FIPRESCI Prize

Held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan, South Korea, the festival was founded in 1996 and it focuses on introducing emerging films, first-time directors, and exceptional independent cinema, with a special emphasis on works from Asian countries. The festival sections New Currents and Korean Cinema Today – Vision! have been restructured into two expanded strands: Vision – Asia and Vision – Korea, offering a broader and more insightful perspective on the current landscape of Asian independent cinema. Our jury will award a film from the Vision-Asia section.

A lively, bold, popular, innovative event! For more than 50 years, the FNC has been making national and international auteur cinema accessible, treating audiences to works of diversity and originality by emerging and major filmmakers. Our focus on the NEW is threefold: new creators, new approaches and new technologies. Dean of Canadian film festivals and a major Quebec event, the FNC presents over 200 works from 60 different countries to celebrate the best of today’s cinema! The festival focuses on a series of first or second feature-length films and on the innovative work of young filmmakers. The FIPRESCI prize at FNC celebrates young voices and new talents in filmmaking.

Founded in 1968, the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia was the first film festival in the world created specifically to celebrate fantastic cinema and remains its most prestigious international event. A pioneer in recognizing fantasy, horror, science fiction and other forms of genre filmmaking as a distinct cultural and artistic field. Today, the festival serves as the foremost international meeting point for filmmakers, critics, scholars, industry professionals and audiences dedicated to the genre, presenting an extensive program of competitions, world premieres, retrospectives, exhibitions, educational initiatives and industry activities. Our jury of three members (one Spanish and two international) will award the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film in the Official Fantastic Competition, recognizing the most outstanding feature in the festival’s main competitive section.