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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, his dedication to the heritage of Sergei Eisenstein (in the legendary Eisenstein Museum in Moscow), his commitment to the history of Soviet and Russian cinema […]

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 in the festival’s main competition program (out of competition). In his text “Inner Realities / Outer Spaces in New German Cinema” Alonso Diaz follows the […]

“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 about everyday life, an original narrative exploration of both human choices and constrained existence. A humane and subtle portrait of a filmmaker and his country, […]

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 responsive design and the database containing film reviews related to more than 1200 films, filmmakers and film festival editions positions www.fipresci.org  as a gateway to […]

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 to be maintained and protected not just now but also for generations to come. The initiative was inspired by an idea of EFA Members Naum Kleiman and Ulrich […]

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 has been brought out most naturally without burdening them too much with the pathos of the social reality which is the bane of the independent […]

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, 2015. The prize, so the motivation, went to “a film in which its director once again blends pure slapstick comedy with the gently melancholic tone […]

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 selected Andrey Zvyagintsev, the Russian filmmaker’s “Leviathan” as Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2014). Motivation: “At once timely and timeless, this film manages […]

At the recent meeting of the “National Society of Film Critics” in New York, Scott Foundas of “Variety” was elected chairman for 2015, succeeding David Sterritt. Founded in l966, the Society’s members include critics from major papers in Los Angeles, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Denver. Its members also include the critics not just of […]

Jean-Luc Godard’s “Goodbye to Language” was voted best picture of 2014, by the critics of the “National Society of Film Critics” (US). The Society, made up of many of the country’s most distinguished movie critics, held its 49th annual awards voting meeting In New York as guests of the Film Society of Lincoln Center. BEST […]

Jay Carr, member of FIPRESCI and the National Society of Film Critics, critic for the Boston Globe from 1983 to 2002, died May 15. He was 77. Carr was an exceptional film critic because he brought to his discussion not just an encyclopedic knowledge of cinema but also a wide range of cultural interests and […]