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The first FIPRESCI jury of 2025 took place at the 36th Palm Springs International Film Festival. Federation’s vice president Paola Casella spoke with the artistic director Lili Rodriguez and lead programmer Alissa Simon. “Our audience is made up of experienced moviegoers, but they are not professional cinema journalists, and I think that filmmakers like coming to Palm Springs because they will hear exactly what the audience thinks. This audience participation makes the festival unique”. Read the interview here.
Discover winners of the Dhaka International Film Festival!
“Sex certainly is a topic that people who take an interest in films, or working within the film community, discuss from time to time – maybe even quite often. Talking about sex in our time is often also a conversation about power, and even more recently the question on consent is frequently discussed. We need artforms such as film to dive into questions like this, in the language of art”, – writes Jan Storø, a jury member of the 35th Tromso International Film Festival. Read his analysis of the competition films on the link.
Berlinale 2025: At this major festival, our jury will present four prizes:
- to a film in the international competition
- to a film in the Panorama section
- to a film in the International Forum of New Cinema
- to a film in the competition of Perspectives
12 jurors will represent the worldwide critics’ perspectives, coming from Egypt, Poland, Chile, France, Bangladesh, Brazil, Hong Kong, Peru, UK, Italy, USA, and Australia.
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Meet us at the next festivals:
- Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden, January 24-February 2
- Rotterdam International Film Festival, Netherlands, January 30-February 9
- Ismailia International Film Festival, Egypt, February 5-11
- Berlinale, Germany, February 13-23