2013: It's a Wrap

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Sight & Sound Top Ten of 2013

1. The Act of Killing- directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
2. Gravity- directed by Alfonso Cuarón
3. Blue is the Warmest Color- directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
4. The Great Beauty- directed by Paolo Sorrentino
5. Frances Ha- directed by Noah Baumbach
6. A Touch of Sin- directed by Zhangke Jia
7. Upstream Color- directed by Shane Carruth
8. The Selfish Giant- directed by Clio Barnard
9. Norte, The End of History- directed by Lav Diaz
10. Stranger by the Lake- directed by Alain Guiraudie

Cinema Eye Nominations

Cinema Eye, alongside the IDA, honor the best in documentary features.  The Act of Killing and Stories We Tell appear at this juncture to be two of the most acclaimed of the year.  Musings and Stuff heartily approves of Sarah Polley's wonderful intimate portrait.

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Act of Killing
After Tiller
Cutie & the Boxer
Leviathan
Stories We Tell

BEST DIRECTOR
Joshua Oppenheimer, The Act of Killing
Martha Shane & Lana Wilson, After Tiller
Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel, Leviathan
Tinatin Gurchiani, The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear
Sarah Polley, Stories We Tell 

BEST DIRECTOR
Janus Billeskov Jansen, The Act of Killing
Alain Berliner, First Cousin Once Removed
Nels Bangerter, Let the Fire Burn
Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, Leviathan
Francisco Bello, Our Nixon

IDA Documentary Awards Nominations

The 2013 International Documentary Association are:

The Act of Killing- directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
Blackfish- Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Let the Fire Burn- directed by Jason Osder
Stories We Tell- directed by Sarah Polley (review)
The Square- directed by Jehane Noujaim

full list here.