Michael Sicinski

A keen and patient observer who has taken her camera to such far-flung destinations as Peru, Laos, and Uganda, the acclaimed filmmaker immerses viewers in unfamiliar situations that highlight the fluid dynamics of human interaction.

Before breaking through with her debut feature, Atlantics, the French-Senegalese filmmaker honed her moody, sensual style in a string of short films that bring together postcolonial and supernatural themes.

Can creative genius flourish on the federal dime? Animator Norman McLaren’s remarkably innovative, government-funded films suggest it can.

Aki Kaurismäki’s latest working-class fable is his warmest, and his most political.