Top 10 Undistributed Films

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