When I first attended the Gijón International Film Festival as a critic in 1999, the event had been under the direction of José Luis Cienfuegos since 1995. In that short…
It is rare in film history for a director's first film to be a masterpiece. In 1989, the entire film world took notice of a smiling, gentle-looking young director when…
During the 46th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival, FIPRESCI presented the FIPRESCI 100 Lifetime Achievement Award—a special award given by the federation to mark its centenary—to Hungarian director…
Six full-length fiction debuts have been nominated for the prestigious European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI, an award presented in cooperation with the International Federation of Film Critics - FIPRESCI. The…
The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) continues its centennial celebration program, this time at the Cairo International Film Festival, the only festival in the Middle East classified as Category…
For the third consecutive year, FIPRESCI took part in the International Film Criticism Conference, held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. The theme of this year’s edition, Cinema, the…
The Unbearable Weight of Memory
A harrowing, tender portrait of guilt and survival, Father turns an unthinkable mistake into a study of how memory can both destroy and redeem.
By…
What Men Live by: With The Memory of A Useful Ghost
Nat, whose ghost is haunted by a vacuum cleaner, decides to clear the dust from her family's factory.
by…
Red. Blue. Orange.
Ghosts remain, sometimes by their own will, sometimes pulled by the living.
By Kaiyrkul Abdyrakhmanova
With feature debut A Useful Ghost, Thai filmmaker Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke blends social…
The Creative Union Behind Y
by Ilo Tuule Rajand, Alex Petrescu, and Kairgul Abdyrahmanova
A debut feature from director Maria Popistașu and Alexandru Baciu, the Romanian family drama Y just…
The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) is proud to announce a new and exciting collaboration with the D’A Festival de Cinema de Barcelona (https://dafilmfestival.com/en/ ), marking the establishment of…
“What the… Hen?” - Art, Protest, and the Power of Absurdity
An absurd protest turned tender portrait of resilience.
By Saba Osanadze
Joanna Deja’s What the… Hen? is the kind…