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Paris Film Critics Association Awards

French film critics association

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ111737754 ↗
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The Paris Film Critics Association (PFCA) is a French film critic organization founded in 2021 by journalist Sam Bobino. The organization votes on the annual Paris Film Critics Association Awards, honoring French and international films and TV series.

Background

Its membership comprises film critics and journalists based in Paris. Each year, the organization votes on the Paris Film Critics Association Awards, honoring members of the French and international film industry who have excelled in their fields over the calendar year. These awards are presented each February at a ceremony held in Paris. The PFCA also honors industry veterans with its annual Lifetime Achievement Award and Honorary Award.

Awards

2022

The nominees were announced on 12 January 2022. The winners were announced on 7 February 2022 at an award ceremony held at the Hotel Le Royal Monceau-Raffles in Paris. 50 journalists voted for the awards.

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

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Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2021, 2022—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2021. The account is most persuasive where Paris, Film and Critics can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “Paris Film Critics Association Awards” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.