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#press #kit #medias #informations www.fiff.ch #fiff18 Summary A sneak peak of the FIFF Cultural mediation 28 The FIFF in a nutshell 3 Planète Cinéma 29 The sections of the FIFF 4 #nomad FIFForum 31 #challenge Programme Round Tables 32 #roads #epic Official Selection 5 Masterclass 32 > International Competition 6 Conference 32 ‒ Feature Films Encounters 32 ‒ Short Films > Opening and Closing Films 12 Juries and Awards 33 Exhibitions 38 Parallel Sections 13 Practical informations > Genre Cinema 14 Biopics for Journalists 41 > Decryption 16 for Festival goers 42 200 candles for Nova Friburgo > Diaspora 18 Beki Probst and Turkey List of Films 44 > Hommage à… 19 Guest list 46 Cannes Classics > New Territory 20 Agenda 49 Mongolia > Sur la carte de 22 Ken Loach 32e 16 > 24.03 2018 Special Screenings 23 > FIFFamily Olá Brasil 24 #fiff18 > Films of the International Jury 25 www.fiff.ch > Passeport suisse 26 > Midnight Screenings 27 Festival International de Films de Fribourg CH-1701 Fribourg [email protected] 2 Esplanade de l’Ancienne-Gare 3 | CP 550 T +41 (0)26 347 42 09 www.fiff.ch The FIFF in «The Festival is characterised by a spirit of a nutshell unlimited openness towards the world.» A sneak peakpeak of of the the FIFF FIFF The Fribourg International Film The FIFF is a talent incubator that For the 32nd Festival, as well as Festival (FIFF) is one of the most has screened films from film- the international short and fea- important festivals in Switzerland. makers who have gone on to be ture film competitions, the FIFF Programme Over the last 31 years, the Festival celebrated at prestigious festivals will open with one of the year’s has become a national benchmark such as Cannes, Berlin and, most most striking films, Makala, a poi- > Official Selection for diversity. Its programme offers recently, Venice. There, Filipino gnant documentary which follows everything from auteur films to Lav Diaz won the Golden Lion the Homeric journey of a young > Parallel Sections popular cinema and draws a big- in 2016 after being awarded at Congolese man. The film will have ger crowd every year. In 2017, the Fribourg 10 years earlier. its Swiss Premiere with director, > Special Screenings FIFF shows a stability of audience’s Emmanuel Gras, in attendance. attending with 42,000 entries. It Numerous renowned guests have The Cuban comedy Sergio & enjoys an excellent reputation visited the Festival these last few Sergei will close the 2018 edition, Cultural mediation within the international scene. years: the Dardenne brothers, transporting the audience back Eric Cantona, Charles Aznavour, to the Mir space station in 1991. Founded in 1980 by Magda Bossy Marthe Keller, Geraldine Chaplin In between these two highlights, FIFForum and Yvan Stern, with encourage- and Douglas Kennedy. There is no Genre Cinema will be dedicated ment from Freddy Buache, the red carpet or VIP area in Fribourg to biopics, Decryption will cele- Festival was initially unabashedly though. The FIFF wants to keep brate the 200th anniversary of Juries and Awards called the Third World Festival. things as immediate as possible the Brazilian town Nova Friburgo, In recognition of its growing size between the films, the filmmakers while New Territory will explore and to distance itself from what and the public. A warm, infor- Mongolian cinema. FIFF’s highly Exhibitions some filmmakers deemed rather mal atmosphere and a return to anticipated Carte Blanche sections problematic connotations, the the raw material (the films) have will return with Ken Loach (Sur event was renamed Fribourg Film attracted numerous high profile la carte de), Thierry Frémaux, Practical information Festival in 1990 with ‘International’ guests who appreciate being able General Delegate of the Festival being added in 1998. Martial to meet up and share an experi- de Cannes (Hommage à Cannes Knaebel, who was the event’s first ence in an uncomplicated setting. Classics) and Beki Probst, founder Films and Guests Artistic Director, was succeeded of the Berlinale European Film by Edouard Waintrop in 2008. The FIFF puts particular emphasis Market (Diaspora: Beki Probst on cultural outreach. Over the last and Turkey). The President of the Agenda Today with Thierry Jobin, Artistic 20 years, FIFF’s school programme Swiss Confederation, Alain Berset, Director since 2012, François Planète Cinéma has become the will kick off the opening ceremony Nordmann, Chairman of the biggest in Switzerland, with over on the 16th March. Association, the original mission 11,000 students aged 4 to 25 in of the Festival remains at the 2017. The FIFForum, which offers heart of the endeavour, namely masterclasses, conferences and to discover, select and screen Think Tanks, is an important event high quality work from around the for Swiss film professionals, FIFF’s world that is not usually distrib- international guests and the fes- uted via the usual channels. The tival audiences. exceptional selection of cinematic gems helps the public encoun- ter cultural diversity and social realities, as well as giving them a chance to marvel at big unknown productions in Swiss cinemas. The Festival is characterised by a spirit of unlimited openness towards the world. A sneak peak of the FIFF 3 The sections of the FIFF A sneak peakpeak of of the the FIFF FIFF Parallel Special Programme Official > Official Selection Selection Sections Screenings > Parallel Sections International Genre Cinema FIFFamily Olá Brasil > Special Screenings Competition Biopics 1 selection of Brazilian animation Short Films 14 Feature Films and 1 Feature Film Cultural mediation Feature Films from 9 countries 12 Feature Films from 6 Swiss Premieres 12 countries FIFForum Films of the 10 Swiss Premieres Decryption International Jury Juries and Awards 1 European Premiere 2 Feature Films 200 candles for Nova Friburgo from 2 countries 1 International Premiere 4 Feature Films and Exhibitions 1 programme of Short Films from Brazil and Switzerland Short Films Passeport suisse 2 Swiss Premieres 2 Feature Films and Practical information 3 programmes 12 World Premieres 1 programme of Swiss 16 Short Films Short Films Films and Guests from 13 countries 9 Swiss Premieres Diaspora Midnight Screenings Agenda 1 European Premiere Beki Probst and Turkey 8 Feature Films from 2 International Premieres 4 Feature Films from Turkey 8 countries 4 World Premieres and 1 from Germany 8 Swiss Premieres Hommage à… Opening Film Cannes Classics Makala Swiss Premiere 5 Feature Films from 4 countries Closing Film New Territory Sergio & Sergei Mongolia Swiss Premiere 10 Feature Films 4 Swiss Premieres 1 International Premiere 1 European Premiere Sur la carte de Ken Loach 5 Feature Films from 4 countries A sneak peak of the FIFF A sneak peak of the FIFF Official Selection Programme International Competition - 6 > Official Selection Feature Films > Parallel Sections Short Films > Special Screenings Cultural mediation Opening and Closing Films - 12 FIFForum Juries and Awards *In presence of the filmmaker, the producer or an other member of the team Exhibitions ¹ Release of the movie in Swiss theaters Practical information Films and Guests Agenda Official Selection 5 International Competition Feature Films A sneak peak of the FIFF With 12 features Films, the FIFF’s After My Death Dark is the Night International Competitions will continue to highlight some of Kim Ui-seok* Adolfo Borinaga Alix Jr.* Programme the year’s best work, including South Korea, 2017 Philippines, 2017 productions from Africa, Latin > Official Selection America and Asia that will have 113’ | Fiction | 110’ | Fiction | their Swiss, European and even International Premiere Swiss Premiere > Parallel Sections World Premieres with their direc- tors in attendance. > Special Screenings Cultural mediation FIFForum A teenage girl disappears. With The most prolific young Filipino no clues or body to be found, filmmaker delves into the hell Juries and Awards it at first seems like a suicide. of life in the Philippines under Suspicion then falls on Yeong-hui, President Rodrigo Duterte and his one of her classmates and the merciless war on drugs. Gripped by Exhibitions last person to see her alive, and terror amid all these extrajudicial the charge is led by the victim’s executions – which have amassed mother. Developed at the Korean an estimated death toll of around Practical information Academy of Film Arts where the 7,000 – a mother and father of director studied, this feature film advancing age make ends meet by had its world première in October dealing drugs. Until the day their Films and Guests 2017 at the Busan International drug addict son goes missing… Film Festival. Agenda Five Fingers for Black Level Marseilles Valentyn Vasyanovych Michael Matthews Ukraine, 2017 South Africa, 2017 90’ | Fiction | 119’ | Fiction | Swiss Premiere Swiss Premiere Kostya is a photographer Twenty years after making his undergoing a midlife crisis: his escape, a South African man who girlfriend is leaving him and was once part of a group known his father has been left para- as the Five Fingers returns to the lysed following a stroke. This small village of Marseilles where wordless film is both an exam- he grew up. The corrupt, abusive ination of how to tell a story police have been replaced by a through animated images and gang, and his friends have been a funny and disturbing story left devastated by the violence. about modern loneliness. Black Shown in Toronto in September Level won the FIPRESCI prize at 2017, this film transcends the the Odessa International Film western genre