Sri Lankan director Sanjeewa Pushpakumara has unveiled his list of all-time favourite films as part of the prestigious British Film Institute’s Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time 2022 poll.
His top picks include Mirror (1975, Andrei Tarkovsky), Cries and Whispers (1972, Ingmar Bergman), Au hasard Balthazar (1966, Robert Bresson), L’avventura (1960, Michelangelo Antonioni), Pather Panchali (1955, Satyajit Ray), Tokyo Story (1953, Yasujirō Ozu), Vertigo (1958, Alfred Hitchcock), Where Is the Friend’s House? (1987, Abbas Kiarostami), The Godfather (1972, Francis Ford Coppola), and Drive My Car (2021, Ryusuke Hamaguchi).
The Sight & Sound poll, conducted once every decade, invites filmmakers, critics, and academics from around the globe to nominate the greatest films in cinema history. Pushpakumara’s list highlights his affinity for poetic storytelling, humanistic themes, and cinematic innovation spanning decades and continents.
https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time/all-voters/sanjeewa-pushpakumara
