On December 1, local time, the well-known French film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma announced its list of the top ten films of 2023 on its official social media account.
"Cahiers du Cinema" magazine took the lead in announcing its selection of the top ten films of 2023 on its official social media.
This year’s list still continues the Cahiers du Cinéma’s usual path of going its own way. Topping the list is Argentinian director Laura Citarella's "Her in the Mist." This four-hour feminist suspense drama was shortlisted for the Horizon section of the 2022 Venice Film Festival. Later, it lost to "Argentina, 1985" in the competition to represent Argentina in the Olympics. However, last year It won the Golden Coconut Award for Best Film at the Hainan International Film Festival.
"Her in the Mist" (Part 1) Poster
"Her in the Mist" (Part 2) poster
On the list, there are four works by French local directors, and six works premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival, including the Palme d'Or winner "The Truth About the Fall", the Jury Prize winner "Dead Leaves", the main competition unit The shortlisted works "Last Summer" and "Coming Soon", the screened work "Close Your Eyes", and the shortlisted work "The Prince" in the Cannes Film Festival's Parallel Directors' Fortnight. The Berlin Film Festival's Golden Bear Award winner "Perseverance" was not shortlisted, while the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion Award winner "Poor Things" will not be released in France until January next year.
"Cahiers du Cinema"'s top ten films of the year must be films that have officially been released in French theaters in the past 12 months. Therefore, in addition to examples like "Poor Things", you can often see "old films" that have been released in North America and other places the previous year on the list. For example, "Dream House" on the list was only released this year. Released in France, "Swing", which is set in a Swiss watchmaking town in the 19th century, is also a finalist for the Encounter section of the 2022 Berlin Film Festival.
"Cahiers du Cinéma"'s top ten films of the year are usually selected by more than a dozen French film critics, including the magazine's editors. They first draw up their own top ten films of the year. The ten films selected by the most people are the "Cahiers du Cinéma" films. Top ten of the year. This year, "Coming Soon" and "Prince" received the same number of votes, so they tied for tenth place.
["Cahiers du Cinema" Top Ten of 2023 (ranked by votes)]
1. "Her in the Mist" Director: Laura Citarella (Argentina)
2. "Close Your Eyes" Director: Victor Ellis (Spain)
3. "Dream House" Director: Steven Spielberg (USA)
4. "The Fall" Director: Justin Trier (France)
5. "Dead Leaves" Director: Aki Kaurismaki (Finland)
6. "Swing" Director: Cyril Schubrin (Switzerland)
7. "Don't Expect Too Much for the End of the World" Director: Radu Jude (Romania)
8. "Temaki Gang" Director: Rabah Amor-Zimesh (France)
9. "Last Summer" Director: Catherine Breillat (France)
10. "Coming Soon" Director: Kelly Leichardt (USA)
10. "The Prince" Director: Pierre Cretton (France)
