"Compañeros - La noche de 12 años" (A Twelve Years Long Night) by Álvaro Brechner from Uruguay won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Friborg in 2019. The film also received the Special Prize of the Festival Jury and the Audience Award. The Grand Prix of the festival went to "Las niñas bien" (The Good Girls) by Alejandra Márquez Abella from Mexico.
Films from Egypt and Syria, from Chile, Mexico and Uruguay, from Afghanistan, China, Korea, Bhutan, Vietnam and Ukraine competed in the section for feature-length films of the 33rd Festival International de Fribourg. Their origins from the most diverse non-Western countries of the worldand characterize the festival's profile. Parallel to the competition the festival programme included the series "Diaspora" on exile and interculturality, "Sur la carte de ...", this year curated by South Korean director Bong Joon-ho, "Decrypted", a film selection of French actresses of black African descent and " New Territory "dedicated to films from the Caribbean. The focus on "genre cinema" is dedicated to romantic comedy. One of the twelve films in this series was also the opening film: "How Long Will I Love U" by Su Lun from the People's Republic of China.
Link: Festival website