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Kuxa Kanema's Unsung Heroes

By: kuxa kanema

Here are one hundred film makers largely unknown from around the world. These directors may not have the same following as PT Anderson, Weerasethakul, Tsai, Haneke, or Noe, but in their small way they are contributing to the rich diversity in cinema today!

1.Lenny Abrahamson, Ireland

Garage, 2007

2.Maren Ade, Germany

Everyone Else, 2009

3.Laurent Achard, France

Last of the Crazy People, 2006

4.Sandro Aguilar, Portugal

Uprise, 2008

5.Karin Albou, Tunisia

Wedding Song, 2008

6.Philippe Aractingi, Lebanon

Under the Bombs, 2007

7.Cam Archer, USA

Wild Tigers I Have Known, 2006

8.Stefan Arsenijevic, Serbia

Love and Other Crimes, 2008

9.Adiyta Assarat, Thailand

Wonderful Town, 2007

10.Siddiq Barmak, Iran

Osama, 2003

11.Jean Pierre Bekolo, Cameroon

The Bloodiest, 2005

12.Rodrigo Bellot, Bolivia

Sexual Dependency, 2003

13.Christopher Boe, Denmark

Everything Will Be Fine, 2010

14.Beto Brant, Brazil

Stray Dog, 2007

15.Daniel Burman, Argentina

Lost Embrace, 2004

16.Antonio Campos, USA

Afterschool, 2008

17.Ikeda Chihiro, Japan

Tokyo Rendez-Vous, 2008

18.Emanuele Crialese, Italy

Respiro, 2002

19.Jonas Cuaron, Mexico

Ano Una, 2007

20.Nandita Das, India

Firaaq, 2008

21.Erik de Bruyn, Holland

Nadine, 2007

22.Sergei Dvortsevoy, Kazakhstan

Tulpan, 2008

23.Yannis Economides, Greece

Soul Kicking, 2006

24.Edwin, Indonesia

Blind Pigs Who Want To Fly, 2008

25.Fernando Eimbcke, Mexico

Duck Season, 2004

26.Maria Paz Encina, Paraguay

Paraguaya Hamaca, 2006

27.Amant Escalante, Mexico

Los Bastardos, 2008

28.Josef Fares, Sweden, Lebanon

Farsan, 2010

29.Christos Georgiu, Cyprus

Small Crime, 2008

30.Valeriya Gay Germanika, Russia

Everybody Dies But Me, 2008

31.Miguel Gomes, Portugal

Our Beloved Month of August, 2008

32.Valeska Grisebach, Germany

Longing, 2006

33.Yang Li

Blind Shaft, 2003

34.Jessica Hausner, Austria

Hotel, 2004

35.Ivy Ho, Hong Kong

Claustrophobia, 2008

36.Ho Choi, South Korea

Go Go 70’s, 2008

37.Joanna Hogg, United Kingdom

Unrelated, 2007

38.Alex Holdridge, USA

In Search of A Midnight Kiss, 2007

39.Hormoz, France

I Dreamt Under the Water, 2008

40.Andrzej Jakimowski, Poland

Tricks, 2007

41.Vimukthi Jayasundara, Sri Lanka

Forsaken Land, 2005

42.Miranda July, USA

Me, You and Everyone We Know, 2005

43.Tom Kalin, USA

Savage Grace, 2007

44.Semih Keplanoglu, Turkey

Sut, 2008

45.Dagur Kari, Iceland

Noi Albinoi, 2003

46.Jonathan King, New Zealand

Black Sheep, 2006

47.Ulrich Kohler, Germany

Bungalow, 2002

48.Gideon Koppel, United Kingdom

Sleep Furiously, 2008

49.Dover Koshashvili, Isreal, Georgia

Late Marraige, 2001

50.Daniel Krige, Australia

West, 2007

51.Bouli Lanners, Belgium

Ultranova, 2005

52.Giorgos Lanthimos, Greece

Dogtooth, 2009

53.James Lee, Malaysia

The Beautiful Washing Machine, 2004

54.Micha Lewinsky, Switzerland

Will You Marry Us?, 2009

55.Jens Lien, Norway

56.Pablo Lorrain, Chile

Tony Manero, 2008

57.Marek Losey, United Kingdom

The Hide, 2008

58.Aku Louhimies, Finland

Frozen Land, 2005

59.Daniel Luchetti, Italy

My Brother Is An Only Child, 2007

60.Pia Marais, Germany

The Unpolished, 2007

61.Brillante Mendoza, Philippines

Serbis, 2008

62.Kornel Mundruczo, Hungary

Delta, 2008

63.Radu Muntean, Rumania

Boogie, 2008

64.Fanta Regina Nacro, Burkina Faso

Night of Truth, 2004

65.Charles Najman, Canada, Haiti

Haïti: la fin des chimères?…, 2004

66.Jeff Nichols, USA

Shotgun Stories, 2007

67.Miwa Nishikawa, Japan

Sway, 2006

68.Annette Olesen, Denmark

In Your Hands, 2004

69.Santiago Otheguy, Argentina

La Leon, 2007

70.Rithy Panh, Cambodia

The Sea Wall, 2008

71.Rafi Pitts, Iran, United Kingdom

The Hunter, 2010

72.Ihor Podolchak, Ukraine

Las Meninas, 2007

73.Juris Poskus, Latvia

Monotony, 2007

74.Pablo Stoll, Uruguay

Whisky (co-directed with Juan Pablo Rebella who tragically died aged 32 in2006), 2004

75.Enrique Rivero, Mexico

Parque Via, 2008

76.Mariana Rondon, Venezuela

Postcards From Leningrad, 2007

77.Jaime Rosales, Spain

Hours of the Day, 2003

78.Lynn Shelton, USA

Humpday, 2009

79.Cate Shortland, Australia

Somersault, 2004

80.Bohdan Slama, Czech Republic

The Country Teacher, 2008

81.Götz Spielman, Austria

Revanche, 2008

82.Malgorzata Szumowska, Poland

33 Scenes From Life, 2008

83.Roystan Tan, Singapore

15, 2003

84.Tan Chui Mui, Malaysia

Love Conquers All, 2006

85.Elkin Tuichiev, Uzbekistan

Silence, 2009

86.Dito Tzintsadze, Georgia

Mediator, 2009

87.Juanma Bajo Ulloa , Spain

Fragil, 2004

88.Naomi Uman, USA

Unamed Film, 2008

89.Djamshad Usmonov, Tajikistan

To Get To Heaven First You Have To Die

90.Yesim Ustaoglu, Turkey

Waiting For the Clouds, 2003

91.Jean Marc Vallee, Canada

C.R.A.Z.Y, 2005

92.Francisco Vargas, Mexico

El Violin, 2005

93.David Volach, Israel

My Father My Lord, 2007

94.Larisa Sadilova, Russia

With Love Lilly, 2003

95.Ben Wheatley, United Kingdom

Down Terrace, 2009

96.Yi’nan Dao, China

Night Train, 2007

97.Khaled Youssef, Eygpt

Heya Fawda, (co-directed with legendary film maker Youssef Chahine)

98.Yuhang Ho, Malaysia

Rain Dogs, 2006

99.Dejan Zecevic, Serbia

Fourth Man, 2007

100.Ralph Ziman, South Africa

Gangster’s Paradise, Jerusalema, 2008

Work in progress

 

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João Oliveira 10

13Oct11

MAn, impressive list .... I wonder how is it possible to be so informed.... I mean I live in Portugal and the only film of the list i´ve seen is the portugues one - wich I love - and if the rest of the films are of the same level it´s a really great list.

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shahidullah

8Jun11

very nice :)

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Nguyen Thai Vi

5Apr11

WOW, i'm speechless

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Jup4rkov

13Mar11

Oh my Godness, This is a Coool List

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