Fribourg International Film Festival 2011
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Fribourg, on now till March 26, 2011
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The festival which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, promotes quality films and contributes to cinematographic and cultural diversity in Switzerland and Europe. Selected fiction and documentary short, medium or long films essentially from Asia, Africa and Latin America, are shown for the first time Switzerland.
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