Blerta Basholli is a writer and director whose stories touch on social and gender issues in the country where she was born and raised, Kosovo. Her debut feature, Hive, broke Sundance records by winning the Grand Jury Prize, the Directing Award, and the Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic category, becoming the first film to win all three. Photo by Artan Korenica
Biography via Criterion.
The List
1
Ivan’s Childhood
Andrei Tarkovsky
1962
95 min
2
Rosetta
Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
1999
95 min
3
The 400 Blows
François Truffaut
1959
99 min
4
Kes
UnavailableKen Loach
1970
111 min
5
In the Mood for Love
Wong Kar Wai
2000
99 min
6
Breaking the Waves
UnavailableLars von Trier
1996
159 min
7
All About My Mother
UnavailablePedro Almodóvar
1999
101 min
8
Eraserhead
David Lynch
1977
89 min
9
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Cristian Mungiu
2007
114 min
10
Paris, Texas
Wim Wenders
1984
145 min