The 100 greatest films directed by women: Who voted? A-K

We polled 368 film experts from around the world for their favourite films directed by women, here are their votes in full.

BBC Culture polled film experts around the world for their favourite films directed by women. In total, 368 critics, academics, industry figures and film programmers, from 84 countries responded. Each critic voted for 10 films, ranking them 1 (favourite) to 10 (10th favourite). We awarded 10 points per first ranked film, 9 per second ranked film, and so on down to 1. We then summed the points. The film with the most points won, and films with more individual votes in total ranked higher.

Read the full ballots of critics L-Z here

Mo Abdi – Freelance film critic (UK/Iran)

1. The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)

2. The Seashell and the Clergyman (Germaine Dulac, 1928)

3. Olympia (Leni Riefenstahl, 1938)

4. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

5. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

6. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

7. The House is Black (Forugh Farrokhzad, 1963)

8. On Body and Soul (Ildikó Enyedi, 2017)

9. Happy as Lazzaro (Alice Rohrwacher, 2019)

10. The Night Porter (Liliana Cavani, 1974)

Agustin Acevedo Kanopa – Film critic for La Diaria (Uruguay)

1. The House is Black (Forugh Farrokhzad, 1963)

2. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

3. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

4. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

5. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

6. Happy as Lazzaro (Alice Rohrwacher, 2019)

7. Sleepless in Seattle (Nora Ephron, 1993)

8. The Connection (Shirley Clarke, 1961)

9. The Asthenic Syndrome (Kira Muratova, 1989)

10. Olympia (Leni Riefenstahl, 1938)

Kaleem Aftab – Freelance (United Kingdom)

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

2. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

3. Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair, 2001)

4. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

5. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

6. Olympia (Leni Riefenstahl, 1938)

7. Fat Girl (Catherine Breillat, 2001)

8. The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko, 2010)

9. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

10. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Lotte Reiniger, 1926)

Diana María Agudelo – Film critic for Kinetoscopio (Colombia)

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

2. Seven Beauties (Lina Wertmüller, 1975)

3. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

4. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

5. Europa Europa (Agnieszka Holland, 1980)

6. You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay, 2017)

7. Zama (Lucrecia Martel, 2017)

8. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)

9. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Lotte Reiniger, 1926)

10. The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953)

Arturo Aguilar – Freelance film critic (Mexico)

1. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)

2. The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953)

3. Le Bonheur (Agnès Varda, 1965)

4. Whale Rider (Niki Caro, 2002)

5. Dance, Girl, Dance (Dorothy Arzner, 1940)

6. Triumph of the Will (Leni Riefenstahl, 1935)

7. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

8. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

9. The Selfish Giant (Clio Barnard, 2013)

10. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)

Konstantinos Aivaliotis – Director of promotion for the Greek Film Centre (Greece)

1. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

2. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

3. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Lotte Reiniger, 1926)

4. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

5. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)

6. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

7. The Connection (Shirley Clarke, 1961)

8. Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen (T Minh-ha Trinh, 1983)

9. Athene (Eva Stefani, 1995)

10. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

Aderinsola Ajao – Freelance journalist and curator (Nigeria)

1. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

2. Cuba: An African Odyssey (Jihan El-Tahri, 2007)

3. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)

4. Mudbound (Dee Rees, 2017)

5. A Suspended Life (Jocelyne Saab, 1985)

6. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

7. Under the Starry Sky (Dyana Gaye, 2013)

8. The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953)

9. Microhabitat (Go-Woon Jeon, 2017)

10. Big (Penny Marshall, 1988)

Ana Xóchitl Alarcón Zamora – General Director of the Costa Rican Film Production Centre (Costa Rica)

1. Love and Anarchy (Lina Wertmüller, 1973)

2. Suffragette (Sarah Gavron, 2015)

3. Heiress of the Wind (Gloria Carrión Fonseca, 2017)

4. Tempestad (Tatiana Huezo, 2016)

5. Rara (Pepa San Martín, 2016)

6. Belle (Amma Asante, 2013)

7. Under the Tuscan Sun (Audrey Wells, 2003)

8. The Holy Girl (Lucrecia Martel, 2004)

9. Take My Eyes (Icíar Bollaín, 2003)

10. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

Neta Alexander – Assistant professor for film and media and freelance journalist (Israel)

1. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

2. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

3. Or (My Treasure) (Karen Yedaya, 2004)

4. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

5. Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay, 1999)

6. The Consequences of Feminism (Alice Guy, 1906)

7. Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson, 2016)

8. Sink or Swim (Su Friedrich, 1990)

9. Nitrate Kisses (Barbara Hammer, 1992)

10. Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen (T Minh-ha Trinh, 1983)

Khalid Ali – Film and media correspondent (Sudan)

1. Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair, 2001)

2. Away from Her (Sarah Polley, 2006)

3. Caramel (Nadine Labaki, 2007)

4. One-Zero (Kamlah Abu-Zikri, 2009)

5. The Farewell (Lulu Wang, 2019)

6. Solitaire (Sophie Boutros, 2016)

7. The Savages (Tamara Jenkins, 2007)

8. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

9. 3000 Nights (Mai Masri, 2015)

10. Sleepless in Seattle (Nora Ephron, 1993)

Ola Alsheikh – Freelance film critic (Palestine)

1. System Crasher (Nora Fingscheidt, 2019)

2. Paris la blanche (Lidia Terki, 2017)

3. Water (Deepa Mehta, 2005)

4. Adam (Maryam Touzani, 2019)

5. Coming Forth by Day (Hala Lotfy, 2012)

6. Nowhere in Africa (Caroline Link, 2001)

7. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

8. The Silences of the Palace (Moufida Tlatli, 1994)

9. The Olive Tree (Icíar Bollaín, 2016)

10. 3000 Nights (Mai Masri, 2015)

Orestis Andreadakis – Artistic Director for Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Greece)

1. The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953)

2. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

3. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

4. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

5. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

6. Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)

7. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

8. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

9. Attenberg (Athina Rachel Tsangari, 2010)

10. Topos (Antouanetta Angelidi, 1985)

Mallory Andrews – Freelance (Canada)

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

2. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

3. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

4. Harlan County, USA (Barbara Kopple, 1976)

5. Girlhood (Céline Sciamma, 2014)

6. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

7. Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)

8. Mikey and Nicky (Elaine May, 1976)

9. Paris Is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990)

10. Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson, 2016)

Nigel Andrews – Film critic for The Financial Times (UK)

1. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

2. Triumph of the Will (Leni Riefenstahl, 1935)

3. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

4. Mädchen in Uniform (Leontine Sagan, 1931)

5. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

6. The Seashell and the Clergyman (Germaine Dulac, 1928)

7. The Night Porter (Liliana Cavani, 1974)

8. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

9. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

10. Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair, 2001)

Ali Arikan – Freelance film critic (Turkey)

1. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

2. Sita Sings the Blues (Nina Paley, 2008)

3. Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)

4. The Decline of Western Civilization (Penelope Spheeris, 1981)

5. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

6. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

7. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

8. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)

9. Mikey and Nicky (Elaine May, 1976)

10. Big (Penny Marshall, 1988)

Stephen ‘Spling’ Aspeling – Film critic for SPL!NG (South Africa)

1. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)

2. The Edge of Seventeen (Kelly Fremon Craig, 2016)

3. The Babadook (Jennifer Kent, 2014)

4. Whale Rider (Niki Caro, 2002)

5. Belle (Amma Asante, 2013)

6. Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins, 2017)

7. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

8. Dis ek, Anna (Sara Blecher, 2015)

9. Meerkat Maantuig (Hanneke Schutte, 2017)

10. Titus (Julie Taymor, 1999)

Nathalie Atkinson – Freelance (Canada)

1. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

2. Harlan County, USA (Barbara Kopple, 1976)

3. An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990)

4. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Lotte Reiniger, 1926)

5. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

6. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

7. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

8. The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953)

9. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

10. The Silences of the Palace (Moufida Tlatli, 1994)

Judith Audu – Filmmaker (Nigeria)

1. Rafiki (Wanuri Kahiu, 2018)

2. Joy (Sudabeh Mortezai, 2018)

3. King of Boys (Kemi Adetiba, 2018)

4. Walking with Shadows (Aoife O'Kelly, 2019)

5. #TheFourthSide (Uyoyou Adia, 2018)

6. Monster (Patty Jenkins, 2003)

7. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)

8. Isoken (Jadesola Osiberu, 2017)

9. Lionheart (Genevieve Nnaji, 2018)

10. Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins, 2017)

Nada Azhari Gillon – Journalist and film critic (Syria)

1. The House is Black (Forugh Farrokhzad, 1963)

2. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

3. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

4. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

5. Desperately Seeking Susan (Susan Seidelman, 1985)

6. Le Bonheur (Agnès Varda, 1965)

7. Wolf and Sheep (Shahrbanoo Sadat, 2016)

8. The Blue-Veiled (Rakhshan Banietemad , 1995)

9. The Taste of Others (Agnès Jaoui, 2000)

10. Coming Forth by Day (Hala Lotfy, 2012)

Azizuddin – Lecturer at Kabul University (Afghanistan)

1. Half Value Life (Alka Sadat, 2008)

2. Se noghta (Roya Sadat, 2003)

3. Commander Arian, a Story of Women, War and Freedom (Alba Sotorra, 2018)

4. A Thousand Girls Like Me (Sahra Mani, 2018)

5. Afghanistan Night Story (Alka Sadat, 2015)

6. Tales (Rakhshan Banietemad, 2014)

7. Om Shanti Om (Farah Khan, 2007)

8. Cease Fire (Tahmineh Milani, 2006)

9. Wasp (Andrea Arnold, 2003)

10. A Letter to the President (Roya Sadat, 2017)

Ana Maria Bahiana – Deputy editor of goldenglobes.com (Brazil)

1. Strange Days (Kathryn Bigelow, 1995)

2. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

3. Antonia's Line (Marleen Gorris, 1995)

4. Raw (Julia Ducournau, 2016)

5. Monster (Patty Jenkins, 2003)

6. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)

7. Gaijin, a Brazilian Odyssey (Tizuka Yamasaki, 1980)

8. You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay, 2017)

9. The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953)

10. The Breadwinner (Nora Twomey, 2017)

Cameron Bailey – Artistic director and co-head of Toronto International Film Festival (Canada)

1. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

2. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

3. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

4. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

5. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

6. Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (Alanis Obomsawin, 1993)

7. A Simple Life (Ann Hui, 2011)

8. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

9. Black Shack Alley (Euzhan Palcy, 1983)

10. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

Lindsay Baker – BBC Culture (UK)

1. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

2. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

3. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)

4. Detroit (Kathryn Bigelow, 2017)

5. Paris Is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990)

6. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

7. Desperately Seeking Susan (Susan Seidelman, 1985)

8. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)

9. You've Got Mail (Nora Ephron, 1998)

10. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)

Marta Bałaga – Film journalist for Cineuropa (Poland)

1. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

2. One Sings, the Other Doesn't (Agnès Varda, 1977)

3. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)

4. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

5. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

6. My Twentieth Century (Ildikó Enyedi, 1989)

7. A Woman Alone (Agnieszka Holland, 1987)

8. The Babadook (Jennifer Kent, 2014)

9. Zama (Lucrecia Martel, 2017)

10. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller, 2018)

Darius Baltusis – Kaunas Film Office (Lithuania)

1. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

2. The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 1999)

3. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

4. Whale Rider (Niki Caro, 2002)

5. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)

6. The Iron Lady (Phyllida Lloyd, 2011)

7. Something's Gotta Give (Nancy Meyers, 2003)

8. Monster (Patty Jenkins, 2003)

9. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)

10. Sleepless in Seattle (Nora Ephron, 1993)

Nicholas Barber – Freelance film critic for BBC Culture (UK)

1. Leave No Trace (Debra Granik, 2018)

2. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)

3. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)

4. The Beaches of Agnès (Agnès Varda, 2012)

5. The Rider (Chloé Zhao, 2017)

6. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

7. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

8. Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017)

9. Monster (Patty Jenkins, 2003)

10. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)

Manoj Barpujari – Film critic (India)

1. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

2. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

3. Le Bonheur (Agnès Varda, 1965)

4. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

5. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

6. Bulbul Can Sing (Rima Das, 2018)

7. Blackboards (Samira Makhmalbaf, 2000)

8. Wadjda (Haifaa Al-Mansour, 2012)

9. Diary for My Children (Márta Mészáros, 1984)

10. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

Pia Barragan – Cine Colombia (Colombia)

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

2. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

3. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

4. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)

5. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

6. The Rider (Chloé Zhao, 2017)

7. Mon Roi (Maïwenn, 2015)

8. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)

9. In a Better World (Susanne Bier, 2010)

10. Caramel (Nadine Labaki, 2007)

Marjorie Baumgarten – Freelance (US)

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

2. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

3. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

4. Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017)

5. Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)

6. The Smiling Madame Beudet (Germaine Dulac, 1923)

7. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)

8. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

9. Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)

10. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

Jana Bébarová – Editor-in-chief of 25fps.cz (Czech Republic)

1. Le Bonheur (Agnès Varda, 1965)

2. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

3. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

4. My Life Without Me (Isabel Coixet, 2003)

5. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

6. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

7. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Ana Lily Amirpour, 2014)

8. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)

9. Buddha Collasped Out of Shame (Hana Makhmalbaf, 2007)

10. The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)

Melis Behlil – Associate professor at Kadir Has University (Turkey)

1. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

2. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)

3. American Honey (Andrea Arnold, 2016)

4. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)

5. On Body and Soul (Ildikó Enyedi, 2017)

6. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

7. Strange Days (Kathryn Bigelow, 1995)

8. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)

9. Tomboy (Céline Sciamma, 2011)

10. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

Abbey Bender – Freelance (US)

1. Desperately Seeking Susan (Susan Seidelman, 1985)

2. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)

3. Le Bonheur (Agnès Varda, 1965)

4. The Heartbreak Kid (Elaine May, 1972)

5. The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 1999)

6. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

7. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

8. Outrage (Ida Lupino, 1950)

9. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

10. Wayne's World (Penelope Spheeris, 1992)

Omar Benkhemmar – President of the Moroccan Association of Cinema Critics (Morocco)

1. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

2. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)

3. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)

4. Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins, 2017)

5. Frida (Julie Taymor, 2002)

6. Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017)

7. American Honey (Andrea Arnold, 2016)

8. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

9. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

10. What Women Want (Nancy Meyers, 2000)

Jan Bernard - Professor at FAMU (Czech Republic)

1. At Land (Maya Deren, 1944)

2. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Lotte Reiniger, 1926)

3. India Song (Marguerite Duras, 1975)

4. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

5. The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)

6. Hvězda betlémská (Hermína Týrlová, 1970)

7. Fruit of Paradise (Vera Chytilová, 1979)

8. I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (Patricia Rozema, 1987)

9. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

10. Holy Smoke (Jane Campion, 1999)

Anne Billson – Freelance (Belgium)

1. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)

2. Evolution (Lucile Hadzihalilovic, 2015)

3. High Art (Lisa Cholodenko, 1998)

4. The Savages (Tamara Jenkins, 2007)

5. Destroyer (Karyn Kusama, 2018)

6. Enough Said (Nicole Holofcener, 2013)

7. Vamps (Amy Heckerling, 2012)

8. Whip It (Drew Barrymore, 2009)

9. Celia (Ann Turner, 1989)

10. Kung Fu Panda 2 (Jennifer Yuh Nelson, 2011)

Lizelle Bisschoff - Curator and researcher for Africa in Motion Film Festival (UK)

1. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

2. Rafiki (Wanuri Kahiu, 2018)

3. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Ana Lily Amirpour, 2014)

4. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

5. I Am Not A Witch (Rungano Nyoni, 2017)

6. Mossane (Safi Faye, 1996)

7. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

8. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008)

9. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)

10. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

Christian Blauvelt – Managing editor of IndieWire (US)

1. Little Women (Gillian Armstrong, 1994)

2. Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)

3. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

4. Sleepless in Seattle (Nora Ephron, 1993)

5. Glimpse of the Garden (Marie Menken, 1957)

6. Yentl (Barbra Streisand, 1983)

7. The Matrix (Lana and Lilly Wachowski, 1999)

8. A New Leaf (Elaine May, 1971)

9. The House is Black (Forugh Farrokhzad, 1963)

10. The Connection (Shirley Clarke, 1961)

Maja Bogojevic – Editor-in-chief of Camera Lucida (Montenegro)

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

2. Varda by Agnès (Agnès Varda, 2019)

3. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

4. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

5. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

6. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

7. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

8. Me and You and Everyone We Know (Miranda July, 2005)

9. Little Jerusalem (Karin Albou, 2005)

10. Capernaum (Nadine Labaki, 2018)

Mahen Bonetti – Executive director of African Film Festival (Sierra Leone/US)

1. Mossane (Safi Faye, 1996)

2. 13th (Ava DuVernay, 2016)

3. Atlantics (Mati Diop, 2019)

4. White Wedding (Jann Turner, 2009)

5. Shoot the Messenger (Ngozi Onwurah, 2006)

6. Honey and Ashes (Nadia Fares, 1996)

7. Cuba: An African Odyssey (Jihan El-Tahri, 2007)

8. The Night of Truth (Fanta Régina Nacro, 2004)

9. The Fruitless Tree (Aicha Macky, 2017)

10. The Two Faces of a Bamileke Woman (Rosine Mfetgo Mbakam, 2018)

Andreas Borcholte – Author for Der Spiegel ()

1. You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay, 2017)

2. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

3. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

4. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

5. Open Hearts (Susanne Bier, 2002)

6. Red Road (Andrea Arnold, 2006)

7. Longing (Valeska Griesebach, 2006)

8. Polisse (Maïwenn, 2011)

9. Blue Steel (Kathryn Bigelow, 1990)

10. Somewhere (Sofia Coppola, 2010)

Utpal Borpujari – Freelance (India)

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

2. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

3. Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair, 2001)

4. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

5. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

6. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)

7. The Matrix (Lana and Lilly Wachowski, 1999)

8. Bend it Like Beckham (Gurinder Chadha, 2002)

9. Capernaum (Nadine Labaki, 2018)

10. 36 Chowringhee Lane (Aparna Sen, 1981)

Chiara Borroni – Programmer for Torino Film Festival (Italy)

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

2. Somewhere (Sofia Coppola, 2010)

3. 35 Shots of Rum (Claire Denis, 2008)

4. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

5. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008)

6. Strange Days (Kathryn Bigelow, 1995)

7. The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953)

8. Red Road (Andrea Arnold, 2006)

9. They (Anahita Ghazvinizadeh, 2017)

10. The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (Asia Argento, 2004)

Martin Botha – Professor at the University of Cape Town (South Africa)

1. Seven Beauties (Lina Wertmüller, 1975)

2. Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985)

3. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

4. Molière (Ariane Mnouchkine, 1978)

5. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

6. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

7. Earth (Deepa Mehta, 1998)

8. Anatomy of Hell (Catherine Breillat, 2004)

9. The Silences of the Palace (Moufida Tlatli, 1994)

10. The Mourning Forest (Naomi Kawase, 2007)

Tara Brady – Film critic for The Irish Times (Ireland)

1. The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)

2. You Are Not I (Sara Driver, 1981)

3. Innocence (Lucile Hadzihalilovic, 2004)

4. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

5. Portrait of Jason (Shirley Clarke, 1967)

6. Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970

7. Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985)

8. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)

9. Outrage (Ida Lupino, 1950)

10. 13th (Ava DuVernay, 2016)

Liz Braun – Columnist for The Toronto Sun (Canada)

1. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)

2. 13th (Ava DuVernay, 2016)

3. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

4. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)

5. Salaam Bombay! (Mira Nair, 1988)

6. One Child Nation (Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang, 2019)

7. Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsay, 2002)

8. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

9. Mansfield Park (Patricia Rozema, 1999)

10. Monster (Patty Jenkins, 2003)

Catherine Bray – Director of Loop (UK)

1. Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay, 1999)

2. Pale Mother (Helma Sanders-Brahms, 1980)

3. Eve's Bayou (Kasi Lemmons, 1997)

4. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)

5. Tomboy (Céline Sciamma, 2011)

6. River of Grass (Kelly Reichardt, 1994)

7. Wayne's World (Penelope Spheeris, 1992)

8. Bound (Lana and Lilly Wachowski, 1996)

9. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)

10. Raw (Julia Ducournau, 2016)

Anne Brodie – Film critic and interviewer for What She Said (Canada)

1. The Rider (Chloé Zhao, 2017)

2. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)

3. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)

4. Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins, 2017)

5. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller, 2018)

6. Trick or Treaty? (Alanis Obomsawin, 2014)

7. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)

8. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)

9. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

10. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

Richard Brody – Writer and editor for The New Yorker (US)

1. Outrage (Ida Lupino, 1950)

2. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

3. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

4. Shoes (Lois Weber, 1916)

5. Mikey and Nicky (Elaine May, 1976)

6. Portrait of Jason (Shirley Clarke, 1967)

7. Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970

8. One Sings, the Other Doesn't (Agnès Varda, 1977)

9. The Lorry (Marguerite Duras, 1977)

10. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

Sonora Broka – Artistic director of Riga International Film Festival (Latvia)

1. Le Bonheur (Agnès Varda, 1965)

2. Amour Fou (Jessica Hausner, 2014)

3. Zama (Lucrecia Martel, 2017)

4. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

5. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

6. Core of the World (Nataliya Meshchaninova, 2018)

7. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)

8. The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 1999)

9. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

10. Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay, 1999)

Chris Broodryk – Chair of drama at the School of the Arts of the University of Pretoria (South Africa)

1. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

2. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

3. The Babadook (Jennifer Kent, 2014)

4. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)

5. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

6. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

7. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

8. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

9. Meek’s Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt, 2010)

10. Punisher: War Zone (Lexi Alexander, 2008)

Tom Brook – Presenter for BBC Talking Movies (US)

1. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

2. The Rider (Chloé Zhao, 2017)

3. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

4. Salaam Bombay! (Mira Nair, 1988)

5. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

6. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

7. Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999)

8. Leave No Trace (Debra Granik, 2018)

9. Paris Is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990)

10. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)

Hannah Brown - The Jerusalem Post (Israel)

1. Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (Joan Chen, 1998)

2. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

3. Head Over Heels (Joan Micklin Silver, 1979)

4. Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985)

5. In Between (Maysaloun Hamoud, 2016)

6. Zero Motivation (Talya Lavie, 2014)

7. Earth (Deepa Mehta, 1998)

8. Julie & Julia (Nora Ephron, 2009)

9. Wadjda (Haifaa Al-Mansour, 2012)

10. The Savages (Tamara Jenkins, 2007)

Sonny Bunch – Editor-in-chief of Cinestate (US)

1. The Matrix (Lana and Lilly Wachowski, 1999)

2. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)

3. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

4. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)

5. Big (Penny Marshall, 1988)

6. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Amy Heckerling, 1982)

7. Strange Days (Kathryn Bigelow, 1995)

8. Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins, 2017)

9. First They Killed My Father (Angelina Jolie, 2017)

10. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)

Susanne Burg – Prodeuce and host of Deutschlandfunk Kultur ()

1. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

2. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

3. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)

4. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

5. Everyone Else (Maren Ade, 2009)

6. Meek’s Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt, 2010)

7. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

8. Paris Is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990)

9. Europa Europa (Agnieszka Holland, 1980)

10. You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay, 2017)

Ty Burr – Film critic for The Boston Globe (US)

1. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

2. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

3. Portrait of Jason (Shirley Clarke, 1967)

4. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

5. Girlhood (Céline Sciamma, 2014)

6. Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)

7. Desperately Seeking Susan (Susan Seidelman, 1985)

8. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

9. Mikey and Nicky (Elaine May, 1976)

10. The Rider (Chloé Zhao, 2017)

Dovilė Butnoriūtė – Lithuanian Film Centre (Lithuania)

1. The Summer of Sangaile (Alante Kavaite, 2015)

2. Summer Survivors (Marija Kavtaradze, 2018)

3. Animus Animalis (a story about People, Animals and Things) (Aiste Zegulyte, 2018)

4. Spoon (Laila Pakalnina, 2019)

5. The Secret Garden (Agnieszka Holland, 1993)

6. Varda by Agnès (Agnès Varda, 2019)

7. How We Played the Revolution (Giedre Zickyte, 2012)

8. Breathing Into Marbles (Giedre Beinoriute, 2018)

9. Vanishing Waves (Kristina Buozyte, 2012)

10. Kolekcioniere (Kristina Buozyte, 2008)

Yenny Cáceres – Freelance (Chile)

1. Zama (Lucrecia Martel, 2017)

2. The Gleaners & I (Agnès Varda, 2000)

3. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)

4. Lines of Wellington (Valeria Sarmiento, 2012)

5. My Life Without Me (Isabel Coixet, 2003)

6. The Holiday (Nancy Meyers, 2006)

7. Rara (Pepa San Martín, 2016)

8. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

9. The Milk of Sorrow (Claudia Llosa, 2009)

10. An Education (Lone Scherfig, 2009)

Ozge Calafato – Freelance writer and curator (Turkey)

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

2. The Silences of the Palace (Moufida Tlatli, 1994)

3. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

4. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008)

5. Capernaum (Nadine Labaki, 2018)

6. Water (Deepa Mehta, 2005)

7. Journey to the Sun (Yesim Ustaoglu, 1999)

8. Blackboards (Samira Makhmalbaf, 2000)

9. The House is Black (Forugh Farrokhzad, 1963

10. Mossane (Safi Faye, 1996)

Nelson Carro – Chief programmer for the Cineteca Nacional (Mexico)

1. Loving Couples (Mai Zetterling, 1964)

2. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

3. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

4. India Song (Marguerite Duras, 1975)

5. The Asthenic Syndrome (Kira Muratova, 1989)

6. The German Sisters (Margarethe von Trotta, 1981)

7. The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)

8. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

9. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

10. Ritual in Transfigured Time (Maya Deren, 1946)

Samuel Castro – Film critic for El Colombiano (Colombia)

1. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)

2. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)

3. Strange Days (Kathryn Bigelow, 1995)

4. My Life Without Me (Isabel Coixet, 2003)

5. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)

6. Mustang (Deniz Gamze Ergüven, 2015)

7. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)

8. The Beguiled (Sofia Coppola, 2017)

9. Big (Penny Marshall, 1988)

10. Beauties of the Night (Maria Jose Cuevas, 2016)

Ascanio Cavallo – Film critic for Sabado Magazine (Chile)

1. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

2. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

3. The Bigamist (Ida Lupino, 1953)

4. Le Bonheur (Agnès Varda, 1965)

5. The Intruder (Claire Denis, 2004)

6. Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsay, 2002)

7. Danzón (María Novaro, 1991)

8. The Heartbreak Kid (Elaine May, 1972)

9. First They Killed My Father (Angelina Jolie, 2017)

10. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

Sehad Čekić - Managing director of Film Centre of Montenegro (Montenegro)

1. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

2. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

3. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008)

4. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

5. Je Tu Il Elle (Chantal Akerman, 1974)

6. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

7. Fat Girl (Catherine Breillat, 2001)

8. Meek’s Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt, 2010)

9. Trouble Every Day (Claire Denis, 2001)

10. Quit Staring At My Plate (Hana Jusic, 2016)

Amy Charles - BBC Culture (UK)

1. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)

2. Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017)

3. Big (Penny Marshall, 1988)

4. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)

5. The Farewell (Lulu Wang, 2019)

6. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)

7. Capernaum (Nadine Labaki, 2018)

8. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller, 2018)

9. Bend it Like Beckham (Gurinder Chadha, 2002)

10. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)

Shoma A Chatterji – Freelance journalist, author and scholar (India)

1. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Lotte Reiniger, 1926)

2. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

3. Le Bonheur (Agnès Varda, 1965)

4. Paris Is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990)

5. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

6. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

7. Desperately Seeking Susan (Susan Seidelman, 1985)

8. Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999)

9. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

10. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

Shohini Chaudhuri – Professor of world cinema at the University of Essex (India)

1. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

2. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Ana Lily Amirpour, 2014)

3. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

4. The Apple (Samira Makhmalbaf, 1998)

5. Om Shanti Om (Farah Khan, 2007)

6. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

7. Nation Estate (Larissa Sansour, 2013)

8. Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999)

9. Bend it Like Beckham (Gurinder Chadha, 2002)

10. La zerda ou Les chants de l'oubli (Assia Djebbar, 1983)

Durga Chew-Bose – Freelance (Canada)

1. The Beaches of Agnès (Agnès Varda, 2012)

2. Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970

3. News From Home (Chantal Akerman, 1977)

4. Paris Is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990)

5. Everyone Else (Maren Ade, 2009)

6. Losing Ground (Kathleen Collins, 1982)

7. All Is Forgiven (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2007

8. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

9. Take Care of My Cat (Jae-eun Jeong, 2001)

10. Bachelorette (Leslye Headland, 2012)

Peggy Chiao – Professor at Taiwan National University of the Arts (Taiwan)

1. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

2. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

3. Triumph of the Will (Leni Riefenstahl, 1935)

4. The Arch (Shu Shuen Tong, 1968)

5. India Song (Marguerite Duras, 1975)

6. My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong, 1979)

7. Whale Rider (Niki Caro, 2002)

8. The Spooky Bunch (Ann Hui, 1980)

9. Xuese Qingchen (Shaohong Li, 1992)

10. A New Leaf (Elaine May, 1971)

Seongyong Cho – RogerEbert.com (South Korea)

1. Eve's Bayou (Kasi Lemmons, 1997)

2. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)

3. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

4. Monster (Patty Jenkins, 2003)

5. Salaam Bombay! (Mira Nair, 1988)

6. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

7. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

8. Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017)

9. House of Hummingbird (Bora Kim, 2018)

10. Wadjda (Haifaa Al-Mansour, 2012)

Lesley Chow – Film critic and associate editor for Bright Lights Film Journal (Australia)

1. The Apple (Samira Makhmalbaf, 1998)

2. Sleeping Beauty (Julia Leigh, 2011)

3. I Can't Sleep (Claire Denis, 1994)

4. Eve's Bayou (Kasi Lemmons, 1997)

5. You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay, 2017)

6. Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay, 1999)

7. The Grand Bizarre (Jodie Mack, 2018)

8. Dreams for Life (Anna Kannava, 2004)

9. 99 Clerkenwell Road (Sophie Michael, 2011)

10. Fruit of Paradise (Vera Chytilová, 1979)

Vivienne Chow - Freelance journalist and critic (Hong Kong)

1. Boat People (Ann Hui, 1982)

2. An Autumn's Tale (Mabel Cheung, 1987)

3. The Way We Are (Ann Hui, 2008)

4. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

5. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

6. Sakuran (Mika Ninagawa, 2006)

7. Fagara (Heiward Mak, 2019)

8. Summer Snow (Ann Hui, 1995)

9. The Crossing (Bai Xue, 2018)

10. The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 1999)

Casey Cipriani – Film features writer for Bustle (US)

1. A League of Their Own (Penny Marshall, 1992)

2. Little Women (Gillian Armstrong, 1994)

3. Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017)

4. Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins, 2017)

5. Sleepless in Seattle (Nora Ephron, 1993)

6. Paris Is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990)

7. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)

8. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

9. The Matrix (Lana and Lilly Wachowski, 1999)

10. Eve's Bayou (Kasi Lemmons, 1997)

Robbie Collin – Film critic for The Telegraph (UK)

1. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

2. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

3. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

4. Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsay, 2002)

5. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)

6. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

7. Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985)

8. American Honey (Andrea Arnold, 2016)

9. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)

10. Love & Basketball (Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2000)

Costas Constandinides – Professor at the University of Nicosia and co-artistic director for Cyprus Film Days International Festival (Cyprus)

1. Lourdes (Jessica Hausner, 2009)

2. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

3. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

4. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

5. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

6. House of Hummingbird (Bora Kim, 2018)

7. Bad Hair (Mariana Rondón, 2013)

8. I Am Not A Witch (Rungano Nyoni, 2017)

9. The Gulls (Ella Manzheeva, 2015)

10. Wajib (Annemarie Jacir, 2017)

Claudio Cordero Goytizolo – Godard! Film Magazine (Peru)

1. Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)

2. Jacquot de Nantes (Agnès Varda, 1991)

3. The Gleaners & I (Agnès Varda, 2000)

4. Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985)

5. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

6. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

7. The Connection (Shirley Clarke, 1961)

8. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)

9. Triumph of the Will (Leni Riefenstahl, 1935)

10. The Night Porter (Liliana Cavani, 1974)

Mike D’Angelo – Freelance film critic (US)

1. Everyone Else (Maren Ade, 2009)

2. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)

3. Meek’s Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt, 2010)

4. The Loneliest Planet (Julia Loktev, 2011)

5. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

6. Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)

7. Home (Ursula Meier, 2008)

8. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

9. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

10. US Go Home (Claire Denis, 1994)

Freja Dam – Freelance film critic and journalist (Denmark)

1. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

2. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

3. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

4. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

5. Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017)

6. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)

7. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)

8. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)

9. Italian for Beginners (Lone Scherfig, 2000)

10. 35 Shots of Rum (Claire Denis, 2008)

Adrian Danks - Associate professor at the School of Media and Communication of RMIT University and co-curator of The Melbourne Cinémathèque (Australia)

1. Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985)

2. A Song of Air (Merilee Bennett, 1988)

3. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

4. An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990)

5. Evolution (Lucile Hadzihalilovic, 2015)

6. The Sky Turns (Mercedes Álvarez, 2004)

7. Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy (Tracey Moffatt, 1990)

8. The Holy Girl (Lucrecia Martel, 2004)

9. From the East (Chantal Akerman, 1993)

10. The Day I Became a Woman (Marziyeh Meshkini, 2000)

Utpal Datta - Film critic and filmmaker (India)

1. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller, 2018)

2. Bao (Domee Shi, 2018)

3. Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsay, 2002)

4. Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (Josephine Decker, 2014)

5. The Miseducation of Cameron Post (Desiree Akhavan, 2018)

6. Woman Walks Ahead (Susanna White, 2018)

7. Zama (Lucrecia Martel, 2017)

8. Silas (Hawa Essuman and Anjali Nayar, 2017)

9. Sleeping with Other People (Leslye Headland, 2015)

10. The Judge (Erika Cohn, 2017)

Ding Dawei – Artistic director of Beijing International Short Film Festival (China)

1. The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)

2. La Pointe Courte (Agnès Varda, 1955)

3. Die Allseitig reduzierte Persönlichkeit – Redupers (Helke Sander, 1978)

4. Antonia's Line (Marleen Gorris, 1995)

5. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

6. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

7. Red Road (Andrea Arnold, 2006)

8. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

9. Somewhere, Someone (Yannick Bellon, 1972)

10. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)

Carlos Helí de Almeida – Journalist and film critic for O Globo (Brazil)

1. The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953)

2. Triumph of the Will (Leni Riefenstahl, 1935)

3. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

4. Blame it on Fidel (Julie Gavras, 2006)

5. Monster (Patty Jenkins, 2003)

6. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

7. Big (Penny Marshall, 1988)

8. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

9. Desperately Seeking Susan (Susan Seidelman, 1985)

10. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

Desirée de Fez – Freelance (Spain)

1. Trouble Every Day (Claire Denis, 2001)

2. The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953)

3. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

4. Evolution (Lucile Hadzihalilovic, 2015)

5. Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)

6. Eden (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2014)

7. Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay, 1999)

8. Somewhere (Sofia Coppola, 2010)

9. In My Skin (Marina de Van, 2002)

10. The Babadook (Jennifer Kent, 2014)

Ayelet Dekel – Midnight East (Israel)

1. Real Women Have Curves (Patricia Cardoso, 2002)

2. Whale Rider (Niki Caro, 2002)

3. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

4. At Land (Maya Deren, 1944)

5. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

6. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

7. The Secret Garden (Agnieszka Holland, 1993)

8. Antonia's Line (Marleen Gorris, 1995)

9. Eve's Bayou (Kasi Lemmons, 1997)

10. A League of Their Own (Penny Marshall, 1992)

Giorgia Del Don – Journalist for Cineuropa (Switzerland)

1. All Night Long (Chantal Akerman, 1982)

2. Ritual in Transfigured Time (Maya Deren, 1946)

3. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

4. An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990)

5. Red Road (Andrea Arnold, 2006)

6. I Can't Sleep (Claire Denis, 1994)

7. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

8. Water Lilies (Céline Sciamma, 2007)

9. Sister (Ursula Meier, 2012)

10. Corpo celeste (Alice Rohrwacher, 2011)

Muriel Del Don – Journalist for Cineuropa (Switzerland)

1. Ritual in Transfigured Time (Maya Deren, 1946)

2. Golden Eighties (Chantal Akerman, 1986)

3. Red Road (Andrea Arnold, 2006)

4. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

5. I Can't Sleep (Claire Denis, 1994)

6. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

7. Grand Central (Rebecca Zlotowski, 2013)

8. Sister (Ursula Meier, 2012)

9. Corpo celeste (Alice Rohrwacher, 2011)

10. Water Lilies (Céline Sciamma, 2007)

Aboubacar Demba Cissokho – Film journalist (Senegal)

1. Sambizanga (Sarah Maldoror, 1972)

2. Kaddu Beykat (Safi Faye, 1976)

3. Cuba: An African Odyssey (Jihan El-Tahri, 2007)

4. Our Forbidden Places (Leila Kilani, 2008)

5. Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love (Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, 2008)

6. En attendant les hommes (Katy Ndiaye, 2007)

7. I Am Not A Witch (Rungano Nyoni, 2017)

8. One Way or Another (Sara Gómez, 1977)

9. Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen (T. Minh-ha Trinh, 1983)

10. Thirteen (Catherine Hardwicke, 2003)

Fernand Denis – Film critic for La Libre Belgique (Belgium")

1. An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990)

2. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

3. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

4. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)

5. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)

6. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

7. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

8. Dry Cleaning (Anne Fontaine, 1997)

9. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)

10. The German Sisters (Margarethe von Trotta, 1981)

Dmytro Desiateryk – Film critic for The Day (Ukraine)

1. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

2. The Asthenic Syndrome (Kira Muratova, 1989)

3. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

4. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

5. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

6. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

7. Happy as Lazzaro (Alice Rohrwacher, 2019)

8. The Milk of Sorrow (Claudia Llosa, 2009)

9. Seven Beauties (Lina Wertmüller, 1975)

10. Total Eclipse (Agnieszka Holland, 1995)

Ernesto Diezmartinez – Freelance film critic (Mexico)

1. Le Bonheur (Agnès Varda, 1965)

2. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

3. Olympia (Leni Riefenstahl, 1938)

4. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008)

5. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

6. Wuthering Heights (Andrea Arnold, 2011)

7. Father of My Children (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2009)

8. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)

9. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

10. Lore (Cate Shortland, 2012)

Rita Di Santo – Vice president of Fipresci (UK)

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

2. The Blue-Veiled (Rakhshan Banietemad , 1995)

3. The Night Porter (Liliana Cavani, 1974)

4. Rosa Luxemburg (Margarethe von Trotta, 1986)

5. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

6. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

7. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

8. Lipstick Under My Burkha (Alankrita Shrivastava, 2016)

9. Three Stories (Kira Muratova, 1997)

10. Swept Away (Lina Wertmüller, 1974)

Yadolah Dodge – Director of Iranian Film Festival (Switzerland)

1. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)

2. Tales (Rakhshan Banietemad, 2014)

3. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

4. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

5. The Blue-Veiled (Rakhshan Banietemad , 1995)

6. Something's Gotta Give (Nancy Meyers, 2003)

7. The House is Black (Forugh Farrokhzad, 1963)

8. Circumstance (Maryam Keshavarz, 2011)

9. They (Anahita Ghavinizadeh, 2017)

10. Blackboards (Samira Makhmalbaf, 2000)

Michael Doherty - Movies editor for RTÉ Guide magazine (Ireland)

1. Wadjda (Haifaa Al-Mansour, 2012)

2. An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990)

3. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

4. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

5. Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay, 1999)

6. Leave No Trace (Debra Granik, 2018)

7. The Souvenir (Joanna Hogg, 2019)

8. Dreams of a Life (Carol Morley, 2011)

9. The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953)

10. The Breadwinner (Nora Twomey, 2017)

Anton Dolin – Editor-in-chief of Iskusstvo Kino (Russia)

1. The Asthenic Syndrome (Kira Muratova, 1989)

2. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

3. The Wonders (Alice Rohrwacher, 2014)

4. The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)

5. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

6. Getting to Know the Big, Wide World (Kira Muratova, 1980)

7. The Night Porter (Liliana Cavani, 1974)

8. On Body and Soul (Ildikó Enyedi, 2017)

9. Italian for Beginners (Lone Scherfig, 2000)

10. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

Agron Domi – Tirana Film Institute and Tirana International Film Festival (Albania)

1. The Skin (Liliana Cavani, 1981)

2. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

3. Seven Beauties (Lina Wertmüller, 1975)

4. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

5. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)

6. Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair, 2001)

7. Olympia (Leni Riefenstahl, 1938)

8. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

9. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

10. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

Lindiwe Dovey – Professor of film and screen studies at SOAS (South Africa)

1. As I Open My Eyes (Leyla Bouzid, 2015)

2. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)

3. Hooligan Sparrow (Nanfu Wang, 2016)

4. 35 Shots of Rum (Claire Denis, 2008)

5. Something Necessary (Judy Kibinge, 2013)

6. Rafiki (Wanuri Kahiu, 2018)

7. Red Road (Andrea Arnold, 2006)

8. Caramel (Nadine Labaki, 2007)

9. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

10. When I Grow Up I Want To Be A Black Man (Jyoti Mistry, 2017)

AA Dowd – Film editor for The AV Club (US)

1. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

2. The House is Black (Forugh Farrokhzad, 1963)

3. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

4. Harlan County, USA (Barbara Kopple, 1976)

5. Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)

6. Meek’s Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt, 2010)

7. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

8. The Connection (Shirley Clarke, 1961)

9. Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017)

10. The Loneliest Planet (Julia Loktev, 2011)

Dana Duma – Editor-in-chief of Film magazine (Romania)

1. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

2. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

3. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Lotte Reiniger, 1926)

4. Olympia (Leni Riefenstahl, 1938)

5. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

6. Zama (Lucrecia Martel, 2017)

7. India Song (Marguerite Duras, 1975)

8. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

9. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

10. Hanna Arendt (Margarethe von Trotta, 2012)

Aurelie Dupire – Freelance (Mexico)

1. The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 1999)

2. Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985)

3. Tomboy (Céline Sciamma, 2011)

4. Polisse (Maïwenn, 2011)

5. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)

6. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

7. Tempestad (Tatiana Huezo, 2016)

8. I Am Not A Witch (Rungano Nyoni, 2017)

9. Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017)

10. Mustang (Deniz Gamze Ergüven, 2015)

Alonso Duralde – Reviews editor for TheWrap (US)

1. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

2. The Beaches of Agnès (Agnès Varda, 2012)

3. Starstruck (Gillian Armstrong, 1982)

4. Yentl (Barbra Streisand, 1983)

5. 13th (Ava DuVernay, 2016)

6. Queen of Katwe (Mira Nair, 2016)

7. Eve's Bayou (Kasi Lemmons, 1997)

8. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)

9. Concussion (Stacie on, 2013)

10. Things Behind the Sun (Allison Anders, 2001)

Rwita Dutta – Film critic and editor for FilmBuff (India)

1. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

2. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

3. The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday (Vera Chytilová, 1992)

4. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

5. Fire (Deepa Mehta, 1996)

6. Monster (Patty Jenkins, 2003)

7. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

8. The Milk of Sorrow (Claudia Llosa, 2009)

9. Capernaum (Nadine Labaki, 2018)

10. Zama (Lucrecia Martel, 2017)

Thomas Elsaesser – Professor of film studies at the University of Amsterdam ()

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

2. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

3. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)

4. The German Sisters (Margarethe von Trotta, 1981)

5. News From Home (Chantal Akerman, 1977)

6. Harlan County, USA (Barbara Kopple, 1976)

7. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Lotte Reiniger, 1926)

8. Dance, Girl, Dance (Dorothy Arzner, 1940)

9. Shoes (Lois Weber, 1916)

10. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

Aurore Engelen – Cinevox (Belgium)

1. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

2. The Meetings of Anna (Chantal Akerman, 1978)

3. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

4. Salaam Bombay! (Mira Nair, 1988)

5. Home (Fien Troch, 2016)

6. Girlhood (Céline Sciamma, 2014)

7. Raw (Julia Ducournau, 2016)

8. Palais royal! (Valérie Lemercier, 2005)

9. Father of My Children (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2009)

10. Declaration of War (Valérie Donzelli, 2011)

Madhu Eravankara – Film critic and writer (India)

1. Postcards from Leningrad (Mariana Rondón, 2007)

2. Diary for My Children (Márta Mészáros, 1984)

3. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

4. Sounds of Sand (Marion Hänsel, 2006)

5. One Sings, the Other Doesn't (Agnès Varda, 1977)

6. Sleepwalking Land (Teresa Prata, 2007,Portugese)

7. The Mourning Forest (Naomi Kawase, 2007

8. Buddha Collasped Out of Shame (Hana Makhmalbaf, 2007)

9. Zefir (Belma Bas, 2010)

10. Salaam Bombay! (Mira Nair, 1988)

Kate Erbland - Deputy editor of IndieWire (US)

1. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

2. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)

3. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)

4. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)

5. Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017)

6. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller, 2018)

7. Desperately Seeking Susan (Susan Seidelman, 1985)

8. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)

9. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)

10. Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999)

Erick Estrada – Chief editor and film critic for Cinegarage (Mexico)

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

2. You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay, 2017)

3. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

4. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

5. White Material (Claire Denis, 2009)

6. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

7. Mustang (Deniz Gamze Ergüven, 2015)

8. American Honey (Andrea Arnold, 2016)

9. The Good Girls (Alejandra Márquez Abella, 2018)

10. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Ana Lily Amirpour, 2014)

Joseph Fahim – Karlovy Vary Film Fest (Egypt)

1. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

2. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

3. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

4. The Silences of the Palace (Moufida Tlatli, 1994)

5. The Asthenic Syndrome (Kira Muratova, 1989)

6. Once Upon A Time in Beirut (Jocelyn Saab, 1995)

7. The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)

8. Love Under the Crucifix (Kinuyo Tanaka, 1962)

9. Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970

10. The Sealed Soil (Marva Nabili, 1977)

Julieta Fantini – Journalist for Radio Mitre Córdoba and Diario Perfil Córdoba (Argentina)

1. Bright Star (Jane Campion, 2009)

2. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

3. The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 1999)

4. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

5. The Beaches of Agnès (Agnès Varda, 2012)

6. Chocolat (Claire Denis, 1988)

7. The Blonds (Albertina Carri, 2033)

8. Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017)

9. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)

10. Monster (Patty Jenkins, 2003)

David Fear – Film critic and editor for Rolling Stone (US)

1. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

2. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

3. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

4. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

5. Portrait of Jason (Shirley Clarke, 1967)

6. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)

7. Wuthering Heights (Andrea Arnold, 2011)

8. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

9. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)

10. Zama (Lucrecia Martel, 2017)

Adriana Fernández – Reforma (Mexico)

1. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

2. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)

3. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)

4. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

5. Streetwalker (Matilde Landeta, 1951)

6. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

7. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)

8. The Babadook (Jennifer Kent, 2014)

9. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)

10. The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953)

Beatrice Fiorentino – Freelance film critic (Italy)

1. Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)

2. US Go Home (Claire Denis, 1994)

3. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

4. Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970

5. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

6. Suburbia (Penelope Spheeris, 1983)

7. The Captive (Chantal Akerman, 2000)

8. Drift (Helena Wittmann, 2017)

9. M (Experimental Film) (Anna Eriksson, 2018)

10. The Bigamist (Ida Lupino, 1953)

Tereza Fischer – Editor-in-chief of Filmbulletin (Switzerland)

1. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

2. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

3. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

4. News From Home (Chantal Akerman, 1977)

5. Le Bonheur (Agnès Varda, 1965)

6. Red Road (Andrea Arnold, 2006)

7. You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay, 2017)

8. Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)

9. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)

10. Leave No Trace (Debra Granik, 2018)

Ariel Fisher – Freelance writer and editor of Shudder's The Bite (Canada)

1. Little Women (Gillian Armstrong, 1994)

2. Bright Star (Jane Campion, 2009)

3. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)

4. A League of Their Own (Penny Marshall, 1992)

5. Pariah (Dee Rees, 2011)

6. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)

7. The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953)

8. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

9. The Secret Garden (Agnieszka Holland, 1993)

10. 90 Minutes (Eva Sørhaug, 2012)

Rodrigo Fonseca – Film critic for Estadão and TV Globo (Brazil)

1. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

2. Seven Beauties (Lina Wertmüller, 1975)

3. Adoption (Márta Mészáros, 1975)

4. Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985)

5. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)

6. Zama (Lucrecia Martel, 2017)

7. The Second Mother (Anna Muylaert, 2015)

8. The Connection (Shirley Clarke, 1961)

9. The Secret Garden (Agnieszka Holland, 1993)

10. The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)

Priyantha Fonseka – Senior lecturer at the University of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka)

1. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

2. A Simple Life (Ann Hui, 2011)

3. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

4. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

5. Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999)

6. The Japanese Wife (Aparna Sen, 2010)

7. Blackboards (Samira Makhmalbaf, 2000)

8. Salaam Bombay! (Mira Nair, 1988)

9. Two Women (Tahmineh Milani, 1999)

10. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

Elena Fortes – Co-founder of Ambulante Film Festival (Mexico)

1. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

2. The House is Black (Forugh Farrokhzad, 1963)

3. The Arbor (Clio Barnard, 2010)

4. The Beaches of Agnès (Agnès Varda, 2012)

5. After the Wedding (Susanne Bier, 2006)

6. Fifi Howls from Happiness (Mitra Farahani, 2013)

7. Three Rooms of Melancholia, Pirjo Honkasalo

8. Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson, 2016)

9. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

10. The Tiniest Place (Tatiana Huezo, 2011)

Jacqueline Fowks - El Pais (Peru)

1. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

2. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

3. Sleepless in Seattle (Nora Ephron, 1993)

4. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

5. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

6. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

7. Song Without a Name (Melina León, 2019)

8. Almost Brothers (Lúcia Murat, 2004)

9. The Bad Intentions (Rosario Garcia-Montero, 2011)

10. Acácio (Marilia Rocha, 2010)

Eric Franssen – Director of Wallonie Bruxelles Images (Belgium)

1. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

2. The Meetings of Anna (Chantal Akerman, 1978)

3. Trouble Every Day (Claire Denis, 2001)

4. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

5. Shara (Naomi Kawase, 2003)

6. Enough Said (Nicole Holofcener, 2013)

7. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

8. Raw (Julia Ducournau, 2016)

9. Tomboy (Céline Sciamma, 2011)

10. The Adversary (Nicole Garcia, 2002)

Jean-Michel Frodon – Film critic for Slate.fr and professor at Sciences Po Paris ()

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

2. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

3. Happy as Lazzaro (Alice Rohrwacher, 2019)

4. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

5. Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)

6. Paris 1900 (Nicole Védrès, 1947)

7. The Asthenic Syndrome (Kira Muratova, 1989)

8. Still the Water (Naomi Kawase, 2014)

9. Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)

10. Blackboards (Samira Makhmalbaf, 2000)

Jon Frosch – Reviews editor and film critic for The Hollywood Reporter (US)

1. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

2. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

3. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

4. Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985)

5. Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola, 2006)

6. 35 Shots of Rum (Claire Denis, 2008)

7. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

8. Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt, 2006)

9. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)

10. Bright Star (Jane Campion, 2009)

Carlos Galiano – Film critic (Cuba)

1. Triumph of the Will (Leni Riefenstahl, 1935)

2. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

3. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

4. Seven Beauties (Lina Wertmüller, 1975)

5. The Bigamist (Ida Lupino, 1953)

6. The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)

7. Camila (María Luisa Bemberg, 1984)

8. One Way or Another (Sara Gómez, 1977)

9. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

10. Araya (Margot Benacerraf, 1959)

Siranush Galstyan – Associate professor at YSITC (Armenia)

1. The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)

2. The Night Porter (Liliana Cavani, 1974)

3. Love and Anarchy (Lina Wertmüller, 1973)

4. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

5. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

6. The German Sisters (Margarethe von Trotta, 1981)

7. Comionate Sex (Laura Mañá, 2000)

8. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

9. The Eternal Breasts (Kinuyo Tanaka, 1955)

10. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

Hugo Gamarra E – Founding director of Paraguay International Film Festival (Paraguay)

1. Taxi, and Encounter (Gabriela David, 2001)

2. Cherry Blossoms (Doris Dörrie, 2008)

3. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

4. Friday Night (Claire Denis, 2002)

5. Nobody's Wife (María Luisa Bemberg, 1982)

6. Hour of the Star (Suzana Amaral, 1985)

7. Olympia (Leni Riefenstahl, 1938)

8. The Gleaners & I (Agnès Varda, 2000)

9. Hanna Arendt (Margarethe von Trotta, 2012)

10. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

Leonardo García-Tsao – Film critic for La Jornada (Mexico)

1. The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)

2. Bright Star (Jane Campion, 2009)

3. The German Sisters (Margarethe von Trotta, 1981)

4. Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)

5. Triumph of the Will (Leni Riefenstahl, 1935)

6. The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953)

7. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

8. Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (Randa Haines, 1993)

9. The Good Girls (Alejandra Márquez Abella, 2018)

10. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

Ernesto Garratt – Film critic for Wiken Magazine (Chile)

1. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

2. Seven Beauties (Lina Wertmüller, 1975)

3. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

4. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

5. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

6. You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay, 2017)

7. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)

8. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

9. Radioactive (Marjane Satrapi, 2019)

10. Too Late to Die Young (Dominga Sotomayor Castillo, 2018)

Anjali Gera Roy - Academic (India)

1. Earth (Deepa Mehta, 1998)

2. Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair, 2001)

3. Bend it Like Beckham (Gurinder Chadha, 2002)

4. 36 Chowringhee Lane (Aparna Sen, 1981)

5. The Tale (Sai Paranjape, 1983)

6. Ek Pal (Kalpana Lajmi, 1986)

7. Raazi (Meghna Gulzar, 2018)

8. Luck by Chance (Zoya Akhtar, 2009)

9. Om Shanti Om (Farah Khan, 2007)

10. Gold (Reema Kagti, 2018)

Cíntia Gil – Director of Sheffield Doc/Fest (Portugal)

1. Je Tu Il Elle (Chantal Akerman, 1974)

2. A Scream from Silence (Anne Claire Poirier, 1979)

3. Portrait of Jason (Shirley Clarke, 1967)

4. The Mutants (Teresa Villaverde, 1998)

5. Five-Year Diary (Anne Charlotte Robertson, 1982)

6. Sambizanga (Sarah Maldoror, 1972)

7. Privilege (Yvonne Rainer, 1990)

8. Milla (Valérie Massadian, 2017)

9. Blackboards (Samira Makhmalbaf, 2000)

10. The Dreamed Ones (Ruth Beckermann, 2016)

Ivan Giroud Garate – Havana Film Festival (Cuba)

1. The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)

2. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

3. Adoption (Márta Mészáros, 1975)

4. The Gleaners & I (Agnès Varda, 2000)

5. One Way or Another (Sara Gómez, 1977)

6. The Mourning Forest (Naomi Kawase, 2007)

7. An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990)

8. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

9. My Twentieth Century (Ildikó Enyedi, 1989)

10. Summer 1993 (Carla Simón, 2017)

Ed Gonzalez – Film editor for Slant Magazine (US)

1. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

2. Mikey and Nicky (Elaine May, 1976)

3. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

4. Heart of a Dog (Laurie Anderson, 2015)

5. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

6. Everyone Else (Maren Ade, 2009)

7. Fat Girl (Catherine Breillat, 2001)

8. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)

9. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

10. The Bigamist (Ida Lupino, 1953)

Juan Carlos Gonzalez A – Film critic for Kinetoscopio (Colombia)

1. La Pointe Courte (Agnès Varda, 1955)

2. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

3. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

4. Seven Beauties (Lina Wertmüller, 1975)

5. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

6. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

7. The Apple (Samira Makhmalbaf, 1998)

8. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)

9. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

10. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

Mauricio González Lara – Letras Libres (Mexico)

1. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

2. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

3. Le Bonheur (Agnès Varda, 1965)

4. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

5. Olympia (Leni Riefenstahl, 1938)

6. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)

7. The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953)

8. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

9. The Invitation (Karyn Kusama, 2015)

10. Bright Star (Jane Campion, 2009)

Pam Grady – Freelance journalist and film critic (US)

1. My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong, 1979)

2. Desperately Seeking Susan (Susan Seidelman, 1985)

3. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)

4. Seven Beauties (Lina Wertmüller, 1975)

5. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

6. Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)

7. Mudbound (Dee Rees, 2017)

8. A New Leaf (Elaine May, 1971)

9. The Decline of Western Civilization (Penelope Spheeris, 1981)

10. Girlhood (Céline Sciamma, 2014)

Carmen Gray – Freelance film critic (New Zealand)

1. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

2. Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985)

3. White Material (Claire Denis, 2009)

4. Paris Is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990)

5. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

6. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

7. The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)

8. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

9. The Asthenic Syndrome (Kira Muratova, 1989)

10. Diary for My Children (Márta Mészáros, 1984)

Laima Grazdanovica – Programmer and curator at Riga International Short film festival 2ANNAS (Latvia)

1. The Seashell and the Clergyman (Germaine Dulac, 1928)

2. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Lotte Reiniger, 1926)

3. Rocks in My Pockets (Signe Baumane, 2014)

4. Paris Is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990)

5. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

6. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

7. What Happened to Her (Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, 2016)

8. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

9. Olympia (Leni Riefenstahl, 1938)

10. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)

Tim Grierson – Film critic for Screen International (US)

1. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

2. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)

3. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

4. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)

5. The Matrix (Lana and Lilly Wachowski, 1999)

6. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

7. Lourdes (Jessica Hausner, 2009)

8. American Honey (Andrea Arnold, 2016)

9. You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay, 2017)

10. Things to Come (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2016)

Jean-Philippe Guerand – Journalist and film critic for Le Film Français and L'Avant-Scène Cinéma ()

1. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

2. Sweetie (Jane Campion, 1989)

3. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

4. Wadjda (Haifaa Al-Mansour, 2012)

5. Tomboy (Céline Sciamma, 2011)

6. Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970

7. Harlan County, USA (Barbara Kopple, 1976)

8. Desert Hearts (Donna Deitch, 1985)

9. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

10. The Night Porter (Liliana Cavani, 1974)

Antoine Guillot – Film critic and prodcuer for Culture ()

1. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

2. Le Bonheur (Agnès Varda, 1965)

3. Brief Encounters (Kira Muratova, 1967)

4. Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)

5. Trouble Every Day (Claire Denis, 2001)

6. Strange Days (Kathryn Bigelow, 1995)

7. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

8. The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)

9. Still the Water (Naomi Kawase, 2014)

10. An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990)

Aijaz Gul – Freelance film critic (Pakistan)

1. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

2. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)

3. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

4. An Education (Lone Scherfig, 2009)

5. The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko, 2010)

6. Children of a Lesser God (Randa Haines, 1986)

7. Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017)

8. Frozen River (Courtney Hunt, 2008)

9. Awakenings (Penny Marshall, 1990)

10. Winter’s Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)

Shubhra Gupta – Film critic for The Indian Express (India)

1. Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair, 2001)

2. 36 Chowringhee Lane (Aparna Sen, 1981)

3. Sengadal (Leena Manimekalai, 2011)

4. Death In The Gunj (Konkona Sen Sharma, 2016)

5. The Touch (Sai Paranjape, 1980)

6. Luck by Chance (Zoya Akhtar, 2009)

7. Firaaq (Nandita Das, 2008)

8. Earth (Deepa Mehta, 1998)

9. Margarita with a Straw (Shonali Bose, 2014)

10. Lipstick Under My Burkha (Alankrita Shrivastava, 2016)

Hauvick Habéchian – Film critic (Lebanon)

1. Triumph of the Will (Leni Riefenstahl, 1935)

2. Outrage (Ida Lupino, 1950)

3. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

4. Brief Encounters (Kira Muratova, 1967)

5. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

6. Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985)

7. The Night Porter (Liliana Cavani, 1974)

8. Lady Chatterley (Pascale Ferran, 2006)

9. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

10. In the Cut (Jane Campion, 2003)

Butheina Hamed Kazim – Founding director of Cinema Akil (UAE)

1. Water (Deepa Mehta, 2005)

2. Capernaum (Nadine Labaki, 2018)

3. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Ana Lily Amirpour, 2014)

4. Firefly (Naomi Kawase, 2000)

5. Once Upon A Time in Beirut (Jocelyn Saab, 1995)

6. Blackboards (Samira Makhmalbaf, 2000)

7. 13th (Ava DuVernay, 2016)

8. Citizenfour (Laura Poitras, 2014)

9. The Gleaners & I (Agnès Varda, 2000)

10. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)

Angie Han – Deputy entertainment editor for Mashable (US)

1. In the Cut (Jane Campion, 2003)

2. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)

3. The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 1999)

4. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)

5. Me and You and Everyone We Know (Miranda July, 2005)

6. Zama (Lucrecia Martel, 2017)

7. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)

8. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)

9. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

10. Bound (Lana and Lilly Wachowski, 1996)

Tonje Hardersen – Director of the Norwegian Film Festival Haugesund (Norway)

1. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

2. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)

3. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)

4. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)

5. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)

6. Italian for Beginners (Lone Scherfig, 2000)

7. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

8. Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017)

9. Death is a Caress (Edith Carlmar, 1949)

10. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

Alistair Harkness – Film critic for The Scotsman (UK)

1. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)

2. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

3. Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsay, 2002)

4. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)

5. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

6. You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay, 2017)

7. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)

8. The Souvenir (Joanna Hogg, 2019)

9. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)

10. 2 Days in Paris (Julie Delpy, 2007)

Aisha Harris – Op-ed culture editor for New York Times (US)

1. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)

2. Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)

3. Eve's Bayou (Kasi Lemmons, 1997)

4. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)

5. The Babadook (Jennifer Kent, 2014)

6. 13th (Ava DuVernay, 2016)

7. Harlan County, USA (Barbara Kopple, 1976)

8. Losing Ground (Kathleen Collins, 1982)

9. Obvious Child (Gillian Robespierre, 2014)

10. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

Susanna Harutyunyan – President of the Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists (Armenia)

1. The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)

2. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

3. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

4. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

5. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008)

6. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

7. White Material (Claire Denis, 2009)

8. Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair, 2001)

9. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

10. I'm Going to Change My Name (Mariya Saakyan, 2012)

Molly Haskell – Freelance (US)

1. Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985)

2. Chocolat (Claire Denis, 1988)

3. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

4. Olympia (Leni Riefenstahl, 1938)

5. Zama (Lucrecia Martel, 2017)

6. Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)

7. The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953)

8. The Heartbreak Kid (Elaine May, 1972)

9. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

10. Europa Europa (Agnieszka Holland, 1980)

Shiguéhiko Hasumi – University of Tokyo (Japan)

1. The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953)

2. The Long Farewell (Kira Muratova, 1971)

3. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)

4. The Cool World (Shirley Clarke, 1963)

5. Love Letter (Kinuyo Tanaka, 1953)

6. Take Care of My Cat (Jae-eun Jeong, 2001)

7. Trace of Breath (Haruka Komori, 2017)

8. Aragane (Kaori Oda, 2015)

9. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

10. La Pointe Courte (Agnès Varda, 1955)

Kate Hearst – Film critic for Film International (US)

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

2. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

3. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

4. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

5. Salaam Bombay! (Mira Nair, 1988)

6. Harlan County, USA (Barbara Kopple, 1976)

7. Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999)

8. Shoes (Lois Weber, 1916)

9. Frida (Julie Taymor, 2002)

10. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

Stefan Hedmark – Film critic for Aftonbladet (Sweden)

1. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

2. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

3. Priest (Antonia Bird, 1994)

4. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

5. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)

6. The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko, 2010)

7. After the Wedding (Susanne Bier, 2006)

8. Elegy (Isabel Coixet, 2008)

9. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

10. Queen of Hearts (May el-Toukhy, 2019)

Katarina Hedrén – Freelance (Ethiopia/Sweden)

1. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

2. Eve's Bayou (Kasi Lemmons, 1997)

3. Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair, 2001)

4. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

5. Ye Wonz Maibel (Salem Mekuria, 1995)

6. The Gleaners & I (Agnès Varda, 2000)

7. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)

8. Amateurs (Gabriela Pichler, 2018)

9. Mudbound (Dee Rees, 2017)

10. Dreams of a Life (Carol Morley, 2011)

Liz Helfgott – Editorial director of The Criterion Collection (US)

1. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

2. The Gleaners & I (Agnès Varda, 2000)

3. An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990)

4. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

5. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

6. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008)

7. The House is Black (Forugh Farrokhzad, 1963

8. Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)

9. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

10. Rosa Luxemburg (Margarethe von Trotta, 1986)

Eugene Hernandez – Deputy director of Film at Lincoln Center and co-publisher of Film Comment (US)

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

2. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

3. Paris Is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990)

4. The Oath (Laura Poitras, 2010)

5. Portrait of Jason (Shirley Clarke, 1967)

6. Harlan County, USA (Barbara Kopple, 1976)

7. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

8. Nitrate Kisses (Barbara Hammer, 1992)

9. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

10. Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola, 2006)

Lili Hinstin - Artistic director of Locarno Film Festival ()

1. Simone Barbes or Virtue (Marie-Claude Treilhou, 1980)

2. Leila and the Wolves (Heiny Srour, 1984)

3. Destroy, She Said (Marguerite Duras, 1969)

4. Mi aporte (Sara Gómez, 1969)

5. Mossane (Safi Faye, 1996)

6. The Asthenic Syndrome (Kira Muratova, 1989)

7. Brief Crossing (Catherine Breillat, 2001)

8. Western (Valeska Grisebach, 2017)

9. Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016)

10. Is This Fate? (Helga Reidemeister, 1979)

Jun Fujita Hirose – Film critic and author for Cine-capital (Japan)

1. Nathalie Granger (Marguerite Duras, 1972)

2. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

3. Meek’s Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt, 2010)

4. The Connection (Shirley Clarke, 1961)

5. Outrage (Ida Lupino, 1950)

6. Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970

7. Lady Chatterley (Pascale Ferran, 2006)

8. Maso et Miso vont en bateau (Nadja Ringart, Carole Roussopoulos, Delphine Seyrig and Ioana Wieder, 1975)

9. Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen (T. Minh-ha Trinh, 1983)

10. Harlan County, USA (Barbara Kopple, 1976)

Ho Siu-bun – Feature editor for Lifestyle Journal (Hong Kong)

1. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)

2. July Rhapsody (Ann Hui, 2002)

3. The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 1999)

4. Triumph of the Will (Leni Riefenstahl, 1935)

5. Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999)

6. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

7. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

8. An Education (Lone Scherfig, 2009)

9. Kung Fu Panda 2 (Jennifer Yuh Nelson, 2011)

10. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

Mike Hogan – Executive digital director of Vanity Fair (US)

1. Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola, 2006)

2. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)

3. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)

4. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)

5. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)

6. Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017)

7. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)

8. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

9. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

10. Pariah (Dee Rees, 2011)

Barbara Hollender – Rzeczpospolita Daily (Poland)

1. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

2. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

3. Europa Europa (Agnieszka Holland, 1980)

4. Seven Beauties (Lina Wertmüller, 1975)

5. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

6. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

7. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

8. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

9. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)

10. Time to Die (Dorota Kedzierzawska, 2007)

Peter Howell – Film critic for the Toronto Star (Canada)

1. The Connection (Shirley Clarke, 1961)

2. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

3. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)

4. You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay, 2017)

5. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

6. Capernaum (Nadine Labaki, 2018)

7. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

8. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

9. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

10. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

Huang Hai Kun – Chief editor of Movie View Magazine (China)

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

2. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

3. Europa Europa (Agnieszka Holland, 1980)

4. Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999)

5. A Simple Life (Ann Hui, 2011)

6. Capernaum (Nadine Labaki, 2018)

7. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)

8. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)

9. The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)

10. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

Pamela Hutchinson – Freelance (UK)

1. Shoes (Lois Weber, 1916)

2. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

3. Falling Leaves (Alice Guy, 1912)

4. The Smiling Madame Beudet (Germaine Dulac, 1923)

5. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

6. Ritual in Transfigured Time (Maya Deren, 1946)

7. Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson, 2016)

8. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Lotte Reiniger, 1926)

9. You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay, 2017)

10. Dance, Girl, Dance (Dorothy Arzner, 1940)

Wendy Ide – Film critic for The Observer and Screen (UK)

1. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

2. Girlhood (Céline Sciamma, 2014)

3. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)

4. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)

5. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)

6. Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair, 2001)

7. The Savages (Tamara Jenkins, 2007)

8. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

9. The German Sisters (Margarethe von Trotta, 1981)

10. Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsay, 2002)

Aslı Ildır – Film critic and assistant editor for Altyazı Cinema Magazine (Turkey)

1. You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay, 2017)

2. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

3. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

4. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

5. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

6. The Matrix (Lana and Lilly Wachowski, 1999)

7. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

8. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)

9. Trouble Every Day (Claire Denis, 2001)

10. Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)

Annette Insdorf – Professor at Columbia University and of 92Y's Reel Pieces (US)

1. Angry Harvest (Agnieszka Holland, 1985)

2. Seven Beauties (Lina Wertmüller, 1975)

3. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

4. Where Do We Go Now? (Nadine Labaki, 2011)

5. A Dry White Season (Euzhan Palcy, 1989)

6. Mudbound (Dee Rees, 2017)

7. Water (Deepa Mehta, 2005)

8. Hester Street (Joan Micklin Silver, 1975)

9. Frozen River (Courtney Hunt, 2008)

10. Yentl (Barbra Streisand, 1983)

Aysha Iqbal – Professor at IIT Madras (India)

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

2. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

3. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)

4. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

5. Away from Her (Sarah Polley, 2006)

6. Blackboards (Samira Makhmalbaf, 2000)

7. Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999)

8. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

9. Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair, 2001)

10. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)

Larushka Ivan-Zadeh – Film critic (UK)

1. The Souvenir (Joanna Hogg, 2019)

2. The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)

3. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

4. I Am Not A Witch (Rungano Nyoni, 2017)

5. An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990)

6. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

7. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

8. Dreams of a Life (Carol Morley, 2011)

9. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

10. Tomboy (Céline Sciamma, 2011)

Caryn James – Film critic for BBC Culture (US)

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

2. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

3. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

4. Chocolat (Claire Denis, 1988)

5. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

6. Outrage (Ida Lupino, 1950)

7. Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair, 2001)

8. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

9. Earth (Deepa Mehta, 1998)

10. Harlan County, USA (Barbara Kopple, 1976)

Nick James – Freelance contributor and former editor of Sight & Sound (UK)

1. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

2. White Material (Claire Denis, 2009)

3. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008)

4. Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)

5. An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990)

6. The Gleaners & I (Agnès Varda, 2000)

7. The Souvenir (Joanna Hogg, 2019)

8. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

9. The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)

10. The Apple (Samira Makhmalbaf, 1998)

Dijana Jelača – Film scholar at Brooklyn College (Bosnia-Herzegovina)

1. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

2. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

3. Surname Viet Given Name Nam (T. Minh-ha Trinh, 1989)

4. The Gleaners & I (Agnès Varda, 2000)

5. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

6. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

7. The Consequences of Feminism (Alice Guy, 1906)

8. Brief Encounters (Kira Muratova, 1967)

9. Seven Beauties (Lina Wertmüller, 1975)

10. Esma's Secret – Grbavica (Jasmila Zbanic, 2006)

David Jenkins – Editor of Little White Lies (UK)

1. Eden (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2014)

2. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

3. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

4. Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985)

5. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)

6. Zama (Lucrecia Martel, 2017)

7. Losing Ground (Kathleen Collins, 1982)

8. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

9. Merrily We Go to Hell (Dorothy Arzner, 1932)

10. Hester Street (Joan Micklin Silver, 1975)

Emma Jones – Culture reporter for BBC Talking Movies (UK)

1. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)

2. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

3. Capernaum (Nadine Labaki, 2018)

4. Leave No Trace (Debra Granik, 2018)

5. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)

6. Girlhood (Céline Sciamma, 2014)

7. Their Finest (Lone Scherfig, 2016)

8. Wajib (Annemarie Jacir, 2017)

9. Detroit (Kathryn Bigelow, 2017)

10. Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins, 2017)

Kimberley Jones – Editor-in-chief of The Austin Chronicle (US)

1. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

2. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

3. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)

4. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)

5. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

6. Mansfield Park (Patricia Rozema, 1999)

7. A New Leaf (Elaine May, 1971)

8. The Watermelon Woman (Cheryl Dunye, 1996)

9. Paris Is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990)

10. High Art (Lisa Cholodenko, 1998)

Manuel Kalmanovitz – Film critic for Semana (Colombia)

1. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

2. Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970

3. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

4. The Holy Girl (Lucrecia Martel, 2004)

5. Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985)

6. A New Leaf (Elaine May, 1971)

7. Everyone Else (Maren Ade, 2009)

8. Ostende (Laura Citarella, 2011)

9. The Sky Turns (Mercedes Álvarez, 2004)

10. Bird People (Pascale Ferran, 2014)

Dominik Kamalzadeh – Film critic for Der Standard (Austria)

1. Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)

2. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

3. Happy as Lazzaro (Alice Rohrwacher, 2019)

4. Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985)

5. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

6. Strange Days (Kathryn Bigelow, 1995)

7. The Heartbreak Kid (Elaine May, 1972)

8. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

9. The Bigamist (Ida Lupino, 1953)

10. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

Polly Kamukama – Film critic and journalist for The Critic (Uganda)

1. Eve's Bayou (Kasi Lemmons, 1997)

2. Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)

3. The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 1999)

4. Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen (T Minh-ha Trinh, 1983)

5. Monster (Patty Jenkins, 2003)

6. Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999)

7. Pariah (Dee Rees, 2011)

8. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)

9. 35 Shots of Rum (Claire Denis, 2008)

10. Something's Gotta Give (Nancy Meyers, 2003)

Toni Kan – Co-founder of thelagosreview.ng (Nigeria)

1. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)

2. The Matrix (Lana and Lilly Wachowski, 1999)

3. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

4. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)

5. Monster (Patty Jenkins, 2003)

6. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

7. The Ladies Club (Janet Greek, 1986)

8. Lionheart (Genevieve Nnaji, 2018)

9. Something's Gotta Give (Nancy Meyers, 2003)

10. Bend it Like Beckham (Gurinder Chadha, 2002)

Tara Karajica - Founding Editor of Fade to Her (Serbia)

1. Across the Universe (Julie Taymor, 2007)

2. You've Got Mail (Nora Ephron, 1998)

3. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

4. An Education (Lone Scherfig, 2009)

5. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

6. Summer 1993 (Carla Simón, 2017)

7. Christopher Strong (Dorothy Arzner, 1933)

8. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)

9. Fox (Jacqueline Lentzou, 2016)

10. Home for the Holidays (Jodie Foster, 1995)

Dave Karger – Host of Turner Classic Movies (US)

1. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

2. Children of a Lesser God (Randa Haines, 1986)

3. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)

4. Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999)

5. Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair, 2001)

6. Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

7. The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko, 2010)

8. Leave No Trace (Debra Granik, 2018)

9. Capernaum (Nadine Labaki, 2018)

10. The Savages (Tamara Jenkins, 2007)

Sahraa Karimi – Director of the Afghan Film Organization (Afghanistan)

1. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

2. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

3. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

4. The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 1999)

5. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

6. The Holy Girl (Lucrecia Martel, 2004)

7. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008)

8. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

9. Sleeping Beauty (Julia Leigh, 2011)

10. The House is Black (Forugh Farrokhzad, 1963)

Ella Kemp – Freelance film critic and editor for The Quietus, Empire, Sight & Sound and Little White Lies (UK)

1. Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola, 2006)

2. Madeline’s Madeline (Josephine Decker, 2018)

3. Goodbye First Love (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2011)

4. American Honey (Andrea Arnold, 2016)

5. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

6. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)

7. Happy as Lazzaro (Alice Rohrwacher, 2019)

8. A League of Their Own (Penny Marshall, 1992)

9. Beach Rats (Eliza Hittman, 2017)

10. Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017)

Demmoun Khalil – Founding president of the Association of Cinema Critics in Morocco (Morocco)

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

2. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

3. Detroit (Kathryn Bigelow, 2017)

4. The Silences of the Palace (Moufida Tlatli, 1994)

5. Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999)

6. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

7. Wadjda (Haifaa Al-Mansour, 2012)

8. Fatma 75 (Selma Baccar, 1975)

9. The Taste of Others (Agnès Jaoui, 2000)

10. A girl at my door (July Jung, 2014)

Svetlana Khokhryakova – Moscowskiy Komsomoletz (Russia)

1. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

2. Varda by Agnès (Agnès Varda, 2019)

3. Wings (Larisa Shepitko, 1966)

4. The Long Farewell (Kira Muratova, 1971)

5. The Night Porter (Liliana Cavani, 1974)

6. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

7. Olympia (Leni Riefenstahl, 1938)

8. Total Eclipse (Agnieszka Holland, 1995)

9. No Home Movie (Chantal Akerman, 2015)

10. Salaam Bombay! (Mira Nair, 1988)

Salome Kikaleishvili – Freelance film journalist (Georgia)

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

2. The Night Porter (Liliana Cavani, 1974)

3. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

4. Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017)

5. The Party (Sally Potter, 2017)

6. Some Interviews on Personal Matters (Lana Gogoberidze, 1978)

7. Things to Come (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2016)

8. You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay, 2017)

9. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

10. Julie & Julia (Nora Ephron, 2009)

Andreas Kilb – Film critic and editor for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ()

1. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

2. All Night Long (Chantal Akerman, 1982)

3. Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985)

4. The Ascent (Larisa Shepitko, 1977)

5. The German Sisters (Margarethe von Trotta, 1981)

6. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)

7. In the Cut (Jane Campion, 2003)

8. Working Girls (Lizzie Borden, 1986)

9. Diary for My Children (Márta Mészáros, 1984)

10. Goodbye First Love (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2011)

Nemo Kim – Film critic and academic (South Korea)

1. The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953)

2. The Connection (Shirley Clarke, 1961)

3. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)

4. Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)

5. Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992)

6. One Way or Another (Sara Gómez, 1977)

7. House of Hummingbird (Bora Kim, 2018)

8. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)

9. Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999)

10. Antonia's Line (Marleen Gorris, 1995)

Chika Kinoshita – Associate professor at Kyoto University (Japan)

1. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

2. Shoes (Lois Weber, 1916)

3. The Eternal Breasts (Kinuyo Tanaka, 1955)

4. The Bigamist (Ida Lupino, 1953)

5. One Sings, the Other Doesn't (Agnès Varda, 1977)

6. The House is Black (Forugh Farrokhzad, 1963)

7. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

8. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)

9. Take Care of My Cat (Jae-eun Jeong, 2001)

10. Birth/Mother (Naomi Kawase, 2006)

Uri Klein – Film critic for Haaretz (Israel)

1. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

2. Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)

3. The Gleaners & I (Agnès Varda, 2000)

4. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

5. News From Home (Chantal Akerman, 1977)

6. Dance, Girl, Dance (Dorothy Arzner, 1940)

7. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

8. The Savages (Tamara Jenkins, 2007)

9. The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, 1953)

10. Or (My Treasure) (Karen Yedaya, 2004)

Nerina T Kocjančič – Slovenian Film Centre (Slovenia)

1. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

2. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

3. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)

4. God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunia (Teona Strugar Mitevska, 2019)

5. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962)

6. On Body and Soul (Ildikó Enyedi, 2017)

7. Guardian of the Frontier (Maja Weiss, 2002)

8. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

9. Quit Staring At My Plate (Hana Jusic, 2016)

10. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)

Dan Kois – Writer and editor for Slate (US)

1. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)

2. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)

3. Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsay, 2002)

4. Pariah (Dee Rees, 2011)

5. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)

6. The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993)

7. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)

8. Proof (Jocelyn Moorhous, 1991)

9. Enough Said (Nicole Holofcener, 2013)

10. Night Catches Us (Tanya Hamilton, 2010)

Bruno Kragić – Professor at the Academy of Drama and Film Zagreb (Croatia)

1. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Lotte Reiniger, 1926)

2. La Pointe Courte (Agnès Varda, 1955)

3. Women (Marta Meszaros, 1977)

4. Nathalie Granger (Marguerite Duras, 1972)

5. Pale Mother (Helma Sanders-Brahms, 1980)

6. The Smiling Madame Beudet (Germaine Dulac, 1923)

7. Love and Anarchy (Lina Wertmüller, 1973)

8. The Captive (Chantal Akerman, 2000)

9. Wings (Larisa Shepitko, 1966)

10. Brief Encounters (Kira Muratova, 1967)

Martin Kudlac – Freelance film journalist (Slovakia)

1. The Seashell and the Clergyman (Germaine Dulac, 1928)

2. Ritual in Transfigured Time (Maya Deren, 1946)

3. India Song (Marguerite Duras, 1975)

4. The Connection (Shirley Clarke, 1961)

5. Brief Encounters (Kira Muratova, 1967)

6. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)

7. The Second Awakening of Christa Klages (Margarethe von Trotta, 1978

8. Falling Leaves (Alice Guy, 1912)

9. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

10. Adoption (Márta Mészáros, 1975)

Kaarel Kuurmaa – Film critic and programmer for Dooint Tallinn (Estonia)

1. The House is Black (Forugh Farrokhzad, 1963)

2. Nothing Personal (Urszula Antoniak, 2009)

3. Jesus Camp (Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, 2006)

4. Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson, 2016)

5. The Long Farewell (Kira Muratova, 1971)

6. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)

7. Belleville Baby (Mia Engberg, 2013)

8. On Body and Soul (Ildikó Enyedi, 2017)

9. After the Wedding (Susanne Bier, 2006)

10. Water (Deepa Mehta, 2005)

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