2010 Bergen International Film Festival

The 2010 Bergen International Film Festival was arranged in Bergen, Norway 20th-27 October 2010, and was the 11th edition of the festival. It featured over 150 feature films and documentaries, and had an attendance over 45,000, both numbers a new record for the festival.

Important screenings

For the first time, both the opening and the closing film was a Norwegian production.

Opening film

Closing film

Films in competition

Cinema Extraordinare - In competition

Documentaries - In competition

Checkpoints - In competition

The Checkpoints program have existed since 2007, and is a special program focusing on human rights. In 2010, for the first time, there was declared a winner of the program by a jury led by Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi. The prize money, 50,000 NOK, is awarded to the people the documentary portrays and their cause, not the filmmakers.

Norwegian Short Film Competition

Scandinavias Best Music Video

This competition program was arranged for the first time in 2010. Music videos from both 2009 and 2010 was eligible, and the videos was nominated by a jury, instead of filmmakers applying for admission, like in the short film program.

Awards

Cinema Extraordinare

The Audience Award

Best Documentary

Youth Jury's Documentary Award

Checkpoints

Best Norwegian Short Film

Best Scandinavian Music Video

Young Talent Award

External links

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