Time is turning back... Dive into the pages of "Contemporary Cinema" magazine, from where the reader catches a name that seems to share the sacred mysteries of the great festivals…
Sungu Çapan, a doyen of Turkish film critics and a father figure for many of his younger colleagues, passed away on April 1st, 2023. Çapan, 76, had been hospitalized for…
• Business of Being Alive by Amarsanaa Battulga
• I am a citizen of a country called Film by Dora Leu
• With Reason And Love by Gayle Sequeira
• Dream of Pygmalion by…
• Do Lobsters Have Souls? by Amarsanaa Battulga
• On the Passage of Three Persons Through a Rather Brief Moment In Time by Dora Leu
• Smart Phones, Unwise Decisions…
• The Unfinal Say by Amarsanaa Battulga
• A chronicle of seven winters by Dora Leu
• Pain and Perseverance by Gayle Sequeira
• That we still don’t know by Han Tien
• Systemised misogyny…
At the forthcoming Berlin Film Festival, FIPRESCI will present four prizes: for a film from the international competition; from the Panorama section; from the Forum section; and from the Encounters…
Belarusian cinematographers unite to form the Belarusian Independent Film Academy. The organization will undertake the task of promoting the interests of independent Belarusian filmmakers, including on international platforms.
The idea…
National Society of Film Critics Votes on 57th Annual Awards
The National Society of Film Critics on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023, chose “Tár” as Best Picture of the Year 2022.…
To FIPRESCI India, Premendra Mazumder
Dear Premendra,
We are saddened by the news that Sudhir Nandgaonkar, our Indian colleague, is no longer with us. He was an advocate of film…
Addendum, January 5, 2023. According to an information published by the newspaper Shargh, after more than two weeks of detention Taraneh Alidoosti has been released on bail from…
The winners of the European Film Awards 2022 are:
European Film TRIANGLE OF SADNESS directed by Ruben Östlund, produced by Erik Hemmendorff & Philippe Bober (Sweden/ Germany/ France/ United Kingdom)
European Documentary…