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[edit]
For the first time, both the opening and the closing film was a Norwegian production.
Opening film
- Home for Christmas, directed by Bent Hamer
Norway
Closing film
- The Troll Hunter, directed by André Øvredal Norway
Films in competition[edit]
Cinema Extraordinare - In competition[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
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.
- 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[edit]
- 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
[edit]
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 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[edit]
Cinema Extraordinare[edit]
- Le Quattro Volte, directed by Michelangelo Frammatino Italy
The Audience Award[edit]
- World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements, directed by Chris Farina United States
Best Documentary[edit]
- The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, directed by Andrei Ujică Romania
Youth Jury's Documentary Award[edit]
- Bogota Change, directed by Andreas Møl Dalsgaard Denmark
Checkpoints[edit]
- Budrus, directed by Julia Bacha Israel
Best Norwegian Short Film[edit]
- Jenny, directed by Ingvild Søderlind
[edit]
- Torgny - "The Only Game", directed by Emil Trier Norway
Young Talent Award[edit]
- Kedy Hassani