Circular 3/2020
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CIRCULAR 3/2020 Dear colleagues, Next Juries The best response that we can give to the Covid-19 virus threat October, November, December 2020 is probably to continue our work - as far as possible. Until the end of the year, 43 festivals offer to host our jury (the regular festivals of the season plus the festivals which have been postponed from earlier periods of the year). Yes, there are fewer chances to physically attend festivals, mostly because Use for all correspondence concerning juries only the email of travel restrictions. There are however good (online and address [email protected]. This mail is read by everybody in offline) options to get updated on the international state of FIPRESCI in charge of juries. cinema. No doubt that we would prefer to see movies on the big Best wishes. Stay healthy. The show must go on. screen. As long as this is difficult or impossible, we should Klaus Eder use the available possibilities, whether we like it or not. At a later time, when we can again meet at an assembly, we will Next Juries have to discuss if and how Covid-19 influences and changes our profession. In the order of dates. We list first juries which have already In times of the virus it turned out that one cannot foresee been finalized (mostly by appointing colleagues who had today what will be tomorrow. We have to expect unpredictable applied already for an earlier date of the event). Followed by changes. new announcements. !!! Therefore, don't take the information as published in this printed version (pdf) of this circular as granted. We will Miskolc, Hungary, CineFest – International Film Festival publish all changes immediately on the members area of our Miskolc. The festival has been cancelled. The next edition is website. The address: https://fipresci.org/members-area/juries/ announced for September 10-18, 2021. www.cinefest.hu the id is fipresci_member, and the password is truffaut. * Festival cancelled Some of the 43 festivals try to bring in our jurors, but prepare also the "plan b" of an online (or hybrid) festival and Duhok, Iraq, Duhok International Film Festival. Originally jury. You can make our work easier if you inform with each scheduled for September 9-16, 2020. The festival has been jury request if you are available for a physical participation, cancelled. www.duhokiff.com or for an online jury work, or for both. It is essential informa- * Festival cancelled tion. By the way, online juries have an advantage. As travel costs Toronto, Canada, Toronto International Film Festival, Sep- do not need to be considered, our colleagues from all over the tember 10-19, 2020. Our online jury will see a special world can get active. Welcome! (For online juries the regular selection of first and second long feature films. Jury: Jon Asp, participation fee will not be requested. We ask the festivals to Sweden ("Svenska Dagbladet"), Adriana Fernández, Mexico cover it.) ("Periódico Reforma"), Jihane Bougrine, Morocco ("Les This time and as an exception, we will not introduce Inspirations Eco"). www.tiff.net deadlines (for jury requests). Everything can change every * The jury (online) started its work time. It would not make much sense to insist on deadlines when they can get obsolete every moment. Be assured that we Krakow, Poland, Off Camera – International Festival of do what we can to bring you, our colleagues, to juries. Independent Cinema, September 11-25, 2020 (postponed from Because of the exceptional situation, we're working on April). Our jury will work online: Marina Kostova, Macedonia several juries at the same time. As long as a jury is marked ("www.sdk.mk”), Inge Coolsaet, Belgium ("Filmmagie", (on our site) as "being selected", you're kindly asked to apply "FilmDaze"), Anna Serdiukow, Poland ("Zwierciadło", "Inte- (as always via your national section). ria"). www.offcamera.pl/ * The jury (online) started its work Published on September 16, 2020, by Palic, Serbia, European Film Festival, September 12 – 18, FIPRESCI – International Federation of Film Critics Klaus Eder, General Secretary 2020, (postponed from July). The online jury: Esin Kücükte- Schleissheimer Str. 83, D 80797 Munich, Germany pepinar, Turkey ("Cumhuriyet"), Anton Sidorenko, Belarus T +49 (89) 18 23 03 F +49 (89) 18 47 66 ("Mastacstva"), Victor Paz Morandeira, Spain ("El Séptimo Cell +49 (172) 850 53 02 Vicio"). www.palicfilmfestival.com Skype klaus.eder [email protected], [email protected], www.fipresci.org * The jury has started its work Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Fipresci Continued on page 2 Circular 3/2020 Page 2 Continued from page 1 March). The festival informs: "We had to come to a very hard San Sebastian, Spain, San Sebastian International Film decision that this edition will not be hosting any film/jury Festival, September 18 – 26, 2020. The festival intends to run guests." We're presenting therefore our prize online. All offline. Our jurors will be present: Rüdiger Suchsland, colleagues will be informed who had shown interest in the Germany ("Deutschlandfunk", "Berliner Zeitung"), Dubravka March edition. www.zagrebdox.net Lakic, Serbia ("Politika"), Carlota Moseguí Gasó, Spain * The jury (online) is being selected ("Girls at Films"). www.sansebastianfestival.com * The jury (live) has been finalized Montreal, Canada, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, October 7–18, 2020. The "FIPRESCI" section includes "first feature Drama, Greece, International Short Film Festival in Drama, films from any section of the Festival, to discover and dedicated to fictional, documentary and animated short films, celebrate unique voices and up-and-coming talents". The jury September 20 – 26, 2020. Our jury will work online: Hélène activities are online. The festival proposes: "Since the Robert, France ("Bande à Part"), Marcela Jacarilla, Spain FIPRESCI prize at FNC celebrates young voices and new ("Contrapicado Escritos sobre Cine", "Miradas de Cine"), talents in filmmaking, it would be quite logical and interesting Despoina Triantafyllidou, Greece ("Eleftheria"). to give the opportunity to up-and-coming film critics." www.dramafilmfestival.gr www.nouveaucinema.ca * The jury (online) has been finalized * The jury (online) is being selected Sofia, Bulgaria, Sofia International Film Festival, September Indianapolis, USA, Heartland International Film Festival, 25 – October 15, 2020. The first part of the festival has taken October 8–18, 2020. The festival will go online. So does our place end of June (postponed from March, with our jury and jury. Our prize goes to the best directorial debut for an U.S. prize). At the second part, we present the "FIPRESCI 95 narrative film. The jury has already been composed. Platinum Award 2020" to Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Hol- www.heartlandfilm.org land, see * The jury (online) has been finalized https://fipresci.org/special-award/fipresci-90-aholland/ * Platinum Award to Agnieszka Holland. Warsaw, Poland, Warsaw International Film Festival, October 9–18, 2020. Our jury sees first films from Eastern Odessa, Odessa International Film Festival, Ukraine, Septem- Europe. Colleagues from "unproblematic" countries (limited ber 25 – October 3, 2020. The festival has been postponed or no travel restrictions) may attend physically (flight, hotel), from July and will this year be an online event. Our focus: but should be prepared to change online, if necessary. Col- New Ukrainian films. Jury (online): Claus Löser, Germany leagues who agree to work online are also welcome. ("Die Tageszeitung", "Berliner Zeitung", "film-dienst"), Loïc www.wff.pl Millot, Luxemburg ("d'Lëtzebuerger Land – d'Land * The jury (live, with online an option) is being selected. www.land.lu", "1895 Revue d'histoire du cinéma", "Cineu- ropa"), Kateryna Slipchenko, Ukraine ("zaxid.net"). Istanbul, Turkey, Istanbul International Film Festival. www.oiff.com.ua National films have been presented in July (postponed from * The jury (online) has been finalized the original April date). An overview on and a competition of international films follows in autumn, the date is October 9-20, Moscow, 42th Moscow International Film Festival, Russia, 2020. We will set up an online jury, and we will first consider October 1-8 (postponed from April). The festival tries to bring and confirm the colleagues who had already applied in April our jurors to Moscow: Robert Horton, USA ("Seattle Weekly", for the festival's competitive section. Please follow the updates "Film Comment"), Alexandra Porshneva, Kazakhstan on our website. ("www.vosmerka.kz", "Look"), Amal El Gamal, Egypt ("Mas- * The jury (online) is being selected. rawy", "Al Jazeera Documentary"), Alberto Ramos Ruiz, Cuba (Oficina del Festival del Nuevo Cine, "Cine Cubano"), Vladivostok, Russia, Vladivostok International Film Festival Susanna Alperina, Russia ("Rossiyskaya Gazeta"), Richard "Pacific Meridian", October 10-16, 2020 (postponed from Cline, UK ("Shadows on the Wall", "BBC Radio – weekly"), September). The jury will follow the international competition Karen Krizanovich, UK ("Monocle", "The List", "Civilian (of Asia Pacific cinema). The jury is being selected, but there Global"), Clea Wanner, Switzerland ("Histoires Continen- are still places available. Interested colleagues should be ready tales", "ProgrammZeitung"). All jury members are invited to to travel to Vladivostok (air ticket, hotel), but should also be come to Moscow. The physical presence is currently con- ready to work online (not unlikely). firmed for Karen Krizanovich, Clea Wanner and Susanna www.pacificmeridianfest.ru Alperina. If the jury works