Belarus is in a political, social, and economic crisis. The current government refused to recognize vote-rigging in the presidential elections on August 9, 2020. Alternative candidates were illegally imprisoned even…
Call for applications for the 15th edition of the FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project, October 9-18, 2020, at the Warsaw International Film Festival. Deadline: September 15, 2020.
FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project…
British director Ken Loach honored with the FIPRESCI Platinum Award 95 at Transatlantyk Festival 2020. See Derek Malcolm on Ken Loach
The Transatlantyk Film Festival and FIPRESCI inform
Winner of two…
The call for Berlinale Talents 2021 is open – and we'd like to extend a warm welcome to emerging critics of all backgrounds to apply.
Berlinale Talents 2021: February 13–18,…
By Derek Malcolm
The death of Ronald Bergan deprives FIPRESCI of one of its longest serving and most knowledgeable members. Born in South Africa, he came to the UK as…
Egyptian film critic Ahmed Shawky has resigned from his post as artistic director of the Cairo International Film Festival. In an open letter he explains the reasons and the background…
The former Volkskrant film journalist Peter van Bueren passed away at the age of 78. For decades, he was of great influence in the Dutch and international film world. In…
Talent Press, an initiative of Berlinale Talents in collaboration with FIPRESCI and the Goethe-Institut, is a platform for up-and-coming film critics and journalists from around the globe to deepen their knowledge of current trends in world cinema. Selected by an international jury, eight…
• A third language to write about Third Cinema By Maja Korbecka • Film Criticism as a Migratory Practice, or Why We Are All Immigrants By Savina Petkova •…
• Finding Yourself – Hair Dye After Air Dye By Jakob Åsell • Cultural Trauma Through the Generations By Debbie Zhou • Where Life Though Joyless Still is Calm …
• Kelly Reichardt’s Secret Ingredient By Sadia Khalid • Friendship That Sticks By Savina Petkova • Oh Lord, won’t you buy me…? By Rodrigo Garay …
• A Revolutionary is a Doomed Man By Adina Glickstein & Rodrigo Garay • Undine Loves By Savina Petkova & Debbie Zhou • Cow Theft and Video Games …