Abbreviation FIPRESCI Headquarters Munich President Alin Tasciyan Type of business Film critics organization | Formation 6 June 1930 Official language English, French Founded 6 June 1930 | |
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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. At present it has members in more than 50 countries worldwide.
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FIPRESCI Award
The FIPRESCI often gives out awards during film festivals (such as the Vienna International Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival and the Warsaw International Film Festival) to reward what they see as enterprising film making. Winners of the award include Theodoros Angelopoulos, Satyajit Ray, Danis Tanović, Djibril Diop Mambety, Pedro Almodóvar, Paul Thomas Anderson, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Jean-Luc Godard, Manoel de Oliveira, Michael Haneke, Abbas Kiarostami, Kim Ki-duk, Aki Kaurismäki, Werner Herzog, Terrence Malick, Michael Moore, Cristian Mungiu, Jafar Panahi, Roman Polanski, Andrei Tarkovsky, Woody Allen, Kim Ki Duk and Wong Kar-wai.
Robert Bresson refused this award at 1974 Cannes Film Festival.
Journal
As of 2005, it also offers an online cinema journal, Undercurrents, edited by film critic Chris Fujiwara.