2010 Bergen International Film Festival

The 2010 Bergen International Film Festival was arranged in Bergen, Norway, 20–27 October 2010, and was the 11th edition of the festival. It featured more than 150 feature films and documentaries, and had an attendance of more than 45,000, both numbers a new record for the festival. == Important screenings == For the first time, both the opening and the closing film were Norwegian productions. Opening film Home for Christmas, directed by Bent Hamer, Norway Closing film The Troll Hunter, directed by André Øvredal, Norway == Films in competition == === Cinema Extraordinare - In competition === The Albanian, directed by Johannes Naber, Germany All That I Love, directed by Jacek Borcuch, Poland Au Revoir Taipei, directed by Arvin Chen, Taiwan Carancho, directed by Pablo Trapero, Argentina Dust, directed by Max Jacoby, Luxembourg Eastern Drift, directed by Šarūnas Bartas, Lithuania and Russia Honeymoons, directed by Goran Paskaljević, Serbia and Albania The Invisible Eye, directed by Diego Lerman, Argentina I Saw the Sun, directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül, Turkey Le Quattro Volte, directed by Michelangelo Frammatino, Italy Life, Above All, directed by Oliver Schmitz, South Africa Moloch Tropical, directed by Raoul Peck, Haiti My Joy, directed by Sergei Loznitsa, Ukraine Southern District, directed by Juan Carlos Valdivia, Bolivia Tarda Estate, directed by Antonio Di Trapani an Marco de Angelis, Italy === Documentaries - In competition === The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, directed by Andrei Ujică, Romania Bogota Change, directed by Andreas Møl Dalsgaard, Denmark Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, directed by Alex Gibney, United States Disco and Atomic War, directed by Jaak Kilmi, Estonia Dreams in Copenhagen, directed by Max Kestner, Denmark General Orders no. 9, directed by Robert Persons, United States Human Terrain, directed by James Der Derian, David Udris and Michael Udris, United States Inside Job, directed by Charles H. Ferguson, United States My Perestroika, directed by Robin Hessman, United States Secrets of the Tribe, directed by José Padilha, Brazil and United Kingdom Transcendent Man, directed by Barry Ptolemy, United States Waiting for "Superman", directed by Davis Guggenheim, United States World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements, directed by Chris Farina, United States === 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, the winner of the program was declared 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. Bhutto, directed by Duane Baughman and Johnny O'Hara, United States Bogota Change, directed by Andreas Møl Dalsgaard, Denmark Budrus, directed by Julia Bacha, Israel Enemies of the People, directed by Thet Sambath and Rob Lemkin, Cambodia and United Kingdom Grace, Milly, Lucy, directed by Raymonde Provencher, Canada Hunger, directed by Marcus Vetter and Karin Steinberg, Germany Miss Landmine, directed by Stan Feingold, Canada There Once was an Island, directed by Briar March, New Zealand War Don Don, directed by Rebecca Richman Cohen, United States Waste Land, directed by Lucy Walker, Brazil and United Kingdom World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements, directed by Chris Farina, United States === 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 were eligible, and nominations for the videos were made by a jury, rather than filmmakers applying for admission, as in the short film program. Adiam Dymott - "Miss You", directed by Senay&Kolacz, Sweden Casiokids - "En vill hest", directed by Kristoffer Borgli, Norway Donkeyboy - "Ambitions", directed by Kristoffer Borgli, Norway El Perro del Mar - "Change of Heart", directed by Fredrik Nilsson, Sweden Familjen - "Det var jag", directed by Mats Udd, Sweden Fever Ray - "If I Had a Heart", directed by Andreas Nilsson, Sweden Fever Ray - "When I Grow Up", directed by Martin de Thurah, Denmark Kent - "Idioter", directed by Gustav Johansson, Sweden Kvelertak - "Mjød", directed by Fredrik S. Hana, Norway Lars Vaular - "En eneste", directed by Andrew Amorim, Norway Lulu Rouge ft Mikael Sampson - "Bless You", directed by Jimmy Falinski Kornhauser, Denmark Mew - "Introducing Palace Players", directed by Martin de Thurah, Denmark Mew - "Repeaterbeater", directed by Martin de Thurah, Denmark Torgny - "The Only Game", directed by Emil Trier, Norway Trentemøller - "Sycamore Feeling", directed by Jesper Just, Denmark == 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 === The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, directed by Andrei Ujică, Romania === Youth Jury's Documentary Award === Bogota Change, directed by Andreas Møl Dalsgaard, Denmark === Checkpoints === Budrus, directed by Julia Bacha, Israel === 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 == External links == Official site