FEDEORA - Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean
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JAFAR PANAHI
When a famous artist is jailed for his ideas, it highlights the cruelty and stupidity of the regime that put him there. We begin to feel as much anger, sorrow and frustration as if a friend of ours had been imprisoned. Jafar Panahi is a friend to everyone who loves and cares about great cinema. Read the full article by Ronald Bergan.FESTIVAL AWARDS AND JURY REPORTS
The youngest film festival in the world was born on October 14th in KOPER, a pleasant Slovenian seaside resort on the Adriatic not far from Trieste. The Fedeora jury, made up of Ronald Bergan, Dejan Duric, and Tomislav Sakic, decided on Gainsbourg by Joann Sfar. We published festival reports by Ronald Bergan and Tomislav Sakic. 
The Fedeora Award in the Filmmakers of Tomorrow section of the 26th HAIFA International Film Festival went to A Somewhat Gentle Man (En Ganske Snill Mann) by Hans Petter Moland. The Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution in The Israeli Film Competition went to the young actor Yoav Rotman for the film Mabul by Guy Nativ.
The first Fedeora jury was established at 57th PULA Film Festival in Croatia, held from 10 till 24th July 2010. The Fedeora jury awarded Just Between Us by Rajko Grlic as best film in the National Programme, and The Abandoned in Coproductions section. Ronald Bergan wrote about the festival, and Dubravka Lakic about Just Between Us and Besa.
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AROUND THE FESTIVALS...
VIENNALE isn’t all experimentation, minimalism, intellectualism, though that it is what it’s best at. (Vienna itself hits one with Kultur.) The standout American indie was Mike Ott’s Littlerock, which managed to bring an engaging freshness to a known subject. Please read the full article by Ronald Bergan on Viennale 2010. REMEMBERING...
The film director Claude Chabrol, who has died aged 80, created the first ripple of the French new wave with his first feature, Le Beau Serge (1958). Along with Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Eric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette, he formulated what came to be known as the "auteur theory". We invite you to read a personal piece on Chabrol by Ronald Bergan My Lunch With Claude.
FEDEORA is the Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean; founded in May 2010 in Cannes. It is constituted of individual professional film critics from European and Mediterranean countries. The aims of FEDEORA are: publishing film reviews, essays, festival reports and other articles in the FEDEORA online film magazine, forming juries and presenting awards at relevant international festivals and many others. Read more about FedeoraCONTACT
FEDEORA - Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean
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