Twelve films are in the running this year for the Regard d’Or, the top award of the Fribourg International Film Festival (March 24 – 31), which carries a prize of CHF 30,000 (USD 33,000). For the competition, current productions were selected from the FIFF’s traditional focal points, namely South and Latin America, Asia and Africa. In addition the Near and Middle East are represented, with films from Jordan, Egypt and Iran. Many film-makers will be in attendance in Fribourg to present the...

About 30'000 spectators are expected in Fribourg from March 19 to 26, 2011 for the 25th FIFF edition. Twelve feature films from ten countries will be competing for the Festival's main award, the Regard d’Or. All films in competition are screened as Swiss premieres. The spectrum of films in competition ranges from Chinese box office hits (Aftershock by Feng Xiaogang) to auteur films from Iran (The House Under the Water by Sepideh Farsi). Many of the filmmakers will present their film in person ...

At its General Assembly of 14 November 2007 the Association of the Fribourg International Film Festival re-composed its Committee and appointed the artistic director for the next three editions (2008-2010). Edouard Waintrop will be in charge of the course and the artistic programming of the Festival from 2008 to 2010. Already designated last summer by the FIFF Committee for the 2008 Festival, he expressed the wish to be able to continue beyond his upcoming initial experience, which will take pla...