Grégory Valens was born in Paris, France in 1972. He occupied the position of audiovisual attaché at the French embassy in Ethiopia from 1996 to 1998, and was the artistic director of the European Film Festival in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1998. He has been writing for the leading film magazine POSITIF since 1999. He teaches film criticism at the University of Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle. Member of the board of FIPRESCI (the International Federation of Film Critics), he is the editor in chief of the federation’s website and has chaired International Critics’ Prize juries in major festivals worldwide (Chicago, Moscow, Karlovy Vary, Hong Kong, Havana). He is also a member of the Cannes Critics’ Week selection commitee. In 2003, he directed his first short film, Pauv’vieux (Poor Chap).
Grégory Valens was born in Paris, France in 1972. He occupied the position of audiovisual attaché at the French embassy in Ethiopia from 1996 to 1998, and was the artistic director of the European Film Festival in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1998. He has been writing for the leading film magazine POSITIF since 1999. He teaches film criticism at the University of Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle. Member of the board of FIPRESCI (the International Federation of Film Critics), he is the editor in chief of the federation’s website and has chaired International Critics’ Prize juries in major festivals worldwide (Chicago, Moscow, Karlovy Vary, Hong Kong, Havana). He is also a member of the Cannes Critics’ Week selection commitee. In 2003, he directed his first short film, Pauv’vieux (Poor Chap).
