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Fribourg

The 28th International Film Festival Fribourg with festival director Thierry Jobin had 12 productions from Asia, Africa, and Latin America in the International Competition for long films. The International Jury awarded the Regard d’or to Han Gong-ju by Lee Sujin, South Korea. The film also won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, endowed with 5.000 CHF. A festival hommage was dedicated to the history of Iranian cinema with films selected by Iranian directors themselves. Alongside a short film competition the programme offered sections as “Genre Cinema: Survive!”, “Decryption: Simple Cures for the Crisis”, a showcase for films from Madagascar, as well as a master class by the Brothers Dardenne.

The Ecumenical Jury: Alan Foale, Dorothée Thévénaz Gygax, Il Kang and Joel Baumann (from left)

 

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Awards of the Ecumenical jury
Awards of the Ecumenical jury
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Fribourg 2014
Han Gong-ju
A cappella
Lee Sujin
South Korea
2013

Han Gong-ju, a young high-school student, is a victim of gang rape. With great dramatic power this film denounces a sexist society which blames its victims and isolates them socially. It is possible to find within oneself the resources necessary to overcome such a tragedy, and the character of Han Gong-ju is swimming against the current of a certain kind of fatalism which would deny that life can triumph over death.

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Jury

The award of the Ecumenical Jury, consisting of CHF 5'000, is conferred jointly by two institutions of the churches working in development cooperation, Fastenopfer (Catholic) and Bread for All (Protestant), to the director whose film best reflects generally ethical and spiritual questions, especially questions of the meaning of life in the situation of men and women in Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America, and stands for human dignity and human rights, solidarity and lasting development. 

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