The European Film Academy appeals for money (and further signatures). FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics, supports this appeal.
In the face of the 20-year verdict for the Ukrainian…
Following its worldwide success and critical acclaim, George Miller will receive a new award for his latest film “Mad Max: Fury Road”, at the upcoming San Sebastián Film Festival. The…
Locarno (Switzerland, 68th Locarno International Film Festival, August 5-15, 2015). The Critics Prize went to “Suite Armoricaine” (Suite Armoricaine) by Pascale Breton (France, 2014, DCP, 148 min, shown in the…
The Oldenburg International Film Festival informs The Oldenburg International Film Festival is honored to host an esteemed European nomination committee which will meet to decide and officially announce the…
Berlinale Talents, Goethe Institute and FIPRESCI inform Call for Entries – Talent Press 2016
Berlinale Talents is a vibrant platform for emerging film critics and journalists to improve their working…
At the 32nd Jerusalem Film Festival, the Critics Prize for a debut film in the international competition went to “Songs My Brothers Taught Me” by Chloe Zhao (USA). Motivation: “The…
At the 5th Odessa International Film Festival the critics’ jury focussed on Ukrainian films. The prize for a feature-length film went to “The Dybbuk. A Tale of Wandering Souls” (Dybuk.…
Romanian director Florin Serban’s second film won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2015. Festival Head Karel Och writes:
»Nineteen-year-old Rafael is a promising Roma boxer.…
The 33rd edition of the Munich International Film Festival hosted a FIPRESCI jury for the first time. Amid high summer temperatures the screening venues were well-attended, with the German film…
Siegfried Kracauer Prize 2015
For the second time, the German Association of Film Critics together with the Film Subsidising Funds of Baden-Wuerttemberg awarded the “Siedfried Kracauer Prize” for the best…
The Moscow International Film Festival is one of the traditional major European / east European film events, this year already in its 37th edition (June 19-26, 2015). Our jury of…
The Bulgarian film critic and journalist, scientist and scholar Alexander Yanakiev passed unexpectedly away. He was a prominent historian of Bulgarian cinema, author of many articles and of two books:…