I am trying to step up my foreign film / indie game as these are my fav types of flicks it seems anymore, anyone have best recommendatinos from past Cannes / Sundance to check out?

Here is the list from 2009, what is the best on here?

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Cannes_Film_Festival[/url]

Also wikipedia has the previous years winners for both filmfests too.

Re: Best films from Cannes/Sundance to watch

I should update this with some of the stuff i have already but havent watched / seen:

Cannes:

the wind that shakes the barley L'Enfant Fahrenheit 9/11 Elephant Pulp Fiction sex, lies and videotape kagemusha apocalypse now taxi driver the conversation

Sundance:

five minutes of heaven sleep dealer man on wire frozen river trouble the water padre nuestro right at your door iraq in fragments grizzly man hustle & flow murderball why we fight down to the bone super size me the corporation maria full of grace primer the station agent american splendor in the bedroom memento clerks blood simple

heh...there might not be much left :D

Re: Best films from Cannes/Sundance to watch

taking woodstock is one that I want to see for sure

Re: Best films from Cannes/Sundance to watch

that looks good. suprising how ang lee can do so many different types of films, and they are pretty much all excellent.

Re: Best films from Cannes/Sundance to watch

[QUOTE=res0nat0r;789001]I should update this with some of the stuff i have already but havent watched / seen:

Cannes:

Pulp Fiction sex, lies and videotape

apocalypse now taxi driver

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you have these films and havent seen them!!!!!!! get your tv on!

Re: Best films from Cannes/Sundance to watch

i didnt mean to say that that list is all the stuff i have but havent watched, ive watched 90% of stuff from that list, but have all of the above but havent watched some of it. i have seen those 4 films though :)

Re: Best films from Cannes/Sundance to watch

Check out [b]Thirst[/b]. It's from Chanwook Park, who directed Oldboy. It's a pretty interesting spin on the vampire genre.

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^that is coming to town in the next week or so, been hearing good things about it too. it is on the list :D

Re: Best films from Cannes/Sundance to watch

[QUOTE=res0nat0r;789001]I should update this with some of the stuff i have already but havent watched / seen:

Cannes:

the wind that shakes the barley L'Enfant Fahrenheit 9/11 Elephant Pulp Fiction sex, lies and videotape kagemusha apocalypse now taxi driver the conversation

Sundance:

man on wire right at your door hustle & flow murderball why we fight super size me the corporation maria full of grace primer the station agent american splendor in the bedroom memento clerks blood simple

heh...there might not be much left :D[/QUOTE]

The stuff that is on this list is pretty solid. You can't go wrong with most of them. Remember though that you're not watching standard Hollywood fare - some of this stuff requires a bit of interpretation and really aren't meant to be watched passively.