 10,000) of the film selected by the international Jury.

This prize consists of CHF 10,000. It is bestowed on the director of the film chosen by the international Jury for the inventiveness of the screenplay and the direction, the rejuvenation of the cinematographic language, or the thematic and formal audacity shown.

This prize, consisting of CHF 5,000, is supported by the Banque Cantonale de Fribourg and awarded to the director of the film selected by the audience.

The Ecumenical Jury of SIGNIS (World Catholic Association for Communication) and INTERFILM (International Interchurch Film Organization) awards its prize of CHF 5,000 conferred jointly by Bread for all and Action de Carême. The Ecumenical Jury offers a distinctive approach to the films. Interested in their artistic and formal qualities, it draws attention to those works expressing the values of justice, human dignity, respect for the environment, peace and solidarity. These values, upon which the two organisations base their commitment, are also those of the Gospel.

Conferred by Fribourgissima amounting to CHF 5,000 and organized in collaboration with the University of Fribourg, this prize is awarded by the Youth Jury. It aims not only to give young people a say in the Festival, but also to highlight a film that takes into account the problems faced by young people in today's world. It is aimed to raise awareness in students and apprentices of the irreplaceable means provided by films – beyond mere diversion – to discover the riches of other cultures and to learn tolerance and justice.

Awarded by a Jury of members of the Swiss Film Journalist Association, this prize aims to promote filmmaking as an art form and encourage new and emerging creative talent.

The Best International Short Film Award recognises innovative, independent filmmaking by emerging young talent. The Short Film Jury awards the CHF 7,500 cash prize to the winning director.

Prize money of CHF 3,000 is awarded to the best short film entered in the International Competition. It will be awarded by a Jury of CH Cinema Network students from Lausanne, Lugano and Zurich universities, ECAL, HEAD and ZHdK. Based on an exchange between universities, universities of applied sciences and filmmaking institutions, this national programme combines theory and practice and university education.

This award is offered in partnership with Pro Senectute Fribourg and comes with prize money of CHF 1,000. The winner – an entry in the International Competition: Short Films – is chosen by a jury of senior film buffs

This prize of CHF 1,000 is sponsored by E-CHANGER and Fribourg-Solidaire. Every year, Switzerland's top film schools are invited to send in short films (20 minutes maximum) made by their students. These top films by the future filmmakers of Switzerland are submitted to the judgment of the members of the New Territory section, which this year is composed of Angolan producers and directors.

This prize is awarded to a standout short by a Swiss film school student. The lucky winner, who is chosen by
the Visa Foreign Prize Jury, receives one day of audio post-production (worth CHF 1,000) at the Geneva-based Taurus Recording Studio.

The Schweizer Jugendfilmtage (SJFT) and the FIFF have joined forces to offer an award for Swiss film-school students. Young filmmakers whose film is selected at the FIFF judge the work of their peers selected at the SJFT, and vice versa. The two winning films receive prize money of CHF 500 each. The aim is to promote cooperation and closer ties between young filmmakers working on either side of the “Röstigraben”, the invisible border between French- and German-speaking Switzerland.

Each director whose film is shown during the Festival receives a diploma certifying his or her participation.