Frédéric Ponsard

Film Critic, France

Frédéric Ponsard was born in Lyon in 1968. After studying Political Sciences, he worked at the Institut Lumiere for 7 seven years, especially on issues heritage and programmed movies from the Arabic World. He then wrote as a critic and columnist in several newspapers and radio. Since 2002, he coordinates the Culture section for Euronews (TV).

As a Jury Member

  • 16th Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival
  • 17th Stockholm Film Festival
  • 25th Carthage Film Festival
  • 30th Istanbul International Film Festival
  • 34th Jerusalem Film Festival
  • 34th Moscow International Film Festival
  • 35th Panorama of European Cinema, Athens
  • 37th Cairo International Film Festival
  • 3rd ElGouna Film Festival

    • Author of Reports

  • "I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me..."
    in 30th Istanbul International Film Festival
  • "The High Sun": Forever Young in the Balkans
    in 37th Cairo International Film Festival
  • A Little Further East...
    in 34th Moscow International Film Festival
  • A Story of (In)humanity
    in 35th Panorama of European Cinema, Athens
  • Be With Her
    in 17th Stockholm Film Festival
  • Adam, the First Man
    in 3rd ElGouna Film Festival
  • Greek Documentaries Are (Not) Still in Crisis
    in 16th Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival
  • Omar and Theeb, Two Destinies in the East
    in 25th Carthage Film Festival
  • Tehran without Taboo
    in 34th Jerusalem Film Festival

    • Social media



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