SITUATION CRITICAL : Fipresci Grand Prix 2006/7

Monday, 03 September 2007

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamini si 2 zile), Cristian Mungiu's winner of both the FIPRESCI Prize and the Golden Palm in Cannes 2007, was chosen the Best Film of the Year, in the poll for FIPRESCI's Grand Prix. 248 members of the Federation, film critics all over the world, participated in the election, which gave a clear preference to the Romanian film. The Grand Prix will be presented to Cristian Mungiu during the opening ceremony of the San Sebastian Film Festival, on September 20. This was the result of the response of 248 members to a world-wide poll, which requested up to three votes. The nominations were counted in the following way: five points to the first place; four to the second, and three to the third.
     Klaus Eder, FIPRESCI General Secretary, 3rd September 2007

1. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days [C.Mungiu, Romania] [JL rating 8/10]
2. The Queen [S.Frears, UK] [8/10]
3. Letters From Iwo Jima [C.Eastwood, USA]
4. Still Life [Z.Jia, China] [6/10]
5. Syndromes and a Century [A.Weerasethakul, Thailand] [6/10]

6. INLAND EMPIRE [D.Lynch, US] [5/10]
7. Private Fears in Public Places [A.Resnais, France]
8. The Edge of Heaven [F.Akin, Germany] [6/10]
9. Golden Door [E.Crialese, Italy]
10. I Don't Want To Sleep Alone [M-L. Tsai, Malaysia]

11. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly [J.Schnabel, France] [7/10]
12. Lady Chatterley [P.Ferran, France]
13. The Departed [M.Scorsese, USA] [4/10]
14=. Alexandra [A.Sokurov, Russia] [6/10]
14=. Dry Season [M-S. Haroun, Chad]

16. No Country For Old Men [J. & E. Coen, USA] [6/10]
17. Paranoid Park [G. Van Sant, USA] [1/10]
18. Children of Men [A.Cuaron, UK] [8/10]
19. Silent Light [C.Reygadas, Mexico] [5/10]
20. Belle Toujours [M. de Oliveira, France] [6/10]

Eligibility and voting
Each member of FIPRESCI has an equal, individual vote in this poll. They are requested to propose up to three films, in order of preference. Eligible titles are any full-length films released internationally after the 1st of July, 2006, regardless of their nature, technique, or origin.

Neil Young's ballot (submitted 24th June, 2007)
1. Who Killed Cock Robin?
   by Travis Wilkerson (USA) - new 73-minute version, world-premiered at Bradford International Film Festival, March 2007 [9/10]
2. Children of Men
   by Alfonso Cuaron (UK) - Venice Film Festival, September 2006 [8/10]
3. The Other Half
   by YING Liang (China) - Tokyo FILMeX, November 2006 [8/10]

an explosive moment in 'Children of Men'

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