P&LFF 2015 – Top 10 Films
1. Son of Saul – László Nemes
2. Star Wars: A Force Awakens – J.J. Abrams
3. The Revenant – Alejandro González Iñárritu
4. Taxi Tehran – Jafar Panahi
5. Mustang – Deniz Gamze Ergüven
6. Macbeth – Justin Kurzel
7. The Hateful Eight – Quentin Tarantino
8. Tangerine – Sean Baker
9. Victoria – Sebastian Schipper
10. The Assassin – Hou Hsiao-Hsieh
Other films to watch:
Room – Lenny Abrahamson
Thanatos, Drunk – Tso-chi Chang
Anomalisa – Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman
The Big Short – Adam McMay
Inside Out – Pete Docter
Steve Jobs – Danny Boyle
The Lobster – Yorgos Lanthimos
Concussion – Peter Landesman
Mad Max: The Fury Road – George Miller
Suffragette – Sarah Gavron
Spotlight – Tom McCarthy
Upcoming directors:
László Nemes – Son of Saul
Natalie Portman – A Tale of Love and Darkness
Deniz Gamze Ergüven – Mustang
Anders Rune – Aerobics – A Love Story
Clément Cogitore – The Wakhan Front
Actresses to watch:
Rooney Mara – Carol
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Shira Haas – Princess
Marina Nyström – Aerobics – A Love Story
Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina, The Danish Girl
Actors to watch:
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
The Danish Girl – Eddie Redmayne
Tom Hardy – The Revenant, Legend
Jacob Tremblay – Room
Will Smith – Concussion
Soundtrack:
The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone
Macbeth – Jed Kurzel
The Revenant – Ryuichi Nakamoto, Alva Noto & Bryce Dessner
Brooklyn – Michael Brook
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams