The Creative Union Behind Y
by Ilo Tuule Rajand, Alex Petrescu, and Kairgul Abdyrahmanova
A debut feature from director Maria Popistașu and Alexandru Baciu, the Romanian family drama Y just…
The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) is proud to announce a new and exciting collaboration with the D’A Festival de Cinema de Barcelona (https://dafilmfestival.com/en/ ), marking the establishment of…
“What the… Hen?” - Art, Protest, and the Power of Absurdity
An absurd protest turned tender portrait of resilience.
By Saba Osanadze
Joanna Deja’s What the… Hen? is the kind…
Don Quixote’s Horse Rocinante Meets Łukasz Puczko’s Hen Marysia
Polish What the… Hen? highlights the riskiness of observational documentaries
By Edin Čusto
Joanna Deja’s feature debut contributes to an emerging…
Nino from 5 to 7
Over the course of a bleak weekend in Paris, a young man receives a cancer diagnosis.
by Alex Petrescu
Nino Clavel (Théodore Pellerin) seems like…
Mending Phantom Bones
After suffering an accident, young Camille is fighting against his own weakness.
by Alex Petrescu
Valéry Carnoy’s Wild Foxes is all muscle—resting on young teenage bones as…
Boys Who Burn Bright, Fall. Thump. Ache.
By Ilo Tuule Rajand
Wild Foxes follows young boxer Camille as friendship, pain, and ambition twist into something feral. When a near-fatal injury…
The Two Parents Meet After Having Children
A curious journalist decides to find her son's father
By Esra Kars
Janicke Askevold, who addresses changing family and relationship models in the…
Economic Survival as Erotic Tale
Kika starts with emotional urgency but struggles to maintain its depth.
By Saba Osanadze
The main character in Alexe Poukine’s Kika is a social worker…
We live as long as we are remembered
By Kaiyrkul Abdyrakhmanova
Wild Strawberries is Bulgarian director Tatyana Pandurska's fiction debut, inspired by Ekaterina Tomova's 1981 collection Forgotten by the Heavens,…
Ghost in the Tapestry
An American-Bulgarian woman visits her ancestral homeland for the first time
By Edin Čusto
Documentary filmmaker Tatyana Pandurska makes her narrative debut with a story about…
The International Federation of Film Critics proudly announces the launch of its new FIPRESCI Legacy Award, a special honor that turns the critical gaze toward cinema’s rich past to recognize…