At the Bari International Film Festival (Italy, March 21-28, 2015), FIPRESCI celebrated its 90th anniversary with a series of masterclasses and award ceremonies dedicated to Alan Parker, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Costa-Gavras,…
IBAFF, the International Film Festival of Murcia, Spain, presented an Honorific Award to FIPRESCI. Film critics would, so the motivation, “for more than half a century have had the courage…
Naum Kleiman, the Russian film historian, has been appointed Honorary Member of the International Federation of Film Critics. FIPRESCI honors his exceptional contribution to film culture, by underlining, in particular,…
Wim Wenders was honored, at Berlinale 2015, with a Honorary Golden Bear. The festival presented a retrospective of his films. His new film “Every Thing Will Be Fine” was shown…
“Taxi”, Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s entry to the Berlinale competition, won the Golden Bear – and the FIPRESCI Award of the Critics. From the motivation: “It is a multilayered tale…
FIPRESCI redesigns website at the occasion of its 90th anniversary
To better serve film professionals and cinephiles, FIPRESCI – the International Federation of Film Critics has redesigned its website. The…
The European Film Academy presents a new initiative: “Treasures Of European Film Culture”, a list of places of a symbolic nature for European cinema, places of historical value that need…
Indian Critics, members of FIPRESCI India, selected the best Indian film of the year 2014: “Elizabeth Ekadashi” (Marathi, 2014), directed by Paresh Mokashi. Motivation: “The innocence of the child characters…
Wes Anderson’s “Grand Budapest Hotel” won the Grand Prix of the “Belgian Film Press Union”. This has been announced at the occasion of the Union’s annual dinner on January 29,…
The critics jury established by FIPRESCI at the Palm Springs International Film Festival focussed on the films submitted to the Foreign Language Academy Awards (and shown at the festival) and…