Sandra Hebron

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I usually avoid lists, but Sight and Sound is hard to say no to – and having submitted a list last time round, I was curious to see how many of those choices would stick. I’ve applied the same principle now as then: no pretence of this being a ‘greatest’ list, with so many ‘great’ filmmakers missing; and some of my choices not even being the ‘greatest’ films by the ones I’ve chosen. So, just some films that one way or another affected me deeply the first time I saw them, and that bear multiple repeat viewings. Surprisingly (to me), this list is narrower than last time – with earlier films and geographical spread sacrificed to make way for deserving films made by women, and more recent titles – deliberately so, but it was a tough call.