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This year’s German Film Critics’ Honorary Award goes to Klaus Eder, retiring General Secretary of FIPRESCI, for lifetime achievement in the service of international film criticism. He headed FIPRESCI for 38 years, from 1987 to 2024, during which time he shaped it into what it is today: an umbrella federation of international film critics associations with 50 national sections worldwide and 36 additional countries represented individually. The German Film Critics Association also understands the honorary award for Klaus Eder as a tribute to FIPRESCI, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.

At Toulouse International Film Festival, FIPRESCI jurors awarded A House With Two Dogs (Una casa con dos perros) by Argentinian director Matías Ferreyra. Read the review by Georgios Papadimitriou.

Vampire tale, witchy coven, or zombie outbreak: Rachel West reveals impressions about this year’s selection of REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival.

“In his second feature film Windless (winner of the FIPRESCI prize at the 29th Sofia International Film Festival), the director Pavel Vesnakov moves away from the raw realism of his earlier works to a more conceptually driven artistic approach, while staying true to the core themes that define his cinema: the harsh realities of life on the margins of Bulgarian society, the complex dynamics of father-son relationships amidst a crumbling patriarchal order, and the archetypal cycle of departure and return”. Read the full review by Katerina Lambrinova here.

At Visions du Réel, film critics jury distinguished To the West, in Zapata by David Bim with the following motivation: “In a constantly changing and insecure world, we would like to highlight a timeless and an exceptionally beautiful depiction of everyday life struggle set in a brutal, almost mythical, environment. The quality of this film lies, among other things, in the extraordinary black and white imagery complemented by the intense surrounding sounds. Although the observation is framed in a rough way, it values tenderness and love at a very fundamental level”. The reports will follow shortly here.