French Film Festival - Bienne

FFFH
Rue Sessler, 7
CH-2502  Bienne
Switzerland
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For short films:
Christine Gendre

French Film Festival - Bienne

Type : Feature film and short film festival
Theme : French films
Location : Switzerland
Period : Septembre

The team

Christian Kellenberger Festival director	Charlotte Masini Chief representative	Edna Epelbaum Artistic director

Event presentation

The French Film Festival of Helvetia (FFFH) will present its 6th edition from September 15th to 19th 2010. The festival in collaboration with Swiss distributors and Unifrance makes French cinema travel through Switzerland. Biel/Bienne, the largest bilingual city of Switzerland, makes a bridge between the Swiss French and the Swiss German cultures using the cinema as a universal language. The FFFH dedicates its programming to French films winking at Swiss cinema too.
For five days, about 30 films, many of which are international or world previews, are unveiled in original version subtitled in German. Some of them are not released in Switzerland (Section Découverte). The Festival starts with the Children’s Day, a special day devoted to fun and pleasure for our youngest spectators. Then, the event takes the symbolism of the three-colored French flag.
Throughout its five-year history , more than 120 professionals of the film industry have converged in Biel/Bienne to present more than 140 feature films and 30 short films. The FFFH is aiming at making this bilingual city the capital of French and French-speaking cinema in Switzerland.
Everyday, the festival gives the spectators the chance to attend directly after the screening a special moment of exchange and encounter with professionals, directors and actors. One of the goals of these open discussions (which are simultaneously translated into German) is to bring the Swiss German and Swiss French cultures together. Moreover professionals really enjoy discussing with a bilingual audience. Energy needs of the Festival are entirely covered by renewable energies.

Posters gallery (3)

French Film Festival - Bienne - 2012

2012

French Film Festival - Bienne - 2011

2011

French Film Festival - Bienne - 2006

2006

Registration conditions for short films

Films produced on or after : 01/06/2012
Registration deadline : 05/07/2013
Registration deadline by Unifrance : 05/06/2013
Unifrance contacts at this event : Christine Gendre
Registration Form available on external website : http://www.fffh.ch/fr/section-decouverte/section-decouverte-2013.html

Maximum runtime : 24'
Films produced on or after : Dans l'année précédant le festival
Genres accepted : Fiction films and animated films
Conditions : Films not previously released (in the country) only
Pre-selection format requirements : DVD
Screening format requirements : DCP (Digital Cinema Package), DVD, 35mm