FIPRESCI Prize
The FIPRESCI Prize was awarded for the first time at the Cannes Film Festival, in 1946. Since then, the prize has been handed out at the largest and most prestigious film festivals in the world, such as Toronto or Venice International Film Festivals. The jury, comprised of film critics and experts from various countries, recognizes productions that address unique subject matters or new phenomena in the world cinema.
Moscow International Film Festival
The Moscow International Film Festival, organized for the first time in 1935, is the second longest running international film competition, after the Venice Festival. Currently, it is regarded as one of the most prestigious film festivals and it attracts the best film directors, cinematographers and actors, every year. The past recipients of the main prize, a golden statuette of St. Goeroge, also include Polish film makers, such as Andrzej Wajda for Ziemia Obiecana [The Promised Land] (1975), Krzysztof Kieślowski for Amator [Camera Buff] (1979), and Krzysztof Zanussi for Życie jako śmiertelna choroba przenoszona drogą płciową [Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease] (2000).