Seán Michael's "Gem" Film List
The best modest-budget films in world cinema
2012 Top nominees so far:
Iron Sky
by Timo Vuorensola (Finland-HDCAM-$7.5m)
Margin Call
by J. C. Chandor (USA-$3.5m)
Shame
by Steve McQueen (UK-Red-£4.2m)
Previous picks:
2011: This Must be the Place
by
Paolo Sorrentino
(Italy/France/Ireland) ar35 $25m
2010: Circumstance - En Secret
by Maryam Keshavarz (France/US) 16mm $1m
(
alt
)
2009: Slumdog Millionaire
by Danny Boyle (UK/US/India) ar35 $15m
2008: Waltz With Bashir
by Ari Folman (France/Germany/Israel/etc.) $1.5m
2007: The Band's Visit
by Eran Kolirin (Israel/France/USA) pv35 $0.75m
(alt)
2006: The Lives of Others
by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Germany) cs35 $2m
2005: Road to Guantanamo
by Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross (UK) ar35 £1.4
(alt)
2004: The Constant Gardener
by Fernando Meirelles (UK/Germany) aa16 $25m
2003: Blind Shaft
by Li Yang (China/France) DV €0.6m
2002: Unknown Pleasures
by Jia Zhangke (China) DV
2001: The New Country
by Geir Hansteen Jörgensen (Sweden) DV
(alt)
2000: In the Mood for Love
by Wong Kar-wai (Hong Kong) ar35
(alt)
1999: The Legend of Rita
by Volker Schlöndorff (Germany)
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