Six full-length fiction debuts have been nominated for the prestigious European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI, an award presented in cooperation with the International Federation of Film Critics - FIPRESCI. The…
The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) continues its centennial celebration program, this time at the Cairo International Film Festival, the only festival in the Middle East classified as Category…
For the third consecutive year, FIPRESCI took part in the International Film Criticism Conference, held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. The theme of this year’s edition, Cinema, the…
The Unbearable Weight of Memory
A harrowing, tender portrait of guilt and survival, Father turns an unthinkable mistake into a study of how memory can both destroy and redeem.
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What Men Live by: With The Memory of A Useful Ghost
Nat, whose ghost is haunted by a vacuum cleaner, decides to clear the dust from her family's factory.
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Red. Blue. Orange.
Ghosts remain, sometimes by their own will, sometimes pulled by the living.
By Kaiyrkul Abdyrakhmanova
With feature debut A Useful Ghost, Thai filmmaker Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke blends social…
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…