Tunisian film criticism Neïla Driss has just been renewed for a second consecutive year as a member of the Golden Globes electoral body. After a first selection in 2024 asalternate votethis year she is increasing the status of International votewith deliberative voice for the 83ᵉ edition. This renewal testifies to the confidence granted by the Golden Globe Foundation, which evaluates each year the involvement, the rigor and the relevance of the contributions of its members.
Created in 1944 in Hollywood, the Golden Globes reward the best films and series each year, as well as their performers, directors and screenwriters. They are considered one of the major events of the price season, just after the Oscars. Since their recent reform, the Golden Globes have opened up to journalists around the world, in order to guarantee better representativeness of international cinematographic diversity.
Neïla Driss is a film critic, a member of FIPRESCI (International Federation of the Cinematic Press), and collaborates with several Tunisian and international media. For many years, it has covered major film festivals, notably Cannes, Cairo, Carthage or El Gouna, and signs articles of analysis, criticism and reporting, always anchored from a perspective both cinephile and journalistic.
Since 2024, she is also one of the criticisms selected by the Arab Cinema Center to participate in the votes of Critics Awards for Arab Films and Arab Critics Awards for European Films, Two distinctions that contribute to highlighting the most striking works of contemporary Arab and European cinemas.
His renewal among the international voters of the Golden Globes devotes recognition of the seriousness of his work, but also of his singularity of tone and approach. This function, renewed each year, is part of a desire to open and diversify profiles within the electoral body, which now brings together more than 380 specialized journalists from nearly 80 countries.