Berlinale 2018. Our jury awarded the Critics Prize to the first and last film by Chinsese director Hu Bo, “An Elephant Sitting Still” (China, 2017, 230 min, shown in the…
Berlinale 2018. Our jury awarded the Critics Prize to the Paraguayan film “The Heiresses” (Las Herederas) by Marcelo Martinessi (Paraguay, 2018, 95 min, shown in the International Competition). Motivation: “For…
The award ceremony of the Critics Prizes will take place on Friday, February 23, at 18 h, 4th floor of Deutsche Kinemathek, Sony Center, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin.
The FIPRESCI jury…
The Palm Springs festival offered in its 2018 edition a wide selection of 45 films from the Academy Award’s foreign language submissions. It was this Awards Buzz section that was…
Argentinean filmmaker Lucrecia Martel won the FIPRESCI Prize for her new film “Zama”, at the “Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano” (Cuba, December 8-17, 2017). Jury members were Esin Kücüktepepinar,…
At the Cairo International Film Festival (Egypt, November 21–30, 2017), the Critics Prize went to “Killing Jesus” (Matar a Jesús) by Laura Mora Ortega (Colombia, Argentina, 2017, shown in the…
A colloquium on recent Russian cinema was organised in St Petersburg between 13th and 15th November as a prelude to the St Petersburg International Cultural Forum held between 16th and…
The 30th European Film Awards
The European Discovery 2017 – Prix FIPRESCI went to “Lady Macbeth” directed By William Oldroyd.
All Awards
The more than 3,000 members of the European…
We know that the situation of journalists working in cultural sections, among them film critics, is getting worse every year. But how does it look in different countries? Is it…
At the Festival of East European Cinema (Cottbis, Germany, November 7-12, 2017) the Critics Prize went to “Wild Roses” (Dzikie Róze) by Anna Jadowska (Poland, 2017, 93 min). Jury members…
Peruvian film critic, writer and professor Isaac León Frías will receive the Ibero-American Criticism Fénix award, attributed by FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics, during the fourth Fénix Awards…
The European Film Academy and FIPRESCI congratulate the nominees for the EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2017 – Prix FIPRESCI, an award presented annually as part of the European Film Awards to a…