Directors’ 100 Greatest Films of All Time | BFI
Every decade since 1992, Sight and Sound has complemented its celebrated critics’ poll by formally sounding out the world’s leading directors on the ten films they believe to be the greatest of all time. Though it has always been global and inclusive in scope, the poll has expanded significantly each decade. In 1992, 101 directors voted; fast-forward to 2012, when 358 filmmakers took part.
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Sep 30, 2024 · The annual flagship professional development programme, which runs as part of the BFI London Film Festival (LFF) in partnership with American Express, takes place on 10-14 October.Designed to support and inspire original and new voices, BFI NETWORK @ LFF 2024 is focused on filmmakers with distinctive voices who are poised to make a significant impact in the film industry, and for the first ...
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Revealed: the results of the 2022 Sight and Sound Greatest Films …
Dec 1, 2022 · Akerman’s film has leapfrogged from 36th place in 2012 to take the top spot a decade later. The prestigious once-a-decade poll is Sight and Sound’s eighth, and the most ambitious to date, with more than 1,600 of the most influential international film critics, academics, distributors, writers, curators, archivists and programmers voting, almost double the number of participants in 2012.
The 50 best films of 2023 | Sight and Sound
Dec 8, 2023 · We said: “The film’s central segment takes place in Paris in 2044; Bonello’s rendering of this era is counterintuitive but intriguing – no screens, internet, cars or social media, a world where relationships are disembodied and isolation is the norm. The past’s lingering impact in the present has been a recurrent and resonant Bonello theme, but …
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The Greatest Films of All Time | BFI
In 1952, the Sight and Sound team had the novel idea of asking critics to name the greatest films of all time. The tradition became decennial, increasing in size and prestige as the decades passed. The Sight and Sound poll is now a major bellwether of critical opinion on cinema and this year’s edition (its eighth) is the largest ever, with 1,639 participating critics, programmers, curators ...