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…
At the 21st Sofia International Film Festival (March 9-19, 2017) the Critics Prize is dedicated to young films in the official program. The prize went to “Requiem for Mrs. J.”…
At the Berlinale – Berlin International Film Festival (February 9-19, 2017), the critics jury presented three prizes, to a film in the international competition, in the Panorama and in the…
Samir Farid, the Egyptian Critic, got a special award of the Berlin International Film Festival: the “Berlinale Camera” (photo: Samir Farid, left; Berlinale Head Dieter Kosslick). The laudatory speech was…
Palm Springs. At the 28th “Palm Springs International Film Festival” (PSIFF, USA, January 2-16, 2017), the FIPRESCI Jury focused on the films submitted to the Best Foreign Language Film category…
The National Society of Film Critics chose MOONLIGHT as Best Picture of the Year 2016.
The Society, made up of many of the country’s most distinguished movie critics, held its…
At the “38th Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano” (December 8-18, 2016, Havana, Cuba) the Critics Prize went to “Aquarius” by Kleber Mendonça Filho (Brazil, France, 2016, 145 mins, presented…