The 2017 Cinema Touch Awards - DIRECTOR

by

Julien Faddoul

5. Good Time – Josh Safdie, Ben Safdie

For pushing their aesthetic to its riskiest point and creating their best film so far. Whether you find them problematic or not, their narrative aptitude is certainly distinct.

4. Nocturama – Bertrand Bonello

For an intense, disturbing and, in many ways, dislikable film: partly because Bonello’s aesthetic has always been subtly exhibitionistic and partly because that very expression, in dealing with this subject matter, teeters on trivialization. As a piece of cinema, it is immaculately done and impossible to ignore.

3. Call Me by Your Name – Luca Guadagnino

For his most mature work to date, dialing down his showboating tendencies (which have never worked for me) and revealing himself as a benevolent humanist.

2. A Quiet Passion – Terence Davies

For his best film since The Long Day Closes (1992). His meticulousness is unmatched in cinema today and the day he hangs it up will be a sad one.

1. The Florida Project – Sean Baker

For two meritorious accomplishments: His compositional aptitude and his empathy. Baker is essentially the Dafoe character here, always empathizing with the struggle of his characters yet still exasperated with their choices/behaviour in a way that never lets them off the hook. With this film, he cements his position in cinema as a singular voice.

Runner Up: Lady Bird – Greta Gerwig

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