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FIFF gets new director

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After French journalist and film professional Edouard Waintrop was appointed head of Genevan cine-club CAC-Voltaire, the Freiburg International Film Festival (FIFF), of which he was director, had to look for someone to fill his place.

The new director is Thierry Jobin, a journalist and film critic at French-language Swiss daily Le Temps. Jobin, who studied arts and humanities at Freiburg University, will take up his post in May.

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For his part, Waintrop will completely oversee FIFF’s 25th edition, to be held from March 19-26, 2011. As a reminder, the event focuses on so-called films “from the South”, a concept that has broadened over the years.

(Translated from French)

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