2004

1. Kings and Queen- Arnaud Desplechin
2. Before Sunset- Richard Linklater
3. Innocence- Lucile Hadzilhalilovic
4. KiLL BiLL: vol 2- Quentin Tarantino
5. Tropical Malady- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
6. Keane- Lodge Kerrigan
7. Primer- Shane Carruth
8. Birth- Jonathan Glazer
9. Gilles' Wife- Frederic Fonteyne
10. Tony Takitani- Jun Ichikawa
11. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind- Michel Gondry
12. The Intruder- Claire Denis
13. Duck Season- Fernando Eimbcke
14. 2046- Wong Kar-wai
15. Tomorrow We Move- Chantal Akerman
16. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou- Wes Anderson
17. Nobody Knows- Hirokazu Kore-eda
18. Moolaadé- Ousmane Sembene
19. Kung Fu Hustle- Stephen Chow
20. The Incredibles- Brad Bird
21. The Manchurian Candidate- Jonathan Demme
22. Million Dollar Baby- Clint Eastwood
23. I [heart] Huckabees- David O. Russell

Notable shorts: Valise (Lewis Klahr), Two Minutes to Zero (Lewis Klahr), Ryan (Chris Landreth), Overtime (Oury Atlan, Thibault Berland, Damien Ferrie)

Ripe for re-appraisal: All the Ships at Sea (Dan Sallitt), The Holy Girl (Lucretia Martel), Notre Musique (Jean-Luc Godard), A Visit to the Louvre (Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet)

Need to see: The 3 Rooms of Melancholia (Pirjo Hongasalo), 10th District Court: Moments of Trial (Raymond Depardon), Darwin's Nightmare (Hubert Sauper), Dead Man’s Shoes (Shane Meadows), Evolution of a Filipino Family (Lav Diaz), The Gate of the Sun (Yousry Nasrallah), Izo (Takashi Miike), Lenten Light Conversions (Lynn Marie Kirby), Mouse Heaven (Kenneth Anger), Star Spangled to Death (Ken Jacobs), Zebraman (Takashi Miike)

Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: Million Dollar Baby
BAFTA Film Awards, Best Film: The Aviator (Martin Scorsese)
César Awards, Best Film: Games of Love and Chance (Abdel Kechiche)
Cannes, Palme d’Or: Fahrenheit 9/11 (Michael Moore)
Venice, Golden Lion: Vera Drake (Mike Leigh)
Berlin, Golden Bear: Head-On (Fatih Akin)
Sundance, Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic): Primer
Toronto, Audience Award: Hotel Rwanda (Terry George)
Skandies, Best Film: Dogville (Lars Von Trier)