Tallinn Black Nights, the European Film Academy & FIPRESCI inform:
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), the European Film Academy (EFA) and FIPRESCI will work together to promote European Discovery…
Born on 11 February 1944 in Purulia, West Bengal, India, Buddhadeb Dasgupta was brought up in a liberal middle-class educated Bengali family. His father, a medical officer in the Indian…
Berlin in Summer. At the virtual March Berlinale of 2021 the critics jury had decided on the FIPRESCI Prize. Four films had been awarded, shown in the official programs (see…
FIPRESCI-India Honours Aruna Vasudev. Our Indian National Section introduces a new award, created in honour and memory of India's legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Our colleague Aruna Vasudev is the first receiver…
First Critics Associations Announced their Annual Awards
Several international critics organizations (all members of FIPRESCI) announced their favorites for 2020, which – as no one needs to be reminded –…
Meet the 2021 young film critics:
Alonso Aguilar (Costa Rica)
Jason Tan Liwag (Philippines)
Łukasz Mańkowski (Poland)
Madeleine Collier (USA)
Ren Scateni (UK)
Zanji Sinkala (Zambia)
Interview with BUMA composer Tess van der Velde by Young Film Critic Zanji Sinkala.
My name is Zanji, and I am a journalist from Zambia, Southern Africa who takes pride…
By Zanji Sinkala
The following piece is an interview with a filmmaker who believes in the power to dare, to challenge the status quo and above all, do what brings…
By Zanji Sinkala
There is an African proverb that says, “The axe forgets what the tree remembers.” In other words, the axe has caused the damage and forgets it in…
By Ren Scateni
An interview with BUMA composer Renán Zelada Cisneros
When I was a teenager, Saturday was a special day. Right after lunch, I would hop on my scooter…
By Ren Scateni
As We Like It is an engrossing utopia depicting a world refreshingly unthreatened by any kind of queer-inflected phobia. Despite being indebted to the wave of optimism…
By Madeleine Collier
Hello and welcome to everyone following along virtually with the 50th edition of IFFR. My name is Madeleine Collier and I am a New York-based critic, translator,…