Top 10 this year
1. The Salesman (Asghar Farhadi, Iran)
2. Graduation (Cristian Mungiu, Romania)
3. Behemoth (Zhao Liang, China)
4. Dina (Dan Sickles and Antonio Santini, USA)
5. The Unknown Girl (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Belgium)
6. A Quiet Passion (Terence Davies, Britain)
7. Columbus (Kogonada, USA)
8. Dunkirk (Christopher Nolan, Britain)
9. The Beguiled (Sofia Coppola, USA)
10. Mother (Darren Aronofsky, USA)
HONORABLE MENTIONS
English fiction:
A Ghost Story (David Lowery, USA); Walking Out (Alex and Andrew Smith, USA)
Foreign fiction:
My Happy Family (Simon Gross and Nana Ekvtimishvili, Georgia); After the Storm (Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan); The Nile Hilton Incident (Tarik Saleh, Sweden/Egypt); Berlin Syndrome (Cate Shortland, Australia)
Documentary:
Casting JonBenet (Kitty Green, Australia/USA); Trophy (Saul Schwarz, USA); Last Men in Aleppo (Feras Fayyad, Syria); 78/52 (Alexandre Philippe, USA)
