2011 Bergen International Film Festival

The 2011 Bergen International Film Festival is arranged in Bergen, Norway 19–26 October 2011, and was the 12th edition of the festival. It features over 175 feature films and documentaries, a new record for the festival. For the first time the festival arranges a competition program for Norwegian documentaries, as BIFF tries to establish itself as the leading arena for the documentary genre in Norway.

Films in competition

Cinema Extraordinare – In competition

Above Us Only Sky, directed by Jan Schomburg Germany
Arriya – The Stone, directed by Alberto Gorritiberea Spain
Beduin, directed by Igor Voloshin Russia
Confessions, directed by Tetsuya Nakashima Japan
Declaration of War, directed by Valérie Donzelli France
Even the Rain, directed by Icíar Bollaín Spain
Las Acacias, directed by Pablo Giorgelli Argentina
Meek's Cutoff, directed by Kelly Reichardt USA
Natural Selection, directed by Robbie Pickering USA
Sleeping Beauty, directed by Julia Leigh Australia
The Prize, directed by Paula Markovitch Argentina
Twilight Portrait, directed by Angelina Nikonova Russia
Womb, directed by Benedek Fliegauf Hungary

International Documentaries – In competition

The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975, directed by Göran Hugo Olsson Sweden
Bombay Beach, directed by Alma Har'el USA
Buck, directed by Cindy Meehl USA
Chasing Madoff, directed by Jeff Prosserman USA
Cinema Komunisto, directed by Mila Turajlic Serbia
A Man's Story, directed by Varon Bonicos United Kingdom
Koran by Heart, directed by Greg Barker USA
Hot Coffee, directed by Susan Saladoff USA
Something Ventured, directed by Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller USA
The Two Escobars, directed by Michael and Jeff Zimbalist USA
Vodka Factory, directed by Jerzy Sladkowski Sweden

Checkpoints – In competition

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, directed by Marshall Curry USA
The Last Mountain, directed by Bill Haney USA
The Interrupters, directed by Steve James USA
The Oath, directed by Laura Poitras USA

Norwegian Documentaries – In competition

The Afghan Nightmare, directed by Klaus Erik Okstad
Death in Camp Delta, directed by Erling Borgen
Folk ved Fjorden, directed by Øyvind Sandberg
Ragnhild's Story, directed by Siren Henschien
Imagining Emmanuel, directed by Thomas Østbye
In God We Trust, directed by Astrid Schau-Larsen
Urban Hunters, directed by Sturla Pilskog & Sidse Larsen
The Doctors' War, directed by Elsa Kvamme
My Beloved, directed by Hilde Korsæth
Personal Velocity, directed by Jon Vatne
Salesman 329, directed by Kari Anne Moe
Snapshots, directed by Anniken Hoel

Norwegian Short Film Competition

Alt faller sammen, directed by Andrew Amorim
Asyl, directed by Jørn Utkilen
Erkjenning, directed by Jøran Wærdahl
Everything Will Be OK, directed by Jonas Matzow Guldbrandsen
Farukhs mynt, directed by Susanne Falkum Løvik
From This Day to Where, directed by Matias Rygh & Mathias Eriksen
No Sex Just Understand, directed by Mariken Halle

Scandinavias Best Music Video

This year the five videoes from the respective three countries was nominated by NRK P3 in Norway, SVT in Sweden and the magazine Soundvenue in Denmark.