Warsaw Talent Press 2011

Five years ago the Warsaw Film Foundation and FIPRESCI began organizing workshops for young aspiring film journalists from Central and Eastern Europe. FIPRESCI Warsaw Project – Talent Press was designed for critics who are at the beginning of their career but have already been writing about film. Just like in previous editions, this year too they had a unique opportunity to participate in the Warsaw International Film Festival, one of the most important cinema events in Eastern Europe. Our aim is to create an opportunity for participants, who usually have little chance to go abroad and work in their profession, to work with world-class professionals and be exposed to movie journalism at the highest level.

We expected all potential participants to have excellent oral and written communication skills in English. They should also have workek or studied in the area of film, have published articles in a newspaper, film magazine or on a specialized website and be eager to report on films within the framework of the Warsaw Film Festival and the events held during the CentEast Market. The program is designed for critics under the age of 30.

The participants attended editorial meetings with their mentors and worked in all fields of journalism — they wrote interviews, reviews, reports, articles and features on the Warsaw Film Festival and the CentEast Market.

We expected the participants' attention to be focused on festival events and workshop duties.

The Participants
The young critics introduce themselves
Jakub Popielecki: Bits and Pieces — Polish Animation at WFF 2011.
Ewa Szponar: Youth, Caution.
David Klag: National Exorcism.
David Klag: I Am a Filmmaker. A Talk With Bruce LaBruce.

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