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