The best films of 2019 – all the votes

(Click a film title to see who else voted for it)

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Critic, UK

[Read our articles by Kaleem Aftab]

Transnistra Anna Eborn
Deerskin Quentin Dupieux
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
The Edge of Democracy Petra Costa
Bait Mark Jenkin
It Must Be Heaven Elia Suleiman
A Son Mehdi M Barsaoui
Sound of Metal Darius Marder
Madre Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Blinded by the Light Gurinder Chadha

Critic (Cinema Scope), programmer (Toronto International Film Festival), Canada

[Read our articles by Jason Anderson]

Parasite Bong Joon-ho
The Whistlers Corneliu Porumboiu
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Vitalina Varela Pedro Costa
I Lost My Body Jérémy Clapin
The Twentieth Century Matthew Rankin
The Lighthouse Robert Eggers
Dolemite Is My Name Craig Brewer
Dogs Don’t Wear Pants JP Valkeapaa
Avengement Jesse V. Johnson

Programmer-at-large, BFI Southbank, UK

[Read our articles by Geoff Andrew]

The Doll’s Breath Stephen and Timothy Quay
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
Varda by Agnès Agnès Varda
The Traitor Marco Bellocchio
Little Joe Jessica Hausner
The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão Karim Aïnouz
By the Grace of God François Ozon
Young Ahmed Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Ghost Town Anthology Denis Côté

Critic, USA

[Read our articles by Michael Atkinson]

3 Faces Jafar Panahi
La Flor Mariano Llínas
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
The Wild Pear Tree Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Aniara Pella Kågerman, Hugo Lilja
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Ash Is Purest White Jia Zhangke
An Elephant Sitting Still Hu Bo
Birds of Passage Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego

Critic/scholar, UK

[Read our articles by Erika Balsom]

Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream Frank Beauvais
Transit Christian Petzold
Martin Eden Pietro Marcello
No Data Plan Miko Revereza
SaF05 Charlotte Prodger
Vitalina Varela Pedro Costa
Fire Will Come Oliver Laxe
The Hottest August Brett Story
Present Perfect Zhu Shengze
Your Face Tsai Ming-Liang

Critic/curator, UK

[Read our articles by Matthew Barrington]

Vitalina Varela Pedro Costa
The Giverny Document Ja’Tovia Gary
America Garrett Bradley
Early Years Morgan Quaintance
Speaking in Tongues Christopher Harris
The Morrissey Problem Tony Cokes
Those That, At A Distance, Resemble Another Jessica Sarah Rinland
The Last Tree Shola Amoo
the names have changed, including my own and truths have been altered Onyeka Igwe
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé Beyoncé Knowles-Carter

Critic and journalist, UK

[Read our articles by Nikki Baughan]

Monos Alejandro Landes
The Nightingale Jennifer Kent
Capernaum Nadine Labaki
Wild Rose Tom Harper
Us Jordan Peele
The Cave Feras Fayyad
Honeyland Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo Stefanov
The Sisters Brothers Jacques Audiard
Rocks Sarah Gavron
Dirty God Sacha Polak

Features editor, Sight & Sound, UK

[Read our articles by James Bell]

The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Bait Mark Jenkin
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Transit Christian Petzold
Ad Astra James Gray
Martin Eden Pietro Marcello
Hale County This Morning, This Evening RaMell Ross
Happy as Lazzaro Alice Rohrwacher

Critic, UK

[Read our articles by Bidisha]

High Life Claire Denis
Burning Lee Chang-dong
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Hustlers Lorena Scafaria
Us Jordan Peele
The Farewell Lulu Wang
Ma Tate Taylor
Can You Ever Forgive Me? Marielle Heller
Booksmart Olivia Wilde
Colette Wash Westmoreland

Critic, Belgium

[Read our articles by Anne Billson]

One Cut of the Dead Shin’ichirô Ueda
Destroyer Karyn Kusama
Can You Ever Forgive Me? Marielle Heller
Border Ali Abbasi
The Sisters Brothers Jacques Audiard
Eighth Grade Bo Burnham
In Fabric Peter Strickland
Holiday Isabella Eklöf
Aniara Pella Kågerman, Hugo Lilja
Rojo Benjamín Naishtat

Critic/curator, UK

[Read our articles by Anton Bitel]

Under the Silver Lake David Robert Mitchell
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Starfish A.T. White
In Fabric Peter Strickland
Joker Todd Phillips
Knives and Skin Jennifer Reeder
Border Ali Abbasi
Piercing Nicolas Pesce
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Aniara Pella Kågerman, Hugo Lilja

Critic/curator, Brazil / USA

[Read our articles by Ela Bittencourt]

Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
The Last Black Man in San Francisco Joe Talbot
Bacurau Juliano Dornelles and Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Cave Feras Fayyad
Saint Maud Rose Glass
La Flor Mariano Llínas
Fire Will Come Oliver Laxe
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
Joan of Arc Bruno Dumont

Critic, UK

[Read our articles by John Bleasdale]

Parasite Bong Joon-ho
The Lighthouse Robert Eggers
Joker Todd Phillips
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Midsommar Ari Aster
Knock down the House Rachel Lears
Leaving Neverland Dan Reed
Deerskin Quentin Dupieux

Web editor, Sight & Sound, UK

[Read our articles by Nick Bradshaw]

The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Ridge John Skoog
Happy as Lazzaro Alice Rohrwacher
Martin Eden Pietro Marcello
The Edge of Democracy Petra Costa
A Moon for My Father Mania Akbari
For Sama Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
I Lost My Body Jérémy Clapin
Bait Mark Jenkin

Critic / DVD producer, UK

[Read our articles by Michael Brooke]

The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Eighth Grade Bo Burnham
Mr T Marcin Krzyształowicz
Bait Mark Jenkin
In Fabric Peter Strickland
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman
One Cut of the Dead Shin’ichirô Ueda
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Us Jordan Peele

Programmer/film journalist, UK

[Read our articles by Sophie Brown]

For Sama Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
The Hottest August Brett Story
Hale County This Morning, This Evening RaMell Ross
Your Turn Eliza Capai
Honeyland Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo Stefanov
One Child Nation Nanfu Wang and Lynn Zhang
The Amazing Johnathan Documentary Ben Berman
Deerskin Quentin Dupieux
Mystify: Michael Hutchence Richard Lowenstein
Yves Saint Laurent: The Last Collections Olivier Meyrou

Critic, UK / Spain

[Read our articles by Elisabet Cabeza]

The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
Varda by Agnès Agnès Varda
Fire Will Come Oliver Laxe
Les Misérables Ladj Ly
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Rocks Sarah Gavron
Martin Eden Pietro Marcello

Critic, UK

[Read our articles by Kambole Campbell]

Uncut Gems Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
The Farewell Lulu Wang
The House of Us Yoon Ga-eun
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
High Flying Bird Steven Soderbergh
Knives Out Rian Johnson
Us Jordan Peele
Promare Hiroyuki Imaishi
37 Seconds Hikari

Programmer, VIFF Vancity Theatre/freelance writer, Canada

[Read our articles by Tom Charity]

The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
Waves Trey Edward Shults
The Painted Bird Vaclav Marhoul
Weathering with You Makoto Shinkai
Honeyland Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo Stefanov
La Belle Epoque Nicolas Bedos
Dwelling in the Fuchan Mountains Gu Xiaogang
Recorder Alexander Nanau
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma

Critic/curator, USA

[Read our articles by Ashley Clark]

America Garrett Bradley
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Vitalina Varela Pedro Costa
Uncut Gems Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
Caballerango Juan Pablo González
Atlantics Mati Diop
Zombi Child Bertrand Bonello
Un Film Dramatique Éric Baudelaire
The Hottest August Brett Story
Cold Case Hammarskjöld Mads Brügger

Critic, UK

[Read our articles by Roger Clarke]

Happy as Lazzaro Alice Rohrwacher
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
An Elephant Sitting Still Hu Bo
Fire Will Come Oliver Laxe
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Ash Is Purest White Jia Zhangke
Midsommar Ari Aster
Gwen William McGregor
Knife + Heart Yann Gonzalez
Hail Satan? Penny Lane

Critic/curator, UK

[Read our articles by Philip Concannon]

The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
A Hidden Life Terrence Malick
Uncut Gems Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
Amazing Grace Sydney Pollack, Alan Elliott
One Cut of the Dead Shin’ichirô Ueda
The Mule Clint Eastwood
Bait Mark Jenkin
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma

Deputy editor, Sight & Sound, UK

[Read our articles by Kieron Corless]

I Was at Home, But… Angela Schanelec
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Vitalina Varela Pedro Costa
Synonyms Nadav Lapid
Bird Island (L’Île aux oiseaux) Maya Kosa, Sérgio Da Costa
Manta Ray Phuttiphong Aroonpheng
Oroslan Matjaz Ivanisin
Liberté Albert Serra
Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream Frank Beauvais
Ray & Liz Richard Billingham

Director, UK

[Read our articles by Mark Cousins]

Us Jordan Peele
Border Ali Abbasi
Booksmart Olivia Wilde
Hustlers Lorena Scafaria
First Love Takashi Miike
The Farewell Lulu Wang
Bait Mark Jenkin
Rocketman Dexter Fletcher
Midsommar Ari Aster
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg

Critic/curator, USA

[Read our articles by Jordan Cronk]

I Was at Home, But… Angela Schanelec
Liberté Albert Serra
Vitalina Varela Pedro Costa
Synonyms Nadav Lapid
Martin Eden Pietro Marcello
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Zombi Child Bertrand Bonello
A Hidden Life Terrence Malick
Tomasso Abel Ferrara
Heimat Is a Space in Time Thomas Heise

Barbican Cinema curator and critic, UK

[Read our articles by Alex Davidson]

And Then We Danced Levan Akin
End of the Century Lucio Castro
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
This Is Not Berlin Hari Sama
Trouble Mariah Garnett
Judy Rupert Goold
Beats Brian Welsh
Varda by Agnès Agnès Varda
Dafne Federico Bondi

Academic, critic and curator, UK

[Read our articles by Maria Delgado]

Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
Monos Alejandro Landes
Vitalina Varela Pedro Costa
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão Karim Aïnouz
La llorona Jayro Bustamante
A Thief’s Daughter Belén Funes
Maternal Maura Delpero
Death will come and shall have your eyes José Luis Torres Leiva
Shakti Martín Rejtman

Critic/curator, UK

[Read our articles by Jemma Desai]

Rocks Sarah Gavron
For Sama Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen Heperi Mita
Fi Dem II Zinzi Minott
Sojourner Cauleen Smith
Another Decade Morgan Quaintance
Yeh Freedom Life Priya Sen
Made in Bangladesh Rubaiyat Hossain
No Data Plan Miko Revereza
The Last Black Man in San Francisco Joe Talbot

Film critic/researcher, Sight & Sound, UK

[Read our articles by Mar Diestro-Dópido]

Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos
Joker Todd Phillips
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles Salvador Simó Busom
The Cordillera of Dreams Patricio Guzmán
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
Midsommar Ari Aster
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love Nick Broomfield
The Chambermaid Lila Avilés
Bohemian Rhapsody Bryan Singer

Freelance critic, UK

[Read our articles by Alex Dudok de Wit]

Away Gints Zilbalodis
Burning Lee Chang-dong
Eighth Grade Bo Burnham
Happy as Lazzaro Alice Rohrwacher
I Lost My Body Jérémy Clapin
Madeline’s Madeline Josephine Decker
Movements Jeong Dahee
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days Regina Pessoa
Yesterday Danny Boyle

Critic, UK

[Read our articles by Jamie Dunn]

Parasite Bong Joon-ho
I Was at Home, But… Angela Schanelec
Bait Mark Jenkin
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
Us Jordan Peele
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Babyteeth Shannon Murphy
Beats Brian Welsh
Moffie Oliver Hermanus
Monos Alejandro Landes

Film producer, writer, curator and presenter, UK

The Doll’s Breath Stephen and Timothy Quay
What Is Democracy? Astra Taylor
Happy as Lazzaro Alice Rohrwacher
Cold Case Hammarskjöld Mads Brügger
Here for Life Andrea Luka Zimmerman and Adrian Jackson
Apollo 11 Todd Douglas Miller
Rolling Thunder Revue Martin Scorsese
The Deathless Woman Roz Mortimer
Madeline’s Madeline Josephine Decker
Coup 53 Taghi Amirani and Walter Murch

Critics, Austria / Germany

Asuran Vetrimaaran
Avengement Jesse V. Johnson
The Beach Bum Harmony Korine
Domino Brian De Palma
Marona’s Fantastic Tale (L’extraordinaire voyage de Marona) Anca Damian
A Home with a View (Gaa1 Wo4 Maan3 Si3 Ging1) Herman Yau
A Hidden Life Terrence Malick
The Halt (Ang Hupa) Lav Diaz
Super Deluxe Tiyākarājaṉ Kumārarājā
Labyrinth of Cinema (Umibe no eigakan – Kinema no tamatebako) Nobuhiko Ōbayashi

Film critic and journalist, UK

Monos Alejandro Landes
Waves Trey Edward Shults
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Happy as Lazzaro Alice Rohrwacher
Woman At War Benedikt Erlingsson
Bombshell Jay Roach
Midsommar Ari Aster
Diego Maradona Asif Kapadia

Film critic, New Statesman, UK

[Read our articles by Ryan Gilbey]

Madeline’s Madeline Josephine Decker
Happy as Lazzaro Alice Rohrwacher
Bait Mark Jenkin
Under the Silver Lake David Robert Mitchell
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Hale County This Morning, This Evening RaMell Ross
Ray & Liz Richard Billingham
Midsommar Ari Aster
The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos
The Irishman Martin Scorsese

Critic/film scholar, UK

[Read our articles by Elena Gorfinkel]

No Data Plan Miko Revereza
Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream Frank Beauvais
Vever (for Barbara) Deborah Stratman
Those That, At A Distance, Resemble Another Jessica Sarah Rinland
High Life Claire Denis
Transit Christian Petzold
Present Perfect Zhu Shengze
The Eddies Angelo Madsen Minax
Mum’s Cards Luke Fowler
Who Is Afraid of Ideology? Marwa Arsanios

Critic, UK

[Read our articles by Chris Hall]

Bait Mark Jenkin
For Sama Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Happy as Lazzaro Alice Rohrwacher
Diego Maradona Asif Kapadia
Toy Story 4 Josh Cooley
Vice Adam McKay
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Anima Paul Thomas Anderson

Film critic for The Observer, UK

[Read our articles by Simran Hans]

The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Atlantics Mati Diop
Hustlers Lorena Scafaria
America Garrett Bradley
The Hottest August Brett Story
For Sama Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
My First Film Zia Anger
Holiday Isabella Eklöf

Critic, UK

[Read our articles by Rebecca Harrison]

Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
The Lighthouse Robert Eggers
Atlantics Mati Diop
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
Hustlers Lorena Scafaria
The Farewell Lulu Wang
Rocketman Dexter Fletcher
Booksmart Olivia Wilde
Blinded by the Light Gurinder Chadha
Little Joe Jessica Hausner

Author/critic, USA

[Read our articles by Molly Haskell]

The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
A Girl Missing Kōji Fukada
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar

Critic/curator, UK

[Read our articles by Tim Hayes]

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
Vox Lux Brady Corbet
In Fabric Peter Strickland
Anna Luc Besson
Fighting with My Family Stephen Merchant
Holiday Isabella Eklöf
The House That Jack Built Lars von Trier
Climax Gaspar Noé
Dragged Across Concrete S. Craig Zahler
If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins

Critic/curator, USA

State Funeral Sergei Loznitsa
Martin Eden Pietro Marcello
Synonyms Nadav Lapid
48 War Movies Christian Marclay
Long Day’s Journey into Night Bi Gan
Vitalina Varela Pedro Costa
Charlie Says Mary Harron
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding New York Underground Chuck Smith
Climax Gaspar Noé
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino

Freelance writer, UK

[Read our articles by Pamela Hutchinson]

The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
High Life Claire Denis
Can You Ever Forgive Me? Marielle Heller
Hale County This Morning, This Evening RaMell Ross
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Proxima Alice Winocour
Transit Christian Petzold
Hustlers Lorena Scafaria
Capernaum Nadine Labaki

Associate curator of film, Museum of the Moving Image, USA

[Read our articles by Eric Hynes]

Our Time Carlos Reygadas
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Peterloo Mike Leigh
Uncut Gems Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
American Factory Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
Atlantics Mati Diop
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
The Hottest August Brett Story
Clemency Chinonye Chukwu
High Life Claire Denis

Critic, UK

[Read our articles by Wendy Ide]

Monos Alejandro Landes
Uncut Gems Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
True History of the Kelly Gang Justin Kurzel
The Farewell Lulu Wang
Give Me Liberty Kirill Mikhanovsky
Scheme Birds Ellen Fiske, Ellinor Hallin
Rocks Sarah Gavron
And Then We Danced Levan Akin

Writer/filmmaker, UK

[Read our articles by Juliet Jacques]

Diego Maradona Asif Kapadia
Beauty Lives in Freedom Wang Bing
Happy as Lazzaro Alice Rohrwacher
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
Mira Denis Shabaev

Former Editor, Sight & Sound, UK

[Read our articles by Nick James]

The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Zombi Child Bertrand Bonello
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão Karim Aïnouz
Atlantics Mati Diop

Critic and programmer, UK

[Read our articles by Tara Judah]

I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians Radu Jude
If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins
In Fabric Peter Strickland
Ash Is Purest White Jia Zhangke
Ray & Liz Richard Billingham
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection Julien Faraut
High Life Claire Denis
Bait Mark Jenkin
The Nightingale Jennifer Kent
Us Jordan Peele

Critic, UK

[Read our articles by Ella Kemp]

Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
The Lighthouse Robert Eggers
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Marielle Heller
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Monos Alejandro Landes
Toy Story 4 Josh Cooley
Minding the Gap Bing Liu
Honey Boy Alma Har’el

Freelance reviewer/film historian, UK

[Read our articles by Philip Kemp]

By the Grace of God François Ozon
For Sama Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
In Fabric Peter Strickland
Midsommar Ari Aster
Monos Alejandro Landes
Permission Soheil Beiraghi
Sorry We Missed You Ken Loach
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
The Two Popes Fernando Meirelles
Varda by Agnès Agnès Varda

Film critic, USA

[Read our articles by Robert Koehler]

Vitalina Varela Pedro Costa
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
The Treehouse (Nhà cây) Truong Minh Quy
Uncut Gems Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
Give Me Liberty Kirill Mikhanovsky
Endless Night (Longa noite) Eloy Encisco
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Space Dogs Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Krabi, 2562 Anocha Suwichakornpong and Ben Rivers

Critic, UK

[Read our articles by Elena Lazic]

The Nightingale Jennifer Kent
Adoration Fabrice du Welz
Deerskin Quentin Dupieux
Isadora’s Children Damien Manivel
For Sama Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
Instinct Halina Reijn
Dragged Across Concrete S. Craig Zahler
Animals Sophie Hyde
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile Joe Berlinger
Our Time Carlos Reygadas

Critic, USA

[Read our articles by Beatrice Loayza]

Her Smell Alex Ross Perry
Ash Is Purest White Jia Zhangke
Uncut Gems Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Transit Christian Petzold
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
What You Gonna Do When The World’s on Fire? Roberto Minervini
High Life Claire Denis
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Parasite Bong Joon-ho

Web Editor at Harper’s Magazine, USA

[Read our articles by Violet Lucca]

Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
High Life Claire Denis
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
First Cow Kelly Reichardt
Synonyms Nadav Lapid
Atlantics Mati Diop
Downtown 81 Edo Bertoglio
Uncut Gems Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie

Critic, UK

[Read our articles by Geoffrey Macnab]

The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Joker Todd Phillips
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
An Officer and a Spy Roman Polanski
Sorry We Missed You Ken Loach
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
Ad Astra James Gray

Freelance writer, UK

[Read our articles by Andrew Male]

Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
Us Jordan Peele
The Mule Clint Eastwood
High Life Claire Denis
Ad Astra James Gray
Judy Rupert Goold
For Sama Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
Bliss Joe Begos

Writer, filmmaker, UK

[Read our articles by Ian Mantgani]

The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
The Mule Clint Eastwood
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
Uncut Gems Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
The Dead Don’t Die Jim Jarmusch
Under the Silver Lake David Robert Mitchell
Talking About Trees Suhaib Gasmelbari
Craig Fixada America Craig Healy
Rose Plays Julie Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor

Critic/curator, Italy

[Read our articles by Giovanni Marchini Camia]

Synonyms Nadav Lapid
I Was at Home, But… Angela Schanelec
Vitalina Varela Pedro Costa
Joan of Arc Bruno Dumont
Bacurau Juliano Dornelles and Kleber Mendonça Filho
Zombi Child Bertrand Bonello
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
The Traitor Marco Bellocchio
The Plagiarists Peter Parlow
Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream Frank Beauvais

Critic/curator, UK

[Read our articles by So Mayer]

For Sama Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen Heperi Mita
Varda by Agnès Agnès Varda
Indianara Aude Chevalier-Beaumel, Marcelo Barbosa
Rose Plays Julie Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor
Vai Mīria George, Marina Alofagia McCartney, Dianna Fuemana, Becs Arahanga
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Kathleen Hepburn
Steven Universe: The Movie Rebecca Sugar
A Deal with the Universe Jason Barker

Critic, UK

[Read our articles by Katherine McLaughlin]

Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Hustlers Lorena Scafaria
The Lighthouse Robert Eggers
Knives and Skin Jennifer Reeder
Bacurau Juliano Dornelles and Kleber Mendonça Filho
Atlantics Mati Diop

Contributing editor, Little White Lies, UK

[Read our articles by Sophie Monks Kaufman]

Knives Out Rian Johnson
Hale County This Morning, This Evening RaMell Ross
Minding the Gap Bing Liu
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Diamantino Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt
Bait Mark Jenkin
Blue My Mind Lisa Brühlmann
Hard Paint Filipe Matzembacher, Marcio Reolon
Atlantics Mati Diop
Ray & Liz Richard Billingham

Critic/curator, UK

[Read our articles by Christina Newland]

The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
About Endlessness Roy Andersson
Ad Astra James Gray
Knives Out Rian Johnson
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Atlantics Mati Diop
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
Hustlers Lorena Scafaria
Crawl Alexandre Aja

Writer, UK

[Read our articles by Kim Newman]

Border Ali Abbasi
Under the Silver Lake David Robert Mitchell
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
Dragged Across Concrete S. Craig Zahler
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead Ben Wheatley
In Fabric Peter Strickland
The Nightingale Jennifer Kent
Knives Out Rian Johnson
Ready or Not Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett

Film critic, UK

[Read our articles by Ben Nicholson]

The Giverny Document Ja’Tovia Gary
My First Film Zia Anger
Bugs and Beasts Before the Law Sharlene Bamboat, Alexis Mitchell
Bait Mark Jenkin
The Eighth Alps Jacques Perconte
Vitalina Varela Pedro Costa
GGH Ece Ezer
Fordlandia Malaise Susana de Sousa Dias
Receiver Jenny Brady
I Was at Home, But… Angela Schanelec

Film editor, Exberliner magazine, Germany

[Read our articles by Paul O’Callaghan]

Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Synonyms Nadav Lapid
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Border Ali Abbasi
So Long, My Son Wang Xiaoshuai
Ash Is Purest White Jia Zhangke
Sorry We Missed You Ken Loach
The Lighthouse Robert Eggers
Midsommar Ari Aster
System Crasher Nora Fingscheidt

Critic/programmer/filmmaker, UK

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Tondal’s Vision Stephen Broomer
the names have changed, including my own and truths have been altered Onyeka Igwe
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bearing Greg Marshall
Detour on Route to a Movie Clea Wallis, Paul Rous
Terril Bronte Stahl
A Ghost Eats Mud on the Mountain Richard Forbes-Hamilton
Wolves from Above Demelza Kooij
The Loom Toby Tatum
Dark Holler Jeremy Drummond, David Poolman

Critic, USA

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Atlantics Mati Diop
Asako I & II Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Diamantino Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt
A Hidden Life Terrence Malick
La Flor Mariano Llínas
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Martin Eden Pietro Marcello
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
Peterloo Mike Leigh
What You Gonna Do When The World’s on Fire? Roberto Minervini

Critic, UK

[Read our articles by Caitlin Quinlan]

The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Uncut Gems Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Monos Alejandro Landes
The Last Black Man in San Francisco Joe Talbot
Workforce David Zonana
Rocks Sarah Gavron
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Babyteeth Shannon Murphy
Baracoa Pablo Briones

Critic, UK / India

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The Two Popes Fernando Meirelles
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
Ad Astra James Gray
A Son Mehdi M Barsaoui
Ravening (Aamis) Bhaskar Hazarika
Joker Todd Phillips
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
Dolly Kitty and Those Sparkling Stars Alankrita Shrivastava
Booksmart Olivia Wilde
Parasite Bong Joon-ho

Critic, USA

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American Factory Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
Atlantics Mati Diop
Collective Alexander Nanau
One Child Nation Nanfu Wang, Lynn Zhang
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
The Edge of Democracy Petra Costa
The Infiltrators Cristina Ibarra, Alex Rivera
Three Summers Sandra Kogut

Managing editor, Filmmaker magazine, USA

[Read our articles by Vadim Rizov]

The Plagiarists Peter Parlow
Fourteen Dan Sallitt
Collective Alexander Nanau
High Flying Bird Steven Soderbergh
Shakti Martín Rejtman
Atlantis Valentyn Vasyanovych
Give Me Liberty Kirill Mikhanovsky
The Hottest August Brett Story
So Pretty Jessie Jeffrey Dunn Rovinelli
Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream Frank Beauvais

Critic, UK

[Read our articles by Jonathan Romney]

Parasite Bong Joon-ho
The Lighthouse Robert Eggers
Atlantics Mati Diop
The Doll’s Breath Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
For Sama Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
I Was at Home, But… Angela Schanelec
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Divine Love Gabriel Mascaro
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Zombi Child Bertrand Bonello

Critic/teacher, USA

[Read our articles by Jonathan Rosenbaum]

Vitalina Varela Pedro Costa
Transit Christian Petzold
It Must Be Heaven Elia Suleiman
Flannery Mark Bosco, Elizabeth Coffman
Foxtrot Samuel Maoz
Conrad Veidt: My Life Mark Rappaport
Where’s My Roy Cohn? Matt Tyrnauer
If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins
Ad Astra James Gray
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg

Critic/curator, UK

[Read our articles by Caspar Salmon]

Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Ondog Wang Quan’an
Cancion Sin Nombre Melina León
The Lighthouse Robert Eggers
Border Ali Abbasi
Atlantics Mati Diop
Oleg Juris Kursietis
Monos Alejandro Landes
It Must Be Heaven Elia Suleiman

Associate professor, New York University, USA

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Everybody in the Place: An Incomplete History of Britain 1984-1992 Jeremy Deller
Being Frank Steve Sullivan
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Heimat Is a Space in Time Thomas Heise
Colette Wash Westmoreland
The New Bauhaus Alysa Nahmias
A Moon for My Father Mania Akbari
Midsommar Ari Aster
Early Years Morgan Quaintance
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar

Filmmaker and film critic, UK

[Read our articles by Charlie Shackleton]

The Proposal Jill Magid
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
The Amazing Johnathan Documentary Ben Berman
Walled Unwalled Lawrence Abu Hamdan
My First Film Zia Anger
Cold Case Hammarskjöld Mads Brügger
Dramatic and Mild Nastia Korkia
Triple Chaser Forensic Architecture and Praxis Films
America Garrett Bradley
No Data Plan Miko Revereza

Film journalist, programmer, video essayist, UK

[Read our articles by Leigh Singer]

Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Amazing Grace Sydney Pollack, Alan Elliott
The Climb Michael Angelo Covino
Monos Alejandro Landes
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
Rialto Peter Mackie Burns
Greener Grass Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe
Pink Wall (Tom Cullen) Tom Cullen
Us Jordan Peele

Critic, UK

[Read our articles by Christopher Small]

Vitalina Varela Pedro Costa
Danses macabres, squelettes et autres fantaisies Pierre Léon, Rita Azevedo Gomes, Jean-Louis Schefer
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
Bird Island (L’Île aux oiseaux) Maya Kosa, Sérgio Da Costa
No Data Plan Miko Revereza
143 rue du désert Hassen Ferhani
Un Film Dramatique Éric Baudelaire
Ghost Strata Ben Rivers
Fourteen Dan Sallitt
Nunca subí el Provincia Ignacio Agüero

Critic/editor/broadcaster, UK

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Booksmart Olivia Wilde
The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos
Border Ali Abbasi
Us Jordan Peele
Eighth Grade Bo Burnham
Midsommar Ari Aster
For Sama Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
Good Posture Dolly Wells
American Woman Jake Scott

Critic, USA

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Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Atlantics Mati Diop
Martin Eden Pietro Marcello
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
Honeyland Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo Stefanov
In the Aisles Thomas Stuber
The Load Ognjen Glavonic
The Last Black Man in San Francisco Joe Talbot
The Eyes of Orson Welles Mark Cousins

Film critic, UK

High Life Claire Denis
Holiday Isabella Eklöf
Piercing Nicolas Pesce
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
Us Jordan Peele
The Beach Bum Harmony Korine
Dirty God Sacha Polak
Gwen William McGregor
Border Ali Abbasi
Aniara Pella Kågerman, Hugo Lilja

Film critic, UK

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The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Apollo 11 Todd Douglas Miller
Knives Out Rian Johnson
Hustlers Lorena Scafaria
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
High Life Claire Denis
Eighth Grade Bo Burnham
Atlantics Mati Diop
Bait Mark Jenkin

Critic, UK

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Tomasso Abel Ferrara
Varda by Agnès Agnès Varda
La Flor Mariano Llínas
Krabi, 2562 Anocha Suwichakornpong, Ben Rivers
Hotel by the River (Gangbyeon hotel) Hong Sangsoo
Your Face Tsai Ming-Liang
Domino Brian De Palma
The Mule Clint Eastwood
High Life Claire Denis
Madeline’s Madeline Josephine Decker

Production editor, Sight & Sound, UK

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Bait Mark Jenkin
For Sama Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
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The Irishman Martin Scorsese
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Ray & Liz Richard Billingham
Los Reyes Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Transit Christian Petzold

Critic, USA

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Honeyland Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo Stefanov
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
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The White Album Arthur Jafa
Give Me Liberty Kirill Mikhanovsky
To The Ends of the Earth Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Us Jordan Peele
High Flying Bird Steven Soderbergh
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov

Critic, UK

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The Irishman Martin Scorsese
A Hidden Life Terrence Malick
Rose Plays Julie Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Ad Astra James Gray
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
Saint Maud Rose Glass
If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins
High Life Claire Denis
Monos Alejandro Landes

Digital content producer, UK

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
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Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
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Beats Brian Welsh
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Us Jordan Peele
Bait Mark Jenkin

Critic/curator/documentary filmmaker, UK

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An Elephant Sitting Still Hu Bo
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The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Holiday Isabella Eklöf
Never Look Away Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
The Doll’s Breath Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
Woman At War Benedikt Erlingsson

Critic, UK

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Vitalina Varela Pedro Costa
Uncut Gems Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
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A Hidden Life Terrence Malick
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
The Beach Bum Harmony Korine
Rose Plays Julie Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor
Alita: Battle Angel Robert Rodriguez

Critic, UK

[Read our articles by Matt Turner]

The Hottest August Brett Story
No Data Plan Miko Revereza
Vitalina Varela Pedro Costa
You Were an Amazement on the Day You Were Born Emily Vey Duke, Cooper Battersby
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Lore Sky Hopinka
Rushing Green With Horses Ute Aurand
Present Perfect Zhu Shengze
Movements of a Nearby Mountain Sebastian Brameshuber
America Garrett Bradley

Professor in film studies, UK

[Read our articles by Ginette Vincendeau]

Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
By the Grace of God François Ozon
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
Les Misérables Ladj Ly
Varda by Agnès Agnès Varda
The Realm Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Alice and the Mayor Nicolas Pariser
Farewell to the Night André Téchiné
Colette Wash Westmoreland
Invisibles Louis-Julien Petit

Writer, PhD candidate, film critic and programmer, USA/UK

[Read our articles by Becca Voelcker]

Present Perfect Zhu Shengze
Parsi Eduardo Teddy Williams
Distancing Miko Revereza
Balloon Pema Tseden
Midnight Traveller Hassan Fazili, Emelie Mahdavian
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Atlantics Mati Diop
Pelourinho, They Don’t Really Care About Us Akosa Adoma Owusu
Last Night I Saw You Smiling Kavich Neang
No history in a room filled with people with funny names 5 Gvojic, Arunanondchai

Critic, UK

[Read our articles by Beth Webb]

The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Monos Alejandro Landes
The Farewell Lulu Wang
Hustlers Lorena Scafaria
Atlantics Mati Diop
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Midsommar Ari Aster
I Lost My Body Jérémy Clapin
Ash Is Purest White Jia Zhangke
The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos

Film writer, UK

[Read our articles by Kelli Weston]

Us Jordan Peele
Atlantics Mati Diop
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Knives Out Rian Johnson
Cold Case Hammarskjöld Mads Brügger
Chiyo Chiemi Shimada
If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins
Amazing Grace Sydney Pollack, Alan Elliott
America Garrett Bradley

Lecturer, King’s College London, UK

[Read our articles by Catherine Wheatley]

Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Atlantics Mati Diop
Zombi Child Bertrand Bonello
Little Joe Jessica Hausner
How Fernando Pessoa Saved Portugal Eugène Green
Booksmart Olivia Wilde
Transit Christian Petzold
Happy as Lazzaro Alice Rohrwacher
High Life Claire Denis
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino

News and features editor, UK

[Read our articles by Samuel Wigley]

Bait Mark Jenkin
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
A Hidden Life Terrence Malick
Krabi, 2562 Anocha Suwichakornpong, Ben Rivers
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
Martin Eden Pietro Marcello
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
Rose Plays Julie Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Uncut Gems Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie

Editor-in-Chief, Sight & Sound, UK

Parasite Bong Joon-ho
The Lighthouse Robert Eggers
Saint Maud Rose Glass
Joker Todd Phillips
Diego Maradona Asif Kapadia
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Sorry We Missed You Ken Loach
Us Jordan Peele

Critic/curator, UK

[Read our articles by Craig Williams]

The Irishman Martin Scorsese
The Mule Clint Eastwood
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
High Flying Bird Steven Soderbergh
Rolling Thunder Revue Martin Scorsese
Uncut Gems Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Avengers: Endgame Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
All Is True Kenneth Branagh
Under the Silver Lake David Robert Mitchell

Critic/curator, UK / Austria

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Gede Vizyon Marcos Serafim, Jefferson Kielwagen, Steevens Simeon
I Was at Home, But… Angela Schanelec
Wild Berries Romulus Balazs, Hedda Bednarszky, Marianna Vas
dogs, moon river and Baudelaire Marija Kovačina
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Horizōn Sid Iandovka, Anya Tsyrlina
Community Gardens (Kolektyviniai sodai) Vytautas Katkus
Memorable (Mémorable) Bruno Collet
The Rain (Deszcz) Piotr Milczarek
El Guru Rory Barrientos Lamas

Editor-at-large, RogerEbert.com, USA

A Hidden Life Terrence Malick
Us Jordan Peele
High Life Claire Denis
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Shadow Zhang Yimou
The Farewell Lulu Wang
The Changeover Stuart McKenzie, Miranda Harcourt
Apollo 11 Todd Douglas Miller
Toy Story 4 Josh Cooley

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Voted for by: Tim Hayes

Éric Baudelaire, France

Voted for by: Ashley Clark, Christopher Small

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Oliver Laxe, Spain / France / Luxembourg

Voted for by: Erika Balsom, Ela Bittencourt, Elisabet Cabeza, Roger Clarke

Kelly Reichardt, USA

Voted for by: Violet Lucca

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Takashi Miike, Japan

Voted for by: Mark Cousins

Mark Bosco, Elizabeth Coffman, USA

Voted for by: Jonathan Rosenbaum

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Mariano Llínas, Argentina

Voted for by: Michael Atkinson, Ela Bittencourt, Nick Pinkerton, Brad Stevens

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Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts, UK / Syria

Voted for by: Nick Bradshaw, Sophie Brown, Jemma Desai, Chris Hall, Simran Hans, Philip Kemp, Elena Lazic, Andrew Male, So Mayer, Jonathan Romney, Anna Smith, Isabel Stevens

Susana de Sousa Dias, Portugal

Voted for by: Ben Nicholson

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Dan Sallitt, USA

Voted for by: Vadim Rizov, Christopher Small

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Samuel Maoz, Israel / Switzerland / Germany / France

Voted for by: Jonathan Rosenbaum

Marcos Serafim, Jefferson Kielwagen, Steevens Simeon, Brazil / Haiti

Voted for by: Neil Young

Ece Ezer, Turkey

Voted for by: Ben Nicholson

Richard Forbes-Hamilton, UK

Voted for by: Michael Pattison

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Ben Rivers, UK

Voted for by: Christopher Small

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Denis Côté, Canada

Voted for by: Geoff Andrew

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Kōji Fukada, Japan

Voted for by: Molly Haskell

Kirill Mikhanovsky, USA

Voted for by: Wendy Ide, Robert Koehler, Vadim Rizov, Amy Taubin

Ja’Tovia Gary, USA / France

Voted for by: Matthew Barrington, Ben Nicholson

Dolly Wells, USA

Voted for by: Anna Smith

Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe, USA

Voted for by: Leigh Singer

William McGregor, UK

Voted for by: Roger Clarke, Philippa Snow

Penny Lane, USA

Voted for by: Roger Clarke

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RaMell Ross, USA

Voted for by: James Bell, Sophie Brown, Ryan Gilbey, Pamela Hutchinson, Sophie Monks Kaufman

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Lav Diaz, Philippines / France

Voted for by: The Ferroni Brigade

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Alice Rohrwacher, Italy

Voted for by: James Bell, Nick Bradshaw, Roger Clarke, Alex Dudok de Wit, Gareth Evans, Charles Gant, Ryan Gilbey, Chris Hall, Juliet Jacques, Catherine Wheatley

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Ben Wheatley, UK

Voted for by: Kim Newman

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Filipe Matzembacher, Marcio Reolon, Brazil

Voted for by: Sophie Monks Kaufman

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Thomas Heise, Germany

Voted for by: Jordan Cronk, Sukhdev Sandhu

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Alex Ross Perry, USA

Voted for by: Beatrice Loayza

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Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Adrian Jackson, UK

Voted for by: Gareth Evans

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Terrence Malick, USA

Voted for by: Philip Concannon, Jordan Cronk, The Ferroni Brigade, Nick Pinkerton, Matthew Taylor, Matthew Thrift, Samuel Wigley, Matt Zoller Seitz

Steven Soderbergh, USA

Voted for by: Kambole Campbell, Vadim Rizov, Amy Taubin, Craig Williams

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Claire Denis, France

Voted for by: Bidisha, Elena Gorfinkel, Pamela Hutchinson, Eric Hynes, Tara Judah, Beatrice Loayza, Violet Lucca, Andrew Male, Philippa Snow, Kate Stables, Brad Stevens, Matthew Taylor, Catherine Wheatley, Matt Zoller Seitz

Isabella Eklöf, Denmark

Voted for by: Anne Billson, Simran Hans, Tim Hayes, Philippa Snow, David Thompson

Herman Yau, Hong Kong

Voted for by: The Ferroni Brigade

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, USA

Voted for by: Matthew Barrington, Katherine McLaughlin

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Alma Har’el, USA

Voted for by: Ella Kemp

Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo Stefanov, Macedonia

Voted for by: Nikki Baughan, Sophie Brown, Tom Charity, Imogen Sara Smith, Amy Taubin

Sid Iandovka, Anya Tsyrlina, Switzerland

Voted for by: Neil Young

Hong Sangsoo, South Korea

Voted for by: Brad Stevens

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Brett Story, USA

Voted for by: Erika Balsom, Sophie Brown, Ashley Clark, Simran Hans, Eric Hynes, Vadim Rizov, Matt Turner

Yoon Ga-eun, South Korea

Voted for by: Kambole Campbell

Lars von Trier, Denmark / France

Voted for by: Tim Hayes

Eugène Green, Portugal / France / Belgium

Voted for by: Catherine Wheatley

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Lorena Scafaria, USA

Voted for by: Bidisha, Mark Cousins, Simran Hans, Rebecca Harrison, Pamela Hutchinson, Katherine McLaughlin, Christina Newland, Kate Stables, Bethany Webb

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Radu Jude, Romania

Voted for by: Tara Judah

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Jérémy Clapin, France

Voted for by: Jason Anderson, Nick Bradshaw, Alex Dudok de Wit, Isabel Stevens, Bethany Webb

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Angela Schanelec, Germany

Voted for by: Kieron Corless, Jordan Cronk, Jamie Dunn, Giovanni Marchini Camia, Ben Nicholson, Jonathan Romney, Neil Young

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Barry Jenkins, USA

Voted for by: Tim Hayes, Tara Judah, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Matthew Taylor, Kelli Weston

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Peter Strickland, UK

Voted for by: Anne Billson, Anton Bitel, Michael Brooke, Tim Hayes, Tara Judah, Philip Kemp, Kim Newman

Thomas Stuber, Germany

Voted for by: Imogen Sara Smith

Aude Chevalier-Beaumel, Marcelo Barbosa, Brazil

Voted for by: So Mayer

Cristina Ibarra, Alex Rivera, USA

Voted for by: B Ruby Rich

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Halina Reijn, France

Voted for by: Elena Lazic

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Karim Aïnouz, Brazil

Voted for by: Geoff Andrew, Maria Delgado, Nick James

Louis-Julien Petit, France

Voted for by: Ginette Vincendeau

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Martin Scorsese, USA

Voted for by: James Bell, Anton Bitel, Michael Brooke, Elisabet Cabeza, Kambole Campbell, Tom Charity, Philip Concannon, Jordan Cronk, Ryan Gilbey, Chris Hall, Simran Hans, Molly Haskell, Pamela Hutchinson, Eric Hynes, Nick James, Ella Kemp, Violet Lucca, Geoffrey Macnab, Ian Mantgani, Christina Newland, Nick Pinkerton, Jonathan Romney, Leigh Singer, Isabel Stevens, Amy Taubin, Matthew Taylor, Lou Thomas, Matthew Thrift, Craig Williams, Mike Williams, Matt Zoller Seitz

Damien Manivel, France / South Korea

Voted for by: Elena Lazic

Elia Suleiman, France / Palestine

Voted for by: Kaleem Aftab, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Caspar Salmon

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Bruno Dumont, France

Voted for by: Ela Bittencourt, Giovanni Marchini Camia

Julien Faraut, France

Voted for by: Tara Judah

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Todd Phillips, USA

Voted for by: Anton Bitel, John Bleasdale, Mar Diestro-Dópido, Geoffrey Macnab, Naman Ramachandran, Mike Williams

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Rupert Goold, UK

Voted for by: Alex Davidson, Andrew Male

Frank Beauvais, France

Voted for by: Erika Balsom, Kieron Corless, Elena Gorfinkel, Giovanni Marchini Camia, Vadim Rizov

Yann Gonzalez, France / Mexico

Voted for by: Roger Clarke

Jennifer Reeder, USA

Voted for by: Anton Bitel, Katherine McLaughlin

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Rian Johnson, USA

Voted for by: Kambole Campbell, Sophie Monks Kaufman, Christina Newland, Kim Newman, Kate Stables, Lou Thomas, Kelli Weston

Rachel Lears, USA

Voted for by: John Bleasdale

Anocha Suwichakornpong, Ben Rivers, UK / Thailand

Voted for by: Robert Koehler, Brad Stevens, Samuel Wigley

(Umibe no eigakan – Kinema no tamatebako) Nobuhiko Ōbayashi, Japan

Voted for by: The Ferroni Brigade

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Joe Talbot, USA

Voted for by: Ela Bittencourt, Jemma Desai, Caitlin Quinlan, Imogen Sara Smith

Kavich Neang, Cambodia

Voted for by: Becca Voelcker

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Shola Amoo, UK

Voted for by: Matthew Barrington

Dan Reed, UK / USA

Voted for by: John Bleasdale

Albert Serra, France / Portugal / Spain

Voted for by: Kieron Corless, Jordan Cronk

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Robert Eggers, USA

Voted for by: Jason Anderson, John Bleasdale, Rebecca Harrison, Ella Kemp, Katherine McLaughlin, Paul O’Callaghan, Jonathan Romney, Caspar Salmon, Lou Thomas, Mike Williams

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Jessica Hausner, Austria / UK

Voted for by: Geoff Andrew, Rebecca Harrison, Catherine Wheatley

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Jayro Bustamante, Guatemala

Voted for by: Maria Delgado

Ognjen Glavonic, Serbia / France / Iran / Croatia / Qatar

Voted for by: Imogen Sara Smith

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Bi Gan, China

Voted for by: J. Hoberman

Toby Tatum, UK

Voted for by: Michael Pattison

Sky Hopinka, USA

Voted for by: Matt Turner

Tate Taylor, Japan / USA

Voted for by: Bidisha

Rubaiyat Hossain, France / Bangladesh / Denmark / Portugal

Voted for by: Jemma Desai

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Josephine Decker, USA

Voted for by: Alex Dudok de Wit, Gareth Evans, Ryan Gilbey, Brad Stevens

Rodrigo Sorogoyen, France / Spain

Voted for by: Kaleem Aftab

Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, Thailand / France / China

Voted for by: Kieron Corless

Nick Broomfield, UK

Voted for by: Mar Diestro-Dópido

(L’extraordinaire voyage de Marona) Anca Damian, France / Romania / Belgium

Voted for by: The Ferroni Brigade

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Noah Baumbach, USA

Voted for by: John Bleasdale, Elisabet Cabeza, Jamie Dunn, Charles Gant, Rebecca Harrison, Molly Haskell, Ella Kemp, Beatrice Loayza, Geoffrey Macnab, Christina Newland, Leigh Singer, Matthew Thrift, Samuel Wigley

Pietro Marcello, Italy

Voted for by: Erika Balsom, James Bell, Nick Bradshaw, Elisabet Cabeza, Jordan Cronk, J. Hoberman, Nick Pinkerton, Imogen Sara Smith, Samuel Wigley

Maura Delpero, Italy / Argentina

Voted for by: Maria Delgado

Bruno Collet, France

Voted for by: Neil Young

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Heperi Mita, New Zealand

Voted for by: Jemma Desai, So Mayer

Hassan Fazili, Emelie Mahdavian, Qatar / UK / Canada / USA

Voted for by: Becca Voelcker

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Ari Aster, USA

Voted for by: John Bleasdale, Roger Clarke, Mark Cousins, Mar Diestro-Dópido, Charles Gant, Ryan Gilbey, Philip Kemp, Paul O’Callaghan, Sukhdev Sandhu, Anna Smith, Bethany Webb

Bing Liu, USA

Voted for by: Ella Kemp, Sophie Monks Kaufman

Denis Shabaev, Russia

Voted for by: Juliet Jacques

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Ladj Ly, France

Voted for by: Elisabet Cabeza, Ginette Vincendeau

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Oliver Hermanus, South Africa / UK

Voted for by: Jamie Dunn

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Alejandro Landes, Colombia

Voted for by: Nikki Baughan, Maria Delgado, Jamie Dunn, Charles Gant, Wendy Ide, Ella Kemp, Philip Kemp, Caitlin Quinlan, Caspar Salmon, Leigh Singer, Matthew Taylor, Lou Thomas, Bethany Webb

Mania Akbari, UK / Iran / Germany

Voted for by: Nick Bradshaw, Sukhdev Sandhu

Tony Cokes, USA

Voted for by: Matthew Barrington

Jeong Dahee, South Korea

Voted for by: Alex Dudok de Wit

Sebastian Brameshuber, Austria / France / Nigeria

Voted for by: Matt Turner

Marcin Krzyształowicz, Poland

Voted for by: Michael Brooke

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Clint Eastwood, USA

Voted for by: Philip Concannon, Andrew Male, Ian Mantgani, Brad Stevens, Craig Williams

Luke Fowler, UK

Voted for by: Elena Gorfinkel

Zia Anger, USA

Voted for by: Simran Hans, Ben Nicholson, Charlie Shackleton

Richard Lowenstein, Australia

Voted for by: Sophie Brown

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Germany / Italy

Voted for by: David Thompson

Alysa Nahmias, USA

Voted for by: Sukhdev Sandhu

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Jennifer Kent, Australia / USA / Canada

Voted for by: Nikki Baughan, Tara Judah, Elena Lazic, Kim Newman

Miko Revereza, USA

Voted for by: Erika Balsom, Jemma Desai, Elena Gorfinkel, Charlie Shackleton, Christopher Small, Matt Turner

Gvojic, Arunanondchai, Thailand / USA

Voted for by: Becca Voelcker

Ignacio Agüero, Chile

Voted for by: Christopher Small

Roman Polanski, France / Italy

Voted for by: Geoffrey Macnab

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Juris Kursietis, Latvia / Lithuania / Belgium / France

Voted for by: Caspar Salmon

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Quentin Tarantino, USA

Voted for by: Michael Atkinson, James Bell, John Bleasdale, Tom Charity, Philip Concannon, Mar Diestro-Dópido, Chris Hall, Molly Haskell, Tim Hayes, J. Hoberman, Nick James, Robert Koehler, Violet Lucca, Geoffrey Macnab, Andrew Male, Ian Mantgani, Christina Newland, Kim Newman, Nick Pinkerton, Naman Ramachandran, Christopher Small, Imogen Sara Smith, Philippa Snow, Kate Stables, Lou Thomas, David Thompson, Matthew Thrift, Catherine Wheatley, Samuel Wigley, Craig Williams

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Wang Quan’an, China / Mongolia

Voted for by: Caspar Salmon

Nanfu Wang, Lynn Zhang, USA

Voted for by: Sophie Brown, B Ruby Rich

Shin’ichirô Ueda, Japan

Voted for by: Anne Billson, Michael Brooke, Philip Concannon

Matjaz Ivanisin, Slovenia

Voted for by: Kieron Corless

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Carlos Reygadas, Mexico

Voted for by: Eric Hynes, Elena Lazic

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Pedro Almodóvar, Spain

Voted for by: Geoff Andrew, Michael Atkinson, Elisabet Cabeza, Roger Clarke, Alex Davidson, Maria Delgado, Mar Diestro-Dópido, Alex Dudok de Wit, Molly Haskell, Pamela Hutchinson, Juliet Jacques, Nick James, Geoffrey Macnab, Andrew Male, So Mayer, Naman Ramachandran, B Ruby Rich, Sukhdev Sandhu, Imogen Sara Smith, Kate Stables, Matthew Taylor, Ginette Vincendeau

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Vaclav Marhoul, Czech Republic / Slovakia / Ukraine

Voted for by: Tom Charity

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Bong Joon-ho, South Korea

Voted for by: Kaleem Aftab, Jason Anderson, Michael Atkinson, James Bell, Anton Bitel, Ela Bittencourt, John Bleasdale, Nick Bradshaw, Elisabet Cabeza, Kambole Campbell, Jamie Dunn, Charles Gant, Molly Haskell, Wendy Ide, Nick James, Ella Kemp, Robert Koehler, Beatrice Loayza, Violet Lucca, Katherine McLaughlin, Giovanni Marchini Camia, Christina Newland, Paul O’Callaghan, Caitlin Quinlan, Naman Ramachandran, B Ruby Rich, Jonathan Romney, Sukhdev Sandhu, Imogen Sara Smith, Isabel Stevens, Amy Taubin, Becca Voelcker, Mike Williams, Neil Young, Matt Zoller Seitz

Eduardo Teddy Williams, Guinea-Bissau / Argentina / Switzerland

Voted for by: Becca Voelcker

Akosa Adoma Owusu, Germany / Ghana

Voted for by: Becca Voelcker

Soheil Beiraghi, Iran

Voted for by: Philip Kemp

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Mike Leigh, UK

Voted for by: Eric Hynes, Nick Pinkerton

Nicolas Pesce, USA

Voted for by: Anton Bitel, Philippa Snow

Tom Cullen, UK

Voted for by: Leigh Singer

Peter Parlow, USA

Voted for by: Giovanni Marchini Camia, Vadim Rizov

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Céline Sciamma, France

Voted for by: Jason Anderson, Ela Bittencourt, John Bleasdale, Elisabet Cabeza, Tom Charity, Philip Concannon, Alex Davidson, Maria Delgado, Simran Hans, Rebecca Harrison, Nick James, Beatrice Loayza, Violet Lucca, Katherine McLaughlin, Geoffrey Macnab, Caitlin Quinlan, Caspar Salmon, Leigh Singer, Anna Smith, Isabel Stevens, Amy Taubin, Lou Thomas, Ginette Vincendeau, Catherine Wheatley, Mike Williams

Zhu Shengze, China / Hong Kong / USA

Voted for by: Erika Balsom, Elena Gorfinkel, Matt Turner, Becca Voelcker

Hiroyuki Imaishi, Japan

Voted for by: Kambole Campbell

Jill Magid, USA

Voted for by: Charlie Shackleton

Alice Winocour, France

Voted for by: Pamela Hutchinson

Piotr Milczarek, Poland

Voted for by: Neil Young

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Richard Billingham, UK

Voted for by: Kieron Corless, Ryan Gilbey, Tara Judah, Sophie Monks Kaufman, Isabel Stevens

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, USA

Voted for by: Kim Newman

Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Spain / France

Voted for by: Ginette Vincendeau

Jenny Brady, Ireland

Voted for by: Ben Nicholson

Alexander Nanau, USA

Voted for by: Tom Charity

Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff, Chile

Voted for by: Isabel Stevens

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Peter Mackie Burns, Ireland / UK

Voted for by: Leigh Singer

John Skoog, Sweden

Voted for by: Nick Bradshaw

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Dexter Fletcher, UK / Canada / USA

Voted for by: Mark Cousins, Rebecca Harrison

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Sarah Gavron, UK

Voted for by: Nikki Baughan, Elisabet Cabeza, Jemma Desai, Wendy Ide, Caitlin Quinlan

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Benjamín Naishtat, Argentina / Brazil / France

Voted for by: Anne Billson

Martin Scorsese, USA

Voted for by: Gareth Evans, David Thompson, Craig Williams

Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor, Ireland / UK

Voted for by: Ian Mantgani, So Mayer, Matthew Taylor, Matthew Thrift, Samuel Wigley

Ute Aurand, Germany

Voted for by: Matt Turner

Charlotte Prodger, UK / Italy