Countries submitting films
75 countries
2–8 November 2020 · online · BOZCAADA
BIFED2020
The seventh BIFED took place online during the pandemic. It brought more than 500 submissions from 75 countries to audiences through film screenings and online gatherings.
Explore the films
- 75
- countries submitting films
- 500+
- film submissions
- 39
- films shown online
- 15
- international competition finalists
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Festival in numbers
Key figures reported for the online festival, held 2–8 November 2020.
Film submissions
More than 500
Festival programme
39 films streamed online
Main competition
15 finalists
Films on the festival platform and YouTube channel drew approximately 11,000 viewers.
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Awards
The main competition awards were announced at the online ceremony on 8 November.
The Fever
Katharina Weingartner · Austria / Germany
Passion – Between Revolt and Resignation
Swiss production
Green Blood
French production
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Jury
The jury members for the 2020 festival.
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From the programme
Türkiye Panorama films named in SadiBey’s finalist announcement. The announcement lists these nine titles; they are not presented as the complete section lineup.
9 films
- Beyaz Altın
- Çan: Bir Termik Kasabası
- Ege’nin Son Baharı
- İda’nın Bekçileri
- Jeotermal Yetti Gari
- Kanalı Beklerken
- Rant Uğruna
- Roma Bostanı
- Solidarity Beyond the Longest Border
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Festival team
Festival leadership identified in contemporaneous press coverage.
- Festival Director
- Petra Holzer
- Festival Coordinator
- Ethem Özgüven
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