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

  • The Troll Hunter, directed by André Øvredal  Norway

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
  • 1987-1993, directed by Marius Dybwad Brandrud
  • Akvarium, directed by Bård Røssevold
  • Amor, directed by Thomas Wangsmo
  • Fredag, directed by Eirik Svensson
  • Jenny, directed by Ingvild Søderlind
  • Travelling Fields, directed by Inger Lise Hansen
  • Tuba Atlantic, directed by Hallvar Witzø

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
  • Le Quattro Volte, directed by Michelangelo Frammatino  Italy

The Audience Award
  • World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements, directed by Chris Farina  United States

Best Documentary

Youth Jury's Documentary Award
  • Bogota Change, directed by Andreas Møl Dalsgaard  Denmark

Checkpoints

Best Norwegian Short Film
  • Jenny, directed by Ingvild Søderlind

Best Scandinavian Music Video
  • Torgny - "The Only Game", directed by Emil Trier  Norway

Young Talent Award
  • Kedy Hassani
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