Awards: overestimated fog covers or guarantees of quality?
On the night between Sunday and Monday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's (HFPA) Golden Globes Awards will be presented. It is a mystery how these awards offered by an association of less than 90 people (many of them no longer active in the media) have become such desired trophies by the global film industry and a sensation among the general public. Starting from them and their questionable relevance, here is an exploration of a universal problem regarding the perception of cinema in general, more precisely the public's belief that the awards are some sort of guarantee of quality ...
Born in Piteşti, Romania, in 1980, Ştefan is a graduate from the University of Bucharest, with a degree in Journalism and Communication Sciences. After trying his hand with financial journalism and photography (the latter still being very close to his heart), he put his career on a new path in 2006, when he became the senior editor of Cinemagia. He is also the Romania and Bulgaria correspondent for Cineuropa.org. At Films in Frame he recommends monthly the newest film trailers.
