The “Eurasia Film Festival” which normally takes place in the Kazakh city of Almaty, moved this year to the capital of the country, Astana – mainly to become a part…
Jameson CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival September 8-17, 2017 talentcampus@cinefest.hu
Young film critics and film journalists will be invited to Miskolc to report on the films of the 14th…
Lucrecia’s Hearing
Roger Koza
Right from the start, Lucrecia Martel sensed that the core of her poetics didn’t lie in perfect frames and a masterful use of lighting, or even in her…
At the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Czech Republic, June 30 – July 8, 2017) the FIPRESCI Prize went to “Keep the Change” by Rachel Israel (USA, 2017, 94 mins.)…
Critics honor the Argentinean filmmaker at the occasion of the Transatlantyk Festival (July 14–21, 2017, Lodz, Poland)
Lucrecia Martel is considered to be one of the most significant contemporary filmmakers.…
The European Film Academy asked FIPRESCI to propose films – candidates for the category “Best Film of the Year”. Here are the critics’ favorites.
1. On Body and Soul (Teströl…
Cannes (France, May 17-28, 2017). The FIPRESCI Jury awarded three prizes: two in the Official Selection – one for the Competition and one for “Un Certain Regard” –, and a…
The Critics Jury at the Hong Kong International Film Festival (April 11-25, 2017) focused on the “Young Cinema Competition” (first and second films, internationally). Prize: “Happy Bus Day” by Lee…
The International Federation of Film Critics, FIPRESCI, presents the International Critics Award at the Cannes Film Festival ever since its first edition, in 1946. The FIPRESCI Jury in Cannes awards…
Daniil Dondurey, almost 70, died in Israel after a fight against illness. He was an important figure of post-Soviet cultural landscape. Educated as a sociologist of culture, he was connected…
On March 30, The Arab cinema and criticism mourned one of its loyal lovers: Palestinian film critic and historian Bashar Ibrahim who passed away at age of 54 after a…
Samir Farid, 1943 – 2017
The Egyptian Critic passed away on April 4, 2017. A few weeks ago, the Berlinale had honored him as the best ambassador and as…