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…
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…