I love this yearly piece from the folks @ IndieWIRE – it highlights the films that unfortunately find themselves by the waste side, that don’t get picked up, but that deservingly need to be seen. I’ve had the chance to catch a couple of these features – Three Times will most likely finds its way on my top 20 of the year (results published in February in 2006).
Undiscovered Gems is a list from indieWIRE staffers and writers: Eugene Hernandez (editor-in-chief), Brian Brooks (associate editor), James Israel (administration and marketing), and contributors Erica Abeel, Howard Feinstein, Anthony Kaufman, Michael Koresky, Jonny Leahan, Lily Oei and Steven Rosen.
Here is their Top 10 Films of 2005 Without U.S. Distribution:
Chain – Jem Cohen
C.R.A.Z.Y. -Jean-Marc Vallee
Four Eyed Monsters – Susan Buice & Arin Crumley
I Am a Sex Addict – Caveh Zahedi
John and Jane – Ashim Ahluwalla
The Puffy Chair – The Duplass Brothers
Romantico – Mark Becker
The Sun -Aleksandr Sokurov
Three Times – Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Wayward Cloud – Tsai Ming-liang
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Mary – Abel Ferrara
Massacre – Monika Borgmann, Lokman Slim, Hermann Theissen
October 17, 1961 – Alain Tasma
Red Doors – Georgia Lee
“Sir! No Sir!”David Ziegler
Tale of Cinema – Hong Sang-soo
