Since last year, I have given out imaginary awards to the films I love most or hold in high regard for the year. 

Golden Snoopy – BURNING for Lee Chang-dong

For an enigmatic and haunting mystery that patiently develops and then becomes deeply-intertwined within its own ambiguities, in what is another hypnotic gem by South Korea’s finest working filmmaker.

Silver Snoopy – ROMA for Alfonso Cuaron

For a meticulously-realised period drama that is a testament to cinema’s power to capture life, memory and emotion in a restraint if audacious work that sees a highly-respected filmmaker continuing to operate at his peak.

Silver Snoopy (Special Mention) – HAPPY AS LAZZARO for Alice Rohrwacher

For a truly mesmerising and thematically-dense work of art from one of the most exciting directors working today.

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• Best Director – THE WILD PEAR TREE for Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Runner-up: SUSPIRIA for Luca Guadagnino)
• Best Lead Actor – CAPERNAUM for Zain Al Rafeea (Runner-up: GIRL for Victor Polster)
• Best Lead Actress – BORDER for Eva Melander (Runner-up: THE FAVOURITE for Olivia Colman)
• Best Supporting Actor – NON-FICTION for Vincent Macaigne (Runner-up: THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT for Bruno Ganz)
• Best Supporting Actress – HIGH LIFE for Juliette Binoche (Runner-up: CAPERNAUM for Yordanos Shiferaw)
• Best Ensemble Cast – SUSPIRIA (Runner-up: ONE CUT OF THE DEAD)
• Best Cinematography – ROMA (Runner-up: BURNING)
• Best Film Editing – SHIRKERS (Runner-up: SEARCHING)
• Best Original Screenplay – ONE CUT OF THE DEAD (Runner-up: NON-FICTION)
• Best Adapted Screenplay – BLACKkKLANSMAN (Runner-up: BURNING)
• Best Production Design – ISLE OF DOGS (Runner-up: SUSPIRIA)
• Best Costume Design – BLACK PANTHER (Runner-up: THE FAVOURITE)
• Best Makeup & Hair – BORDER (Runner-up:  THE FAVOURITE)
• Best Original Score – BURNING (Runner-up: BLACK PANTHER)
• Best Use of Source Music – THE WILD PEAR TREE (Runner-up: BLACKkKLANSMAN)
• Best Sound – ROMA (Runner-up: FIRST MAN)
• Best Sound Design – SUSPIRIA (Runner-up: MANTA RAY)
• Best Visual Effects – ANNIHILATION (Runner-up: READY PLAYER ONE)
• Discovery Award (Filmmaking) – SHUT UP AND PLAY THE PIANO for Philipp Jedicke
• Discovery Award (Acting) – LEAVE NO TRACE for Thomasin McKenzie

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Top 10 Films of 2018:

1. BURNING – Lee Chang-dong (South Korea)
2. ROMA – Alfonso Cuaron (Mexico)
3. HAPPY AS LAZZARO – Alice Rohrwacher (Italy)
4. THE WILD PEAR TREE – Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey)
5. BLACKKKLANSMAN – Spike Lee (USA)
6. ONE CUT OF THE DEAD – Shin’ichiro Ueda (Japan)
7. NON-FICTION – Olivier Assayas (France)
8. LEAVE NO TRACE – Debra Granik (USA)
9. SHIRKERS – Sandi Tan (USA/Singapore)
10. SHUT UP AND PLAY THE PIANO – Philipp Jedicke (Germany/UK)

Special Mention (in alphanumeric order):

• 3 FACES – Jafar Panahi (Iran)
• ANNIHILATION – Alex Garland (UK/USA)
• BLACK PANTHER – Ryan Coogler (USA)
• BORDER – Ali Abbasi (Sweden)
• FIRST MAN – Damien Chazelle (USA)
• HARD PAINT – Filipe Matzembacher & Marcio Reolon (Brazil)
• HEIRESSES, THE – Marcelo Martinessi (Paraguay)
• ISLE OF DOGS – Wes Anderson (USA/Germany)
• SEARCHING – Aneesh Chaganty (USA)
• SUSPIRIA – Luca Guadagnino (USA/Italy)