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Sections 2023

Ramen Shop, Erik Khoo, 2018

Aside from its international competitions, FIFF offers each year six or seven sections which celebrate cinema from all around the world. But there is much more to the Festival than films! FIFF also offers the public a great choice of side events, including Q&As, panel discussions, exhibitions, as well as special receptions and parties.

The themes of parallel sections of FIFF24 will be announced over the coming months, from October to February.
The complete programme will be revealed on Wednesday 28th February 2024 around noon.

Scroll down to view FIFF23's programme by section.

GENRE CINÉMA (I): Bon appétit!

Presentation

Food has always inspired filmmakers. But rather than listing the films that deal directly or indirectly with this subject, we prefer to recall the scene from The Gold Rush, which shows Charlie Chaplin greedily eating his shoe. The menu that the Genre Cinema programmes will dish up this year is no less original. From bittersweet comedies to spicy horror films, from bloody thrillers to starred documentaries, it promises to be a delectable feast.

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Recipe for Farewell, Lee Ho-jae, FIFF23

The films

ADIEU PARIS
Édouard Baer, 2021
France
A BANQUET
Ruth Paxton, 2021
United Kingdom
DIARIO DI SPEZIE
Massimo Donati, 2021
Italy
FEAST
Brillante Mendoza, 2022
Philippines, Hong Kong
HEAVY CRAVING
Hsieh Pei-ju, 2019
Taïwan
POULET FRITES
Jean Libon, Yves Hinant, 2021
France, Belgium
RECIPE FOR FAREWELL
Lee Ho-jae, 2022
South Korea
SOUL KITCHEN
Fatih Akin, 2009
Germany, France, Italy
THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS
Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw, 2020
Italy, Greece, United States
TUESDAY CLUB
Annika Appelin, 2022
Sweden

Trailers and booking

The event

 Movie and a dinner 
Pair your trip to the Festival with a film-themed meal in one of the city’s many great restaurants.
11 propositions to discover
Details and booking

Tuesday Club, Annika Appelin, 2022
 Conversation | Marc Atallah and Thierry Jobin 
La folle histoire culinaire de la fiction.
Wednesday 22.03.2023 | 18:00-19:30 | ARENA 4
In French only
Details and booking
Marc Atallah au FIFF22

 Houmous et mousse – Kitchen workshop 
08.03 and 15.03, 14:00
Fribourg Centre
Booking

The Lunchbox, Ritesh Batra (2013) au FIFF23

GENRE CINEMA (II) : Audience choice

Presentation

FIFF is currently the only film festival in the world that invites the public to curate an entire section of its programme. For the last three years, the public has shown exquisite taste. This year is no different: from Delicatessen to Ramen Shop, over 220 people have voted for their five favourite food-related films. It is an impressive choice that is sure to whet the appetite and touch the hearts of the FIFF audience. It is also a choice that reflects FIFF’s philosophy and its tireless exploration of uncharted territory..

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The Lunchbox, Ritesh Batra, 2013

The films

DELICATESSEN
Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1991
France
AN (SWEET BEAN)
Naomi Kawase, 2015
Japan
THE LUNCHBOX
Ritesh Batra, 2013
India, France, Germany, United States
FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
Jon Avnet, 1992
United States
RAMEN SHOP
Eric Khoo, 2018
Singapore, Japan, France

Trailers and booking

The events

 Movie and a dinner 
Pair your trip to the Festival with a film-themed meal in one of the city’s many great restaurants.
11 propositions to discover
Details and booking

Tuesday Club, Annika Appelin, 2022
 Conversation | Marc Atallah and Thierry Jobin 
La folle histoire culinaire de la fiction.
Wednesday 22.03.2023 | 18:00-19:30 | ARENA 4
In French only
Details and booking
Marc Atallah au FIFF22

 Houmous et mousse – Kitchen workshop 
08.03 and 15.03, 14:00
Fribourg Centre
Booking

The Lunchbox, Ritesh Batra (2013) au FIFF23

MAKE IT FAMILY TIME

Presentation

A family trip to the cinema is like feasting on a delicious banquet! The Make it family time section takes kids and their parents on a journey to cinematic worlds and cultures that are rarely seen in mainstream movie theatres. On the 2023 travel itinerary are eye-opening trips to Iran, Korea, Australia and Japan. The “Programme: Miam-Miam” features dialogue-free films, which are sure to go down a treat with younger kids.

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KONIGIRI-KUN PARASOL, Mari Miyazawa, 2021

The films

MIAM-MIAM
Short films programme
Suggested age 4+
HUG ME – THE MOVIE
Anna Blaszczyk, 2022
Poland, China
Suggested age 6+
SINGO
Alireza Mohammadi Rouzbahany, 2022
Iran
Suggested age 8+
MOTHER LAND
Park Jae-beom, 2022
South Korea
Suggested age 10+
SWEET AS
Jub Clerc, 2022
Australia
Suggested age 14+
SI TU ES UN HOMME
Simon Panay, 2022
Burkina Faso, France
Suggested age 16+

Trailer and booking

The event

 Salsifylm - Stop motion workshop 
11.03 and 18.03, 14:00
Fribourg Centre
Booking
Atelier found footage pour adolescent·es au FIFF22
 MEMO – Introduction to film critic 
18.03, 13:45
ARENA and MEMO
Details and booking
MEMO, bibliothèque de la ville, Fribourg

DECRYPTION: Reality check

Presentation

The Decryption section has always sought to challenge our versions of reality, whether it be the depiction of Islam in western cinema (2012) or comedies that were once much loved, but are now viewed as problematic (2022). This year’s programme features four highly topical documentaries. They deal with two forms of male violence – white supremacy and violence against women – and serve as an antidote to fake news. As Raoul Peck explains in Exterminate All the Brutes, “A certain worldview holds that the historical account is only one fiction among many. This is wrong: there are no alternative facts.”

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EXTERMINEZ TOUTES CES BRUTES, Raoul Peck, 2021

The films

L’ARGENT, LA LIBERTÉ, UNE HISTOIRE DU FRANC CFA
Katy Léna Ndiaye, 2022
Senegal, France, Belgium, Germany
BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER
Nina Menkes, 2022
United States
EXTERMINEZ TOUTES CES BRUTES
Raoul Peck, 2021
United States, France
JANE CAMPION, THE CINEMA WOMAN
Julie Bertuccelli, 2022
France

Trailers and booking

The events

 Roundtable | Decryption: Reality check 
Switzerland and colonisation
Monday 20.03.2023 | 18:00-19:30 | ARENA 4
In German and French only
Details and booking
L’argent, la liberté, une histoire du Franc CFA, par Katy Léna Ndiaye

NEW TERRITORY: Republic of Moldova

Presentation

The Republic of Moldova understands that there is nothing to be gained by imitating foreign filmmaking. The country, which shares a border with Ukraine and has grown accustomed to the presence of Russian troops in Transnistria, confirms the rule that the more local a film is, the more universal its message becomes. A chance meeting with Moldovan producer Ion Gnatiuc piqued our interest. What a treasure trove we found, and in Ion we have the perfect guide to our first tour of Moldovan filmmaking. Welcome to a country of 2.5 million people, where pain is soothed with irony and poetry.

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PAPARUDA, Lucia Lupu, 2016

The films

ANIŞOARA
Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu, 2016
Republic of Moldova, Germany
PIGEON’S MILK
Eugene Marian, 2021
Republic of Moldova, Russia
CARBON
Ion Borș, 2022
Republic of Moldova, Romania, Spain
THE SOVIET GARDEN
Dragoș Turea, 2019
Republic of Moldova, Romania
GOODBYE, OLEGOVICI!
Eugeniu Popovici, 2019
Republic of Moldova
PLEASE HOLD THE LINE
Pavel Cuzuioc, 2020
Austria
MALURI
Lucia Taut, 2021
Republic of Moldova
SHORT FILMS PROGRAMMES 1 AND 2
Republic of Moldova

Trailers and booking

The events

 Roundtable | New Territory 
Filmmaking in the Republic of Moldova
Sunday 19.03.2023 | 17:15 - 18:45 | ARENA 4
InEnglish/Romanian. A simultanous translation to French is available.
Details and booking
Goodbye, Olegovici! by Eugeniu Popovici

SUR LA CARTE DE : Fatih Akin

Presentation

Rheingold (on the Midnight Screenings programme) is the latest film by the German director Fatih Akin, and his most successful to date. It is the crowning glory in the director’s multiaward-winning career which includes a Golden Bear in Berlin (Head-On, 2004), the Prix du scénario at Cannes (The Edge of Heaven, 2007) and a Silver Lion at the Mostra di Venezia (Soul Kitchen, 2009). However, these awards reflect only a tiny part of Akin’s single-minded creative trajectory. In Sur la carte de, Akin shares the films that have inspired him – from Bruce Lee to Kieślowski.

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Fatih Akin

The films

AMATOR
Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1979
Poland
BEAT STREET
Stan Lathan, 1984
United States
FIST OF FURY
Wei Lo |, 1972
Hong Kong
MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM
Leontine Sagan, 1931
Germany
POLICE STORY 3: SUPERCOP
Ha Yoo, 2004
South Korea
SOUL KITCHEN
Fatih Akin, 2009
Germany
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HIGH SCHOOL: THE SPIRIT OF JEET KUNE DO
Stanley Tong, 1992
Hong Kong
RHEINGOLD
Fatih Akin, 2022
Germany

Trailers and booking

The events

 Conversation | Fatih Akin 
Friday 24.03.2023 | 18:00-19:30 | ARENA 4
In German. A simultanous translation to French is available.
Details and booking
Fatih Akin, réalisateur de Rheingold

Special screenings and Events

Passeport Suisse - Films made by Swiss directors or shot in Switzerland

Séances de minuit - Not for the faint-hearted!

FIFForumThe FIFF: Not just screenings

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Conception: By the way studio - Développement: Agence MiNT

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