Best [Unreleased] Films of 2011

By: Erik McClana​han

I caught most of these at various festivals this past year. They’ve yet to be given proper release in the States, but look for most of them to come out in 2012. Some of these will easily figure in to my best-of list next year.

• 01
  Take This Waltz
  Sarah Polley
• 02
  Miss Bala
  Gerardo Naranjo
• 03
  Elena
  Andrei Zvyagintsev
• 04
  Alps
  Giorgos Lanthimos
• 05
  Policeman
  Nadav Lapid
• 06
  Headshot
  Pen-ek Ratanaruang
• 07
  Kooky
  Jan Svěrák
• 08
  The Loneliest Planet
  Julia Loktev
• 09
  Bullhead
  Michaël R. Roskam
• 10
  I Wish
  Hirokazu Kore-eda