FIPRESCI Grand Prix 2017 to Aki Kaurismäki’s “The Other Side of Hope”

The FIPRESCI Grand Prix 2017, awarded by the International Federation of Film Critics to the best film of the past year, goes to “The Other Side of Hope” (Toivon tuolla puolen) by Aki Kaurismäki.

A total of 576 members throughout the world voted in one or both phases of the online poll. The initial nominating process resulted in three finalists, which were then submitted for votes. The 495 valid responses received* in the final poll were distributed in the following way:

1.   Toivon tuolla puolen (The Other Side of Hope), Aki Kaurismäki: 205 (41,41%, or 45,25% without considering the blank votes)
2.   Moonlight, Barry Jenkins: 153 (30,91%, or 33,77% without the blank votes)
3.   Testrol és lélekrol (On Body and Soul), Ildikó Enyedi: 95 (19,19%, or 20,97% without the blank votes)
None of the above (blank vote): 42 (8,48%)

*  N.B.: This figure corresponds to the 495 complete responses, for one of the three films or explicitly blank, and does not include those left unanswered. Those who voted twice were only counted once. If both responses were different, it was assumed that the second vote was meant to replace the first one, and therefore it was the original vote that was deleted.

The following highest scores in the nominations process were, in order:

4.   Get Out, Jordan Peele
     I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck
6.   Nelyubov (Loveless), Andrey Zvyagintsev
     Silence, Martin Scorsese
8.   La La Land, Damien Chazelle
9.   Ang Babaeng Humayo (The Woman Who Left), Lav Diaz
10.  Manchester By The Sea, Kenneth Lonergan

Thank you very much to each one of the 576 members of FIPRESCI who took part in the poll, in one or both phases.

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Binh, Pradip Biswas, Iulia Blaga, Martin Blaney, Mårten Blomkvist, Pascal Blum, Luminita Boerescu, Martin Botha, Frederic Bouchard, Olivier Bouchard, Carlos Brandão, Ingeborg Bratoeva, Frank Brenner, Diego Brodersen, Anne Brodie, Joost Broeren-Huitenga, Sonora Broka, Anne Brunswic, Yesim Burul, Esther Buss, Pedro Butcher, Caliman Calin, Francisco Carbone, Peter Cargin, Ernesto Carlin, Roland Carrée, Octavio Caruso, Gerard Casau, Paola Casella, Alberto Castellano, Mariangiola Castrovilli, Daniela Catelli, Massimo Causo, Cuneyt Cebenoyan, Chi Wa Chan, Justin Chang, Luc Chaput, Matthew Cheng, Mihai Chirilov, Lesley Chow, Roger Clarke, Rich Cline, Marco Consoli, Massimiliano Coppola, Claudio Cordero, Francesco Crispino, André Crous, Nina Cvar, Valentina D’amico, Camila Da Silva, Isabelle Danel, Xavier Daniel, Adrian Danks, Robert Daudelin, Carlos Augusto Dauzacker Brandão, Colette De Castro, Paola Dei, Domenica Demaio, Marloes Den Hoed, Bruno Dequen, Christine Deriaz, Hasan Nadir Derin, Dmytro Desiateryk, Julia Dettke, Nirmal Dhar, Sergio Di Giorgi, Ernesto Diezmartinez, Andrea Dittgen, Giulia Dobre, Katharina Dockhorn, James Donald, Roberto Donati, Atilla Dorsay, Marina Drozdova, Nenad Dukic, Elena Dulgheru, Dana Duma, Marie-France Dupagne, Rwita Dutta, Dr. Minakshi Dutta, Russell Edwards, Christoph Egger, Hossein Eidizadeh, Terje Eidsvaag, Jan Pieter Ekker, Bernt Eklund, Robbie Eksiel, Hala El Mawy, Safaa Elaisy Haggag, Ralph Elawani, Ziva Emersic, Hugo Emmerzael, Vincent Émond, Madhu Eravankara, Murat Emir Eren, Ulrik Eriksen, Murat Ersahin, Oguzhan Ersumer, Engin Ertan, Gareth Evans, Juan Manuel Fabregas, Nicola Falcinella, Diego Faraone, Sihan Felix, Francisco Ferreira, Anton Filatov, Roni Filgueiras, Tereza Fischer, Doron Fishler, Andrzej Fogler, Rodrigo Fonseca, Christian Font, Bruno Fornara, Furio Fossati, Pierre-Alexandre Fradet, Alison Frank, Giampiero Frasca, Giampiero Frasca, Jean-Michel Frodon, Regula Fuchs, Mihai Fulger, Albert Gabay, Abittan Gad, Siranush Galstyan, José García, Ernesto Garratt, Walter Gasperi, Janusz Gazda, Seray Genç, Nicolas Gendron, Bruno Ghetti, Martin Gignac, Beat Glur, Celine Gobert, Wieslaw Godzic, Jesus Gonzalez, Jason Gorber, Karen Gordon, Michele Gottardi, Igor Gouskov, Carmen Gray, Marianne Gray, Emma Gray Munthe, Pascal Grenier, Tim Grierson, Stefan Grissemann, Malwina Grochowska, Helmut Groschup, Gérard Grugeau, Eduardo Guillot, Aijaz Gul, Ahmet Gurata, Selin Gürel, Alexandr Gusev, Alexey Gusev, Annika Gustafsson, Andrej Gustincic, Jorge Gutman, Pierre Simon Gutman, Zsolt Gyenge, Achim Haettich, Manuel Halpern, Rolf-Ruediger Hamacher, Wolfgang Martin Hamdorf, Julian Hanich, Rebecca Harkins-Cross, Susanna Harutyunyan, Dirk Henninger, Lucie Herrmann, Maarja Hindoalla, Madeleine Hirsiger, Jaroslav Hochel, Barbara Hollender, Miriam Hollstein, Isabelle Hontebeyrie, Martin Horyna, Rasha Hosny, Mariana Hristova, Sharon Hurst, Aleksander Huser, Houda Ibrahim, Luuk Imhann, Stefan Ivancic, Frederic Jaeger, Nándor Jakab-Benke, Marijana Jakovljevic, Sasa Jankovic, Jacob Wendt Jensen, Chanil Jeon, Jelena Jindra, Lukas Jirsa, Brian Johnson, Cj Johnson, Vidyashankar Jois, Namrata Joshi, Tara Judah, Ana Jurc, Josip Jurcic, Dimitar Kabaivanov, Dimitrios Kalantidis, Dominik Kamalzadeh, Geir Kamsvåg, Gyorgy Karpati, Kaan Karsan, Karsten Kastelan, Tina Kaufman, Maxim Kazyuchits, Nathalie Kester, Angelika Kettelhack, Julia Khomiakova, Michael Kienzl, Emília Kincelová, Mikaela Kindblom, Kalle Kinnunen, Jürgen Kiontke, Lore Kleinert, Gabe Klinger, Akiko Kobari, Robert Koehler, Sasja Koetsier, Margret Köhler, Janusz Kolodziej, Marina Kostova, Ingrid Kovac Brus, Violeta Kovscsics, Roger Koza, Peter Krausz, Peter Kremski, Lars Ole Kristiansen, Karen Krizanovich, Danielle Krüger, Adam Kruk, Esin Kucuktepepinar, Kristina Kudelova, Juraj Kukoc, Joachim Kurz, Matúš Kvasnicka, Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, Aleksander Kwiatkowski, Amir Labaki, Maxime Labrecque, Dubravka Lakic, Kam Po Lam, Ohad Landesman, Paul Landriau, Viera Langerová, Omar Larabi, Ricardo Largman, Anders E Larsson, Sonia Laszlo, Sylvain Lavallée, André Lavoie, Massimo Lechi, Nathan Lee, Ulla Lehtinen, Hans Christian Leitich, Elise Lenaerts, Ulf Lepelmeier, Diego Lerer, Matthias Lerf, Roger Lerina, Ofer Liebergall, Kirsten Liese, Andrei Liimets, Dennis Lim, Helena Lindblad, Kim Linekin, Dana Linssen, Stephen Locke, Marco Lombardi, Víctor López González, Barbara Lorey De Lacharriere, José Luis Losa, Tadeusz Lubelski, Jan Lumholdt, Abdelali Maazouz, Lukasz Maciejewski, Dinara Maglakelidze, Davide Magnisi, Matic Majcen, Djia Mambu, Bojidar Manov, Massimo Marchelli, Salvatore Marfella, Orlando Margarido, Chapatte Margarita, Iryna Marholina, Dominique Martinez, Rene Marx, Elli Mastorou, Boryana Mateeva, Demetrios Matheou, Yuma Matsukawa, Takeo Matsuzaki, Gyozo Mátyás, Annemarie Meier, Jean-Max Mejean, Jack P. Mener, Petra Meterc, Shizuo Miauchi, Uwe Mies, Magda Mihailescu, Ninos Mikelides, Silvestar Mileta, Ivana Miloš, Marie Claude Mirandette, Raghavendra Mirle, Bikas Mishra, Shizuo Miyauchi, Nachum Mochiach, Steffen Moestrup, Christian Monggaard, Luciano Monteagudo, Minou Moshiri, Richard Mowe, Marcelo Müller, Karsten Munt, Max Mustermann, Neva Muzic, Glenn Myrent, Mike Naafs, Shahla Nahid, Mario Naito, Harumi Nakayama, Boris Nelepo, Luigi Nepi, Lisa Nesselson, Nikolaj Nikitin, Hubert Niogret, Irina Margareta Nistor, Marko Njegic, Lyudmila Novikova, Sevin Okyay, Catalin Olaru, Michal Oleszczyk, Anette Olsen, Augusto Orsi, Anna Osmólska-Metrak, Giovanni Ottone, Ozge Ozduzen, Kurtulus Ozyazici, Premchand P, Latika Padgaonkar, Viktor Palák, Monjurul Palash, Fernando Palumbo, Bhaichand Patel, Cristiana Paterno, Michael Pattison, Yoana Pavlova, Luca Pellegrini, Jaime Pena, Jens Peterson, Vladan Petkovic, Dejan Petrovic, Eva Peydró, Oscar Peyrou, Moritz Pfeifer, Pamela Pianezza, Anne Marie Piette, Ivonete Pinto, Anita Piotrowska, Patrizia Pistagnesi, Tina Poglajen, Nenad Polimac, Frédéric Ponsard, Simon Popek, Rodrigo Portales, Paulo Portugal, Tarmo Poussu, John Powers, Joseph Proimakis, Angela Prudenzi, Miroslaw Przylipiak, Hrvoje Puksec, Massimo Quaglia, Daniel Racine, Peter Rainer, Matti Ramo, Alberto Ramos, Lalit Rao, Yair Raveh, Kirill Razlogov, Kiva Reardon, Michel Rebichon, Eva Redvall, Gonzalo Restrepo, Endika Rey, Matthieu Reynaert, Ossama Rezk, Robert Richter, Louis-Paul Rioux, Peter Rist, Peter Stuart Robinson, Ana Rodrigues, Pierre-Yves Roger, Harri Römpötti, Umberto Rossi, Joshua Rothkopf, Mohammed Rouda, Ronald Rovers, André Roy, Jean Roy, Dragan Rubesa, Vojtech Rynda, Viswanath S, Atsuko Saito, Hiroaki Saito, Nando Salva, Orlando Santos, Rodolfo Santullo, Miloslav Scepka, Andreas Scheiner, Susana Schild, Pablo Scholz, Jelle Schot, Bregtje Schudel, Susanne Schuetz, Cristina Scognamillo, Luis Sedgwick, Giuseppe Sedia, Shy Segev, Antti Selkokari, Adil Semmar, Doris Senn, Michael Sennhauser, Ali Deniz Sensoz, Vladimir Seput, Vasyliev Serhii, Nils Severas, Ahmed Shawky, Alice Shih, Thomas Shin, Alik Shpilyuk, Long Tin Shum, Yael Shuv, Michael Sicinski, Gilberto Silva Jr, Renato Silveira, Alissa Simon, Ronald Simons, Kati Sinisalo, Olga Skomoróshchenko, Christos Skyllakos, Kateryna Slipchenko, Mario Slugan, Vica Smirnova, Tadeusz Sobolewski, Leo Soesanto, Marco Spagnoli, Nina Sputnitskaya, Einar Guldvog Staalesen, Pablo Staricco, Stefano Stefanutto Rosa, Marietta Steinhart, Mode Steinkjer, Lukas Stern, David Sterritt, Marcus Stiglegger, Jan Storø, Ana Šturm, Rüdiger Suchsland, Moira Sullivan, Siraj Syed, Robert Tabula, Eero Tammi, Alin Ojeni Tasciyan, Amy Taubin, Rui Tendinha, José Teodoro, Gena Teodosievskamac, Max Tessier, Jean-Philippe Thiriart, Roberto Tirapelle, Gulbara Tolomushova, Rüdiger Tomczak, Cristina Trezzini, Massimo Tria, Alberto Alfredo Tristano, Irina Trocan, Gorazd Trušnovec, Stefanos Tsarouchas, Müge Turan, Maria Ulfsak-Sheripova, Ali Ulvi Uyanik, Anita Uzulniece, Martina Vackova, Julie Vaillancourt, Claire Valade, Gregory Valens, Koen Van Daele, Belinda Van De Graaf, Boyd Van Hoeij, Kita Van Slooten, Kaj Van Zoelen, Andrei Vasilenko, Miha Veingerl, Nicole Vercueil, Øyvor Dalan Vik, Pablo Villaça, Terez Vincze, Lucy Virgen, Karsten Visarius, Eugenia Voda, Visnja Vukasinovic, Torbjörn Wahlstedt, Claus Wecker, Dieter Wieczorek, Mariola Wiktor, Amber Wilkinson, Norm Wilner, Karin Wolfs, Martin Wolkner, Anna Wollner, Amy Wong, Janusz Wróblewski, Georges Wyrsch, Manu Yáñez, Gul Yasarturk, Steven Yates, Artavazd Yeghiazaryan, Jorge Yglesias, Neil Young, Ayman Youssef, Harald Zander, Eva Zaoralova, Nadia Zavarova, Vittorio Zenardi, Hans Jürg Zinsli, Helmuth Zipperlen

Poll carried out by Pamela Biénzobas