In the first
edition of the Fénix Awards the International Federation of Film Critics,
FIPRESCI, has decided to bestow the Ibero-American Critic's Award to Brazilian
film critic José Carlos Avellar.
An admired and
appreciated writer, critic, teacher and programmer, Avellar worked for over
twenty year’s for the newspaper Jornal
do Brasil, and has published six books on Brazilian and Latin-American cinema.
The former vice-president of FIPRESCI is also Berlinale's delegate in Brazil.
FIPRESCI has teamed
up with Cinema 23 in its effort to promote Ibero-American cinema, and will
acknowledge the contribution to film criticism in the region through the
Ibero-American Critic's Award every year within the Fénix Awards .The first
edition will take place on Thursday, October the 30th, in Mexico City. The
ceremony will be broadcasted live (at 8:30 PM local time) by E! Entertainment
Television in Latin America, by Cinelatino in the United States, and by Canal
52 in Mexico.