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 seat of FEDEORA is in London, UK.
The aims of FEDEORA are: forming juries and presenting awards at relevant international festivals, publishing film reviews, essays, festival reports and other articles in the FEDEORA online film magazine, organizing conferences and many others.
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FEDEORA CONGRESS IN CANNES

The FEDEORA congress will be held in Cannes on Sunday, 20th May, from 15.00 till 17.00 at the terrace of the SEE Pavilion (South-Eastern Europe Pavilion) of the Village International, N. 133. 
All members are welcome to attend, however only one vote per country will be possible, so the individual members in all countries are asked to elect their delegate (online, live in their countries or in Cannes before the meeting).
The candidatures for the President, Vice-Presidents and the Treasurer must be given in writing by Monday, May 14th (fedeora@fedeora.eu).
 
The agenda:
1. Reports from the President, the Vice-presidents and the Treasurer
2. Elections for the Executive Board (the President, Vice-Presidents and the Treasurer)
3. Programme of FEDEORA's activities 2012-2014
4. Various

SPECIAL FLIGHT AND A LETTER FROM GERMANY AWARDED IN LINZ

FEDEORA jury gave awards at Crossing Europe Film Festival:in Linz, Austria, held from 24 till 29 April 2012 (web page). The prize for the category of documentary films by directors over the age of 33 went to Vol special (Special Flight, Switzerland, 2011; d. Fernand Melgar), and a special mention to Entrée du personnel (Staff Entrance, France, 2011; d. Manuela Frésil). The prize for the category of documentary films by directors under the age of 33 went to Ein Brief aus Deutschland (A Letter from Germany, Germany 2011; d. Sebastian Mez) and a special mention to Hauptfriedhof (Cemetary, Germany, 2011; d. Melanie Jilg). Subjury for documentaries of senior authors (over 30) was composed by Eva af Geijerstam, Bernhard Lichtenberger, Oscar Peyrou. Subjury for documentaries of young filmmakers (under 30): Dean Kotiga, Simone Boria, Jeton Budima.

FESTIVAL REPORTS FROM MONS 2012.: LET MY PEOPLE GO !

FEDEORA jury at the International Love Film Festival in Mons, Belgium, held from February 24 to March 2 2012, awarded Let My People Go! by Mikael Buch. The jury was delighted to give the prize to a comedy, a genre that is often neglected at festivals. Read all the festival reports by: Ronald Bergan, Blagoja Kunovski and Maja Bogojevic.

NEXT JURIES
Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, International FF, 29 June- 7 July 2012 (web page) (note: our jury gives the award for the best film in East of the West section)
Pula, Croatia, National & International Film Festival: 14-28 July 2012 (web page)
Oulu, Finland, Nordisk Panorama, 21-26 September 2012
Koper, Slovenia, Euro-mediterranenan Film Festival , October 2012
Haifa, Israel, International Film Festival, October 2012

Deadline for applications: 2 months before each festival

How to apply for a jury? FEDEORA members should write to fedeora@fedeora.eu indicating the media for which they can write about the festival. Participation on juries is conditional on having paid the membership fee and, for any further participation, on having submitted a jury report.

How to apply for membership? To apply for membership, send a request to fedeora@fedeora.eu indicating the media to which you contribute and your contacts. If the members of the Executive Board are not familiar with your work, you will be asked to send us your professional CV and 3 published texts in English or with translations in English. After the EB accepts your application, the membership becomes active once you pay the membership fee of 20 euros per year.

How to pay the membership fee? Payments can be made by Euro Cheques, bank transfer or in cash to FEDEORA secretary. More details

Jury reports. Jury reports should be submitted to fedeora@fedeora.eu asap after the festival (one week at the latest).

FEDEORA NEWS

FEDEORA JOINS THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS ACADEMY
FEDEORA has joined with the International Press Academy (on November 9 2011) to extend IPA’s membership and the cross-cultural reach of both organizations. The joint announcement was made by Ronald Bergan, FEDEORA’s President, and Mirjana Van Blaricom, IPA President. More...

 

FESTIVAL REPORTS 2011 

The Fedeora award at Haifa FF held from 13 till 22 October 2011 went ex aequo to Michael by Markus Schleinzer and Elena by Andrey Zvyagintsev. The jury included Shmuel Duvdevany, Sergey Lavrentyev and Gidi Orsher. Diploma for special achievement in the israeli cinema went to the DOP Shai Goldman. Report by Sergey Lavrentyev.

The FEDEORA Award at the Euro-mediterranenan Film Festival held in KOPER, Slovenia, from 12 till 16 October 2011 was given to the Macedonian film Punk is not Dead by Vladimir Blazevski, while the special mention went to The Salt of Life by Gianni Di Gregorio. Reports by jury members: Dubravka Lakic, Tonci Valentic and Gabriele Barrera.

The FEDEORA Award for the best short documentary at the Nordisk Panorama film festival held in AARHUS, Denmark from 23 till 28 September 2011 was given to the film How to Pick Berries by Elina Talvensaari (Finland). Reports by: Steffen Moestrup (Denmark), Maja Bogojevic (Montenegro) and Blagoja Kunovski (Macedonia).

At 58th PULA FF, Eva af Geijerstam, Peter Cargin and Bozidar Trkulja awarded  Caca (Daddy) by Dalibor Matanic in the Main Section, Neprijatelj (The Enemy) in Minority Coproductions and Zima (Winter) as best short. Reports by  Eva af Geijerstam, Peter Cargin, and a comment by Ronald Bergan on Pula and national film festivals.

At KARLOVY VARY Film Festival, in the East of the West section FEDEORA jurors Eva Af Geijerstam, Vladan Petkovic and Blagoja Kunovski gave the FEDEORA award to the Croatian documentary-feature Marijine (Marias Own) by Željka Sukova. Reports by Eva af Geijerstam, Blagoja Kunovski and Vladan Petkovic.

At the 2011 edition of the Cinema City IFF in NOVI SAD, Serbia, jurors Blagoja Kunovski, Tonci Valentic and Allison Frank judged films from two categories: From the National Class, they chose Neprijatelj (The Enemy) by Dejan Zecevic, and in the Balkan Box, Milco Mancevski's Majki (Mothers). Reports by Alison Frank and Tonci Valentic.

Polish director Dorota Kędzierzawska had a retrospective and a tribute paid to her by the Cinema City International Film Festival (held in Novi Sad, Serbia, 18-25 June 2011) and FEDEORA.
Read the articles about Dorota Kędzierzawska writen by Dubravka Lakic, Sergey Lavrentyev and Nenad Dukic.

The FEDEORA prize at the Festival International du Film d’Amour held from 18 to 25 February in MONS, Belgium went to El idioma imposible (Spain) by Rodrigo Rodero. BeTV kindly supported our prize with 5000 EUR (for tv rights for Belgium). Read the reports by our jury members: Eva Af Geijerstam, Gabriele Barrera and Oscar Peyrou.
 
 
FESTIVAL REPORTS 2010

The youngest film festival in the world was born on October 14^th 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.

FEDEORA MAGAZINE

Fedeora magazine is edited by FEDEORA president Ronald Bergan. Only original articles, unpublished elsewhere in whatever language, will be accepted for this section of our page. Articles for the magazine can be submitted to ronald.bergan@fedeora.eu

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.

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.

For years now, one has gained the impression that the audiences at the THESSALONIKI Festival have been the most faithful to the Balkan Survey program. Please read the full article by Dubravka Lakic on Thessaloniki 2010. focused on the films Cirkus Columbia by Danis Tanovic and White, White World by Oleg Novkovic.

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.



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