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