Film Ireland Writer Added to Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Film Ireland is delighted to announce that one of our talented critics, Kimberly Reyes is among the new set of members due to join the Golden Globes organization, marking the largest, and most diverse class in their organisation’s history.

Of the 21 new members, their demographic breakdowns are as follows:

48% identify as women
29% identify as Black
24% identify as Asian
29% identify as Latinx
19% identify as Middle Eastern/North African

The 21 journalists, which resulted from an outreach effort by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, increased the current membership by 20%. The organization anticipates adding a similar-sized group in 2022.

“At Film Ireland we are delighted that Kimberly’s voice will be recognised as an integral part of such a prestigious and established organisation. We welcome the Golden Globes’ shift to listen to a range of more diverse perspectives and know firsthand the wealth of knowledge that Kimberly can bring to the table.”

HFPA president Helen Hoehne said, “We are thrilled to welcome these new members into our family. We are building a new organization, one that is not focused on fulfilling quotas, but instead has diversity and inclusion at its core.”

Credential Committee member Tre’vell Anderson said, “As a committee, we’re proud of this first-class we’ve invited to join the reimagined HFPA. They’re a group of well-respected journalists from around the world who will bring a variety of unique perspectives to this organization,”

The members of the HFPA Class of 2021 are:

Raffi Boghosian, Al Arabiya
Kelley Carter, ESPN (Global)
David Caspi, Israel Hayom
Yong Chavez, ABS-CBN
Andrés Correa Guatarasma, El Universal
Earl Gibson III, Getty Images
Eun Seon Ha, KOFIC
Hamdy Howaida, El Akhbar
Itsuko Hirai, Movie Walker Press
K.J. Matthews, DW-TV
Juan Navarro, Televisa
Jânio Carlos Vieira Nazareth, Cinépop
Ruben Peralta-Rigaud, SensaCine
Gerardo Prat, ¡HOLA! TV
Kimberly Reyes, Film Ireland
Mico Saad, TeN TV
Asel Sherniyazova, AKIpress News Agency
Gabriel Silva Lamboglia, El País
Miriam Spritzer, L’Officiel Brasil
Mario Pacheco Székely, El Universal
Yuko Yoshikawa, Cinema Today

The new members can immediately vote on the Golden Globes, vote on future board elections and serve on committees. The new members will have voting rights for 10 years.