2010 Bergen International Film Festival
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The 2010 Bergen International Film Festival
was arranged in Bergen, Norway 20th-27th of 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.
Opening film
Closing film
laureate Shirin Ebadi
. The prize money, 50,000 NOK
, is awarded to the people the documentary portrays and their cause, not the filmmakers.
Bergen International Film Festival
The Bergen International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in October in Bergen, Norway since 2000, and is the largest film festival in the nation in number of films. The 11th edition of the festival in 2010 featured 150 films in the program, a new record...
was arranged in Bergen, Norway 20th-27th of October 2010
October 2010
October 2010 was the tenth month of that year. It began on a Friday and concluded after 31 days on a Sunday.-Portal:Current events:This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from October 2010....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
- Home for Christmas, directed by Bent HamerBent HamerBent Hamer is a film director, writer and producer, born in Sandefjord, Norway in 1956.-Biography:Hamer studied film theory and literature at the University of Stockholm and the Stockholm Film School. In addition to his feature films, he has written and directed a number of short films and...
Closing film
- The Troll HunterThe Troll HunterThe Troll Hunter is a 2010 Norwegian dark fantasy film, made in the form of a "found footage" mockumentary. It is written and directed by André Øvredal, and features a mixed cast of relatively unknown actors and well-known Norwegian comedians, including Otto Jespersen. The Troll Hunter received...
, directed by André Øvredal
Cinema Extraordinare - In competition
- The AlbanianThe AlbanianThe Albanian is a 2010 German and Albanian drama film directed by Johannes Naber and starring the Albanian award-winning Nik Xhelilaj.- Plot :For the sake of love and the situations imposed by the life in his country, Arben emigrates to Germany...
, directed by Johannes Naber - All That I LoveAll That I LoveAll That I Love is a 2009 Polish film directed by Jacek Borcuch. The film has been selected for competition in the Word Cinema Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival 2010...
, directed by Jacek Borcuch - Au Revoir TaipeiAu Revoir TaipeiAu Revoir Taipei is a 2010 Taiwanese romantic comedy film set in Taipei. Au Revoir Taipei is called "One Page Taipei" in Chinese which means one night or one page in Taipei. Au Revoir Taipei is Arvin Chen's feature directorial debut...
, directed by Arvin Chen - CaranchoCarancho (film)Carancho is a 2010 Argentine crime film directed by Pablo Trapero. It was entered into the Un Certain Regard section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival...
, directed by Pablo TraperoPablo TraperoPablo Trapero is an Argentine film producer, editor and director.His films are known for portraying the lives of ordinary people, and usually involving some form of social criticism to modern society, such as his movie Mundo Grúa , or the highly-acclaimed El...
- DustDust (2009 film)Dust is a 2009 film by Luxembourgian director Max Jacoby.-Plot:Since most of the human race has disappeared from the face of the earth, Elodie and Elias are living by themselves in an isolated mansion in the countryside. Their peaceful existence risks coming to an end however when they discover an...
, directed by Max JacobyMax JacobyMax Jacoby is a Luxembourgian film director and screenwriter. He studied at the London Film School where he graduated in 2001 with his short film Babysitting. In 2003 he made a short film called The Lodge, with Eve Best in the lead role...
- Eastern Drift, directed by Šarūnas BartasŠarunas BartasŠarūnas Bartas is a Lithuanian film director. One of the most prominent Lithuanian film directors internationally from the late 20th century...
and - Honeymoons, directed by Goran PaskaljevićGoran PaskaljevicGoran Paskaljević is a Serbian film director. He was raised by his grandparents in Niš, following the divorce of his parents, and 14 years later returned to Belgrade where he worked in his stepfather's cinema....
and - The Invisible Eye, directed by Diego LermanDiego LermanDiego Lerman is a film director, producer and screenplay writer. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina.-Diecting and screenplay filmography:* La Prueba...
- I Saw the SunI Saw the SunI Saw the Sun is a 2009 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül, which tells of a Kurdish family who are forced from their village in southeastern Turkey by the conflict there. The film, which was released on , was one of the highest grossing Turkish films of 2009, prompting...
, directed by Mahsun KırmızıgülMahsun KirmizigülMahsun Kırmızıgül is a Kurdish singer–songwriter, actor and a film producer from the minority Zaza ethnic group. Mahsun Kırmızıgül is also known as a businessman owning one of the leading music production companies, Prestij Müzik, in Turkey....
- Le Quattro Volte, directed by Michelangelo Frammatino
- Life, Above AllLife, Above AllLife, Above All is a 2010 South African drama film directed by Oliver Schmitz. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards and made the final...
, directed by Oliver SchmitzOliver SchmitzOliver Schmitz is a South African film director and screenwriter.His film Mapantsula was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. His 2010 film Life, Above All was selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards...
- Moloch Tropical, directed by Raoul PeckRaoul PeckRaoul Peck is an award-winning Haitian filmmaker, of both documentary and feature films, and a political activist. Briefly, in the 1990s, he was Haiti's Minister of Culture.-Biography:...
- My JoyMy JoyMy Joy is a 2010 Ukrainian road movie directed by Sergei Loznitsa. It is set in the western regions of Russia, somewhere near to Smolensk. My Joy was the first Ukrainian film ever to compete for the Palme d'Or.-Cast:* Viktor Nemets as Georgy...
, directed by Sergei LoznitsaSergei LoznitsaSergei Loznitsa is a Ukrainian director mostly known for his documentary films.-Biography:In 1987 he graduated from Kiev Polytechnic Institute as a mathematician. Between 1987 and 1991 he worked in the Institute of Cybernetics. He developed expert systems, systems of design-making and work on...
- Southern District, directed by Juan Carlos Valdivia
- Tarda Estate, directed by Antonio Di Trapani an Marco de Angelis
Documentaries - In competition
- The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, directed by Andrei UjicăAndrei UjicaAndrei Ujica is a Romanian screenwriter and director.- Life and works :Ujica studied literature in Timişoara, Bucharest and Heidelberg. He moved to Germany in 1981. In 1990 he began making films...
- Bogota Change, directed by Andreas Møl Dalsgaard
- Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot SpitzerClient 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot SpitzerClient 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer is a documentary directed by Alex Gibney about former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and the sex scandal that derailed his political career...
, directed by Alex GibneyAlex GibneyAlex Gibney is an American documentary film director and producer. In 2010, Esquire magazine said Gibney "is becoming the most important documentarian of our time."...
- Disco and Atomic War, directed by Jaak Kilmi
- Dreams in Copenhagen, directed by Max Kestner
- General Orders no. 9, directed by Robert Persons
- Human Terrain, directed by James Der DerianJames Der DerianJames Der Derian is a Watson Institute research professor of international studies and professor of political science at Brown University. In July 2004, he became the director of the Institute’s Global Security Program...
, David Udris and Michael Udris - Inside JobInside Job (film)Inside Job is a 2010 documentary film about the late-2000s financial crisis directed by Charles H. Ferguson. The film is described by Ferguson as being about "the systemic corruption of the United States by the financial services industry and the consequences of that systemic corruption." In five...
, directed by Charles H. FergusonCharles H. FergusonCharles Henry Ferguson is the founder and president of Representational Pictures, Inc., director and producer of No End In Sight: The American Occupation of Iraq and Inside Job , which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary...
- My Perestroika, directed by Robin Hessman
- Secrets of the TribeSecrets of the TribeSecrets of the Tribe is a film by director José Padilha premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim. This documentary explores the allegations, first brought to light in the book Darkness in El Dorado, that anthropologists studying the Yanomami Indians in the 1960s and 70s...
, directed by José PadilhaJosé PadilhaJosé Padilha is an award-winning Brazilian film director and producer.Padilha emerged onto the Brazilian movie scene with his first feature film Bus 174. In 2007, Padilha directed The Elite Squad , his first fictional film. The film was a commercial and critical success, seen by more than 11...
and - Transcendent ManTranscendent Man (film)Transcendent Man is a 2009 documentary film by American filmmaker Barry Ptolemy about inventor, futurist and author Ray Kurzweil and his predictions about the future of technology in his 2005 book, The Singularity is Near...
, directed by Barry PtolemyBarry PtolemyRobert Barry Ptolemy is an American film director, producer and writer. Ptolemy directed Transcendent Man a documentary film about futurist and inventor Ray Kurzweil.-Life:...
- Waiting for "Superman", directed by Davis GuggenheimDavis GuggenheimPhilip Davis Guggenheim is an Academy Award-winning American film director and producer. His credits as a producer and director include Training Day, The Shield, Alias, 24, NYPD Blue, ER, Deadwood, and Party of Five and the documentaries An Inconvenient Truth and Waiting for 'Superman...
- World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements, directed by Chris Farina
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 PrizeNobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
laureate Shirin Ebadi
Shirin Ebadi
Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer, a former judge and human rights activist and founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. On 10 October 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women's,...
. The prize money, 50,000 NOK
Norwegian krone
The krone is the currency of Norway and its dependent territories. The plural form is kroner . It is subdivided into 100 øre. The ISO 4217 code is NOK, although the common local abbreviation is kr. The name translates into English as "crown"...
, is awarded to the people the documentary portrays and their cause, not the filmmakers.
- Bhutto, directed by Duane Baughman and Johnny O'Hara
- Bogota Change, directed by Andreas Møl Dalsgaard
- BudrusBudrus (film)Budrus is a 2009 Israeli/Palestinian/American documentary film directed by Julia Bacha, produced by Ronit Avni and Julia Bacha, and with a screenplay by Bacha...
, directed by Julia BachaJulia bachaJulia Bacha is a Brazilian documentary filmmaker.-Background:Bacha was born in 1980 in in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
- Enemies of the PeopleEnemies of the People (film)Enemies of the People is a 2009 British / Cambodian documentary film written and directed by Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath. The film charts the ten year quest of co-director Sambath to find truth and closure in the Killing Fields of Cambodia...
, directed by Thet Sambath and Rob Lemkin and - Grace, Milly, Lucy, directed by Raymonde Provencher
- Hunger, directed by Marcus Vetter and Karin Steinberg
- Miss Landmine, directed by Stan Feingold
- There Once was an Island, directed by Briar Marchs
- War Don Don, directed by Rebecca Richman Cohen
- Waste LandWaste Land (film)Waste Land is a 2010 documentary directed by Lucy Walker, João Jardim and Karen Harley. The film documents two years of work of Brazilian contemporary modern artist Vik Muniz in creating art with the cooperation of scavengers of recyclables working at Jardim Gramacho, one of the world's largest...
, directed by Lucy Walker and - World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements, directed by Chris Farina
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.- Adiam DymottAdiam DymottAdiam Dymott is a Swedish rock singer. Dymott's first album, Adiam Dymott, debuted on March 18, 2009 with the singles "Miss You" and "Pizza". The self-titled album was released on Swedish indie label Razzia Records....
- "Miss You", directed by Senay&Kolacz - CasiokidsCasiokidsCasiokids are a Norwegian synthpop ensemble from Bergen, and Stavanger formed in 2005. The band consists of Ketil Kinden Endresen, Fredrik Øgreid Vogsborg, Omar Johnsen and Kjetil Bjøreid Aabø. Associated musicians are Joachim Amundsen Trana, Eirik Utne, Einar Olsson, Geir Svensson and Snorre...
- "En vill hest", directed by Kristoffer Borgli - DonkeyboyDonkeyboyDonkeyboy are a pop band from Drammen, Norway, formed in 2005. The band consists of Cato Sundberg , Kent Sundberg , Peter Michelsen , Thomas Drabløs , and Alexander Garborg Ågedal .-Biography:Donkeyboy were signed to Warner Music after an employee came across their music on MySpace...
- "AmbitionsAmbitions (song)"Ambitions" is an English language song by Norwegian band Donkeyboy, taken from their debut album Caught in a Life. It was released as their debut single in 2009 and was a number-one hit in the Norwegian Singles Chart....
", directed by Kristoffer Borgli - El Perro del MarEl Perro del MarEl Perro del Mar is a musical project that was founded in December 2003 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The sole member of El Perro del Mar, Sarah Assbring, initially started as an MP3/CD-R artist and released her first songs through Hybris Records...
- "Change of Heart", directed by Fredrik Nilsson - FamiljenFamiljen-Biography:Karlsson grew up in Hässleholm, Skåne , but is currently based in Malmö. In his youth as a synthpop fan he also formed bands with Sophie Rimheden from nearby Lund...
- "Det var jag", directed by Mats Udd - Fever Ray - "If I Had a HeartIf I Had a Heart"If I Had a Heart" is a song performed, written and produced by Swedish recording artist Fever Ray. It was released as the lead single from her debut self-titled album, Fever Ray , marking Ray's debut single as a solo artist, after her work with previous band, The Knife...
", directed by Andreas NilssonAndreas NilssonAndreas Nilsson is an artist and director based in Malmö, Sweden, best known for his contributions to the music videos of The Knife, Fever Ray, MGMT, Goldfrapp, José González, White Lies, Peter, Björn & John, Moby and Bright Eyes.-2010:...
- Fever Ray - "When I Grow UpWhen I Grow Up (Fever Ray song)"When I Grow Up" is the second single from Swedish recording artist Fever Ray's self-titled debut album, Fever Ray .-Critical reception:Pitchfork Media placed "When I Grow Up" at number 36 on the website's list of The Top 100 Tracks of 2009....
", directed by Martin de Thurah - KentKent (band)Kent is a Swedish alternative rock band founded in Eskilstuna in 1990, with the name Coca-Cola Kids, later Jones & Giftet , and Havsänglar...
- "IdioterIdioter-Charts:...
", directed by Gustav Johansson - KvelertakKvelertakKvelertak is a six-piece rock & roll band from Stavanger, Norway. All lyrics are written in Norwegian, the band's native language, and concerning Norse mythology/Viking folklore...
- "MjødKvelertak (album)Kvelertak is the eponymous debut album by the Norwegian band Kvelertak, released June 21, 2010 through Indie Recordings. The album was released in North America on March 15, 2011 through The End Records with six bonus tracks—four live recordings from the group's BBC sessions and two demo...
", directed by Fredrik S. Hana - Lars VaularLars VaularLars Nesheim Vaular is a rapper, and songwriter from Åsane, Bergen, Norway. He started rapping in 2003. He has worked with Tungtvann, Side Brok, Jan Eggum, Fjorden Baby!, and John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen....
- "En eneste", directed by Andrew Amorim - Lulu Rouge ft Mikael Sampson - "Bless You", directed by Jimmy Falinski Kornhauser
- MewMew (band)Mew is a Danish alternative music band consisting of Jonas Bjerre, Bo Madsen, and Silas Utke Graae Jørgensen. Bassist Johan Wohlert was also a founding member of the band, but left in 2006...
- "Introducing Palace Players", directed by Martin de Thurah - MewMew (band)Mew is a Danish alternative music band consisting of Jonas Bjerre, Bo Madsen, and Silas Utke Graae Jørgensen. Bassist Johan Wohlert was also a founding member of the band, but left in 2006...
- "Repeaterbeater", directed by Martin de Thurah - Torgny - "The Only Game", directed by Emil Trier
- TrentemøllerTrentemøllerAnders Trentemøller is a Danish electronic music producer and multi-instrumentalist based in Copenhagen, Denmark.-History:...
- "Sycamore Feeling", directed by Jesper JustJesper JustJesper Just is a Danish artist, and living and working in Copenhagen and New York, NY. From 1997 to 2003 he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts....
The Audience Award
- World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements, directed by Chris Farina
Best Documentary
- The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, directed by Andrei UjicăAndrei UjicaAndrei Ujica is a Romanian screenwriter and director.- Life and works :Ujica studied literature in Timişoara, Bucharest and Heidelberg. He moved to Germany in 1981. In 1990 he began making films...