Swiss Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga declared the 25th edition of the festival as open and started the race for the "Regard d'or", the main award of the festival (30'000 CHF). At the opening night the Chinese action film "Little Big Soldier", starring Jackie Chan, was shown in front of a full house and in presence of the producer Ramy Choi.   At the opening the Director of the festival, Edouard Waintrop, said: "For me a good festival is like...

  The five film professionals charged with awarding the Regard d'or, the Grand Prize of the Fribourg International Film Festival are: Spanish filmmaker Mercedes Álvarez, Swiss producer Christian Davi, Indian producer and distributor Sunil Doshi, Moroccan filmmaker Izza Genini and Georgian filmmaker George Ovashvili. The FIFF also announces the presence of American artist Joan Logue, who will carry out an exceptional project involving video portraits of the Festival guests in collabor...

From 13 to 20 March 2010, the 24th edition of the Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) offers Swiss audiences hitherto unknown pearls from Asia, Latin America, Africa, as well as from Europe. The appearance of contemporary Russian cinema is one of the highlights of this year's festival. The first elements of the programme were revealed today. Twelve features and documentaries have been selected for the international competition. Six parallel sections totalling 60 films and a forum with ...

Lors de son Assemblée générale du 14 novembre 2007, l'association du Festival International de Films de Fribourg a renouvelé la composition de son comité et nommé la direction artistique pour les trois prochaines éditions (2008-2010). Edouard Waintrop sera chargé de la ligne et de la programmation artistique des éditions 2008 à 2010. Déjà mandaté par le comité du FIFF en été pour l'édition 2008, il a souhaité pouvoir poursuivre au-delà de cette première expérience qui aura l...