The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for "the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests." It was founded in June 1930 in Brussels, Belgium. It has members in more than 50 countries worldwide.
History
In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIPRESCI announced that it will not participate in festivals and other events organized by the Russian government and its offices, and canceled a colloquium in St. Petersburg, that was to make it familiar with new Russian films.
FIPRESCI Award
The FIPRESCI often presents awards during film festivals to recognize examples of enterprising filmmaking. Some of these festivals include: the Berlin International Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, Vienna International Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival, the Warsaw Film Festival, and the International Film Festival of Kerala.
Winners of the award include:
Robert Bresson refused this award at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival.
FIPRESCI Grand Prix The FIPRESCI Grand Prix was created in 1999, and is presented every year at the San Sebastián Film Festival. It is the federation's most representative acknowledgement, as it is not chosen by a jury (like the international critics prize awarded to a film from a festival program), but is elected by all members, and all feature-length productions of the previous twelve months are eligible.
Winners include: 1999 – All About My Mother, Pedro Almodóvar 2000 – Magnolia, Paul Thomas Anderson 2001 – The Circle, Jafar Panahi 2002 – The Man Without a Past, Aki Kaurismäki 2003 – Uzak, Nuri Bilge Ceylan 2004 – Notre musique, Jean-Luc Godard 2005 – 3-Iron, Kim Ki-duk 2006 – Volver, Pedro Almodóvar 2007 – 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Cristian Mungiu 2008 – There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson 2009 – The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke 2010 – The Ghost Writer, Roman Polanski 2011 – The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick 2012 – Amour, Michael Haneke 2013 – Blue Is the Warmest Colour Abdellatif Kechiche 2014 – Boyhood, Richard Linklater 2015 – Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller 2016 – Toni Erdmann, Maren Ade 2017 – The Other Side of Hope, Aki Kaurismäki 2018 – Phantom Thread, Paul Thomas Anderson 2019 – Roma, Alfonso Cuarón 2020 – Not awarded 2021 – Nomadland, Chloé Zhao 2022 – Drive My Car, Ryusuke Hamaguchi 2023 – Fallen Leaves, Aki Kaurismäki 2024 – Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos 2025 - I'm Still Here, Walter Salles 2026 - One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson
Journal As of 2005, it also offers an online cinema journal, Undercurrents, edited by film critic Chris Fujiwara.
References
External links
Undercurrents online journal