Call for Entries: International Competition for Feature and Short Films

Aim

• The FIFF aims to contribute to the cinematographic and cultural diversity in Switzerland and in Europe. The Festival is open to all horizons.

Award Information

• The Festival gives the following awards for the International Competition: Feature Films:
  • Grand Prix endowed with CHF 30’000.
  • Special Jury prize endowed with CHF 10’000.
  • Audience Award endowed with CHF 5’000.
  • Ecumenical Jury prize endowed with CHF 5’000.
  • Youth Jury prize endowed with CHF 5’000.
  • Critics’ Choice Award endowed with a diploma.
• The Festival gives the following awards for the International Competition: Short Films:
  • Best International Short Film endowed with CHF 7’500
  • CH Cinema Network Award endowed with CHF 3’000

Eligible Countries 

• Short Films the Festival:
  • Films made by filmmakers from countries of Africa, Asia, Oceania, Latin America, Near and Middle East and Eastern Europe
• Feature Films the Festival:
  • Films made by filmmakers from countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, Near and Middle East and Eastern Europe (outside of the EU)

Eligibility Criteria

• In its International Competition: Short Films the Festival welcomes:
  • Fiction, documentary or animation films
  • Short films (< 30 minutes) for the International Competition: Short Films (Official Selection)
  • Films with a copyright of the year preceding the date of the Festival (exceptions allowed)
  • Films that have not been released in Switzerland (for the Competition, priority will be given to World or European premieres)
  • We put a high priority on DCP and ProRes files. Exception will be considered on a case by case basis
• In its International Competition: Feature Films the Festival welcomes:
  • Fiction, documentary or animation films
  • Feature films (> 60 minutes) for the International Competition: Feature Films (Official Selection)
  • Films with a copyright of the year preceding the date of the Festival (exceptions allowed)
  • Films that have not been released in Switzerland (for the Competition, priority will be given to World or European premieres)
  • It put a high priority on DCP and Pro Res files. Exception will be considered on a case by case basis.

For more information, visit Fribourg International Film Festival.