Cairo. At the 37th Cairo International Film Festival (Egypt, November 11–20, 2015), the FIPRESCI Prize was presented to “Umrika” (Umrika) by Prashant Nair (India, 2015, 98 min). Jury members…
At the Taipei Golden Horse Festival (Taiwan, November 5-26, 2015), the Critics Prize is dedicated to films shot in Chinese language and made by young directors. Prize: “Kaili Blues” (Lu…
t the 17th Bratislava International Film Festival (Slovakia, November 12-17, 2015), the critics jury focussed on the international competition, made up of first and second films. Prize: “Land and Shade”…
At the Los Cabos International Film Festival (Mexico, November 11-15, 2015), FIPRESCI was represented with a jury for the first time. The prize was dedicated to young Mexican cinema,…
At the 56th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Greece, November 6-15, 2015), the critics jury followed the international competition and the Greek Panorama.
Prize, International Competition: “Silent” (Silent) by Giorgos…
At the 25th Festival of East European Cinema in the German city of Cottbus (November 3-8, 2015), the Critics Prize went to “The High Sun” (Zvizdan) by Dalibor Matanic (Croatia,…
At the 30th Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Argentina, October 30 – November 7, 2015), the FIPRESCI jurors saw new Argentinean films in different competitive sections. Prize: “Incident Light”…
Kiev (Kyiv, Ukraine) The 45th Molodist – Kiev International Film Festival (October 24 – November 1, 2015) showed in its main competition debuts from all over the world. The FIPRESCI…
At the 60th Valladolid International Film Festival (October 24–31, 2015), the Critics Jury awarded the FIPRESCI Prize to “Mustang” (Mustang) by Deniz Gamze Ergüven (Turkey, France, Germany, Qatar, 2015, 94…
FIPRESCI and Cinema23 have announced that the 2015 »Fénix Award to Ibero-American Criticism« goes to the Mexican critic and professor Jorge Ayala Blanco.
This year’s award, conferred by the…
Philip Neville French, film critic, born 28 August 1933; died 27 October 2015
Many years ago, Alexander Walker of the Evening Standard bet his fellow critics that they couldn’t guess…
The European Film Academy announced the first winners who will be honoured at this year’s 28th European Film Awards. A special seven-member jury convened in Berlin and decided on the…