{"id":2325149,"date":"2026-03-12T18:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2325149"},"modified":"2026-03-12T18:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:13:10","slug":"how-fribourg-became-a-window-on-the-global-south-including-hot-spots-like-lebanon-and-iran-for-many-directors-filming-is-a-matter-of-survival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/how-fribourg-became-a-window-on-the-global-south-including-hot-spots-like-lebanon-and-iran-for-many-directors-filming-is-a-matter-of-survival\/","title":{"rendered":"How Fribourg Became a Window on the Global South, Including Hot Spots Like Lebanon and Iran: \u2018For Many Directors, Filming Is a Matter of Survival\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

As it marks its 40th edition, the Fribourg Intl. Film Festival remains one of Europe\u2019s key showcases for films from the Global South, a region artistic director Thierry Jobin<\/a> says continues to define the event\u2019s identity and relevance.<\/p>\n

Running March 20\u201329, the festival will screen 114 films from 62 countries, including 58 premieres. Jobin<\/a>, who\u2019s led Fiff since 2011, says the anniversary edition reflects a balance between discovery and urgency. \u201cWe show films that had to be made, often in places where that\u2019s still an act of courage,\u201d he tells Variety.<\/p>\n

Leon Le<\/a>\u2019s Vietnam War-set film \u201dKy Nam Inn<\/a>\u201d Courtesy of Fribourg Intl. Film Festival<\/p>\n

Founded in 1980 by Ngo administrator Magda Bossy<\/a>, Fiff began as the Festival of Third World Film, created to highlight cinema from Africa, Asia and Latin America. The title was later changed in the 1990s after conversations with participating filmmakers, with the festival maintaining its original…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As it marks its 40th edition, the Fribourg Intl. Film Festival remains one of Europe\u2019s key showcases for films from the Global South, a region artistic director Thierry Jobin says continues to define the event\u2019s identity and relevance. Running March 20\u201329, the festival will screen 114 films from 62 countries, including 58 premieres. Jobin, who\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2325150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[25538,31714,21751,22556,21993,22860,21912,21738,24141,22205,21913],"class_list":["post-2325149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-actors","tag-actresses","tag-celebrities","tag-directors","tag-films","tag-hollywood","tag-movies","tag-news","tag-stars","tag-television","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/How-Fribourg-Became-a-Window-on-the-Global-South-Including.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2325149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2325151,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325149\/revisions\/2325151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2325150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2325149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2325149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2325149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}