At the 20th Sofia International Film Festival (Bulgaria, March 10-20, 2016) the Critics Prize went to “Rauf” by Baris Kaya, Soner Caner (Turkey, 2016, 94 min). Jury members were Esin…
At the “31 Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara / 31st International Film Festival Guadalajara (Mexico, March 4–13, 2016), the Critics Prize is dedicated to Mexican cinema. The winner: “Panamerican…
We lost a friend.
An admired and appreciated writer, critic, teacher and programmer, Avellar worked for over twenty year’s for the newspaper Jornal do Brasil, and has published six…
Berlin (Germany, 66th Berlinale, February 11-21, 2016). The Critics Prize was presented to a film each in the International Competition, in the Panorama and in the Forum.
Prize, International…
The awards of the European Film Academy, back in its Berlin home again and currently at the Haus der Berliner Festspiel Theatre, was successfully concluded in a simple but varied…
At the 45th International Film Festival Rotterdam (The Netherlands, January 27 – February 7, 2016), the FIPRESCI Prize went to a world premiere in the “Bright Future” section: “Bodkin Ras”…
Invitation to the FIPRESCI Award Ceremony 2016
The International Federation of Film Critics cordially invites to the Award Ceremony of the Independent Juries at the occasion of the 66th Berlin…
The German Film Critics Association informs First films of the 2nd Berlin Critics’ Week (February 11-18, 2016)
The second edition of the Berlin Critics’ Week will feature the…
In April 2015, Ettore Scola got the »FIPRESCI 90 Platinum Award« in the Petruzzelli Theater in Bari, Italy. Photo, from left: Enrico Magrelli (Festival), Klaus Eder (FIPRESCI), Ettore Scola, Alin…
Palm Springs (USA, 27th Palm Springs International Film Festival, January 1-11, 2016). International Critics’ Prize (FIPRESCI Prize) for the Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2015): “The Assassin” (Nie…
We publish a letter in favor of the Turkish filmmaker Lisa Calan.
Dear Filmmaker,
We write to ask you to support young filmmaker Lisa Calan, who lost both of…
The European Discovery 2015 – Prix FIPRESCI went to: “Mustang” by Deniz Gamze Ergüven (Turkey, France, Germany, Qatar, 2015). The film had received already earlier a regular FIPRESCI…