TOP 9
[in alphabetical order]

Clean - Olivier Assayas / France-Can

L'Enfer - Danis Tanovic / France

Gabrielle - Patrice Chéreau / France

Somersault - Cate Shortland / Australia

This Charming Girl (Yeoja, Jeong-hye) - Lee Yoon-ki / S. Korea

Three Times (Zui hao de shi guang) - Hou Hsiao-hsien / Taiwan

20 Fingers (Beest Angosht) - Mania Akbari / Iran

Vers Mathilde - Claire Denis / France

The Wayward Cloud (Tian bian yi duo yun) - Tsai Ming-liang / Taiwan


OTHER KEY FILMS
[in alphabetical order]

The Bridesmaid (La Demoiselle d'honneur) - Claude Chabrol / France

Le Chignon d'Olga - Jérôme Bonnell / France

L'Équipier - Philippe Lioret / France

Exils - Tony Gatlif / France

A Good Lawyer's Wife (Baramnan Gajok) - Im Sang-soo / S. Korea

Hawaii, Oslo - Erik Poppe / Norway

Manderlay - Lars von Trier / Denmark

Mary - Abel Ferrara / France-Ita

Playing 'In the Company of Men' (En jouant 'Dans la compagnie des hommes') - Arnaud Desplechin / France

Shanghai Dreams (Qing Hong) - Wang Xiaoshuai / China

Thank You for Smoking - Jason Reitman / U.S.
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*A film was eligible for consideration only if it was seen during 2005, and had its World Premiere within the last 5 years.
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2004 List.