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…
At the 65th edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival (Spain, September 22-30, 2017), the film about a young African-American in today’s America was appreciated by the critics of the…
We are deeply worried and disturbed about the current persecution of Kirill Serebrennikov by Russian Federation officals. All the circumstances suggest the prejudgement of the authorities and the pure political…
Toronto. At TIFF, the Toronto International Film Festival ((Canada, September 7-17, 2017), the Critics Prize went to a film in the “Discovery” section and to a film in “Special Preentations”…
Paris, September 15, 2017. The passport of film director Mohammad Rasoulof has been confiscated by border officials, last Friday evening, when the Iranian filmmaker returned from abroad. His producer Kaveh…
“Filminute”. The virtual film festival presents one-minute films and organizes, once a year (in autumn), an international competition. An international jury of professionals sees and judges the submitted films. For…
FIPRESCI and the Egyptian Film Critics Association lost one of their oldest members, the veteran film critic Fawzi Soliman. He passed away at the age of 91.
Fawzi Soliman was…
At the Biennale Cinema – Venice International Film Festival (Italy, August 30 – Sep 9, 2017), the Critics Jury awarded two prizes: to a film in the international competitin; and…
Applications are now open for FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project – Warsaw Film Foundation and FIPRESCI training programme for young film journalists and film critics from Central and Eastern Europe.
The…
Aki Kaurismäki to receive the award for the second time FIPRESCI Grand Prix 2017 for “The Other Side of Hope” (Toivon tuolla puolen)
“The Other Side of Hope” (Toivon…