Best Director of Sundance 2017: Critics Survey

We asked critics for their favorite films and performances of Sundance 2017. For each of the seven categories, respondents ranked their picks. Results were tallied using a reverse points system (e.g. five points for 1st, four points for 2nd, three points for 3rd, etc.) – we’ve listed the top films below. A full list of participating critics can be found here.

FULL RESULTS: Sundance 2017 IndieWire Critics Poll

1. Luca Guadagnino, Call Me by Your Name – 124
2. David Lowery, A Ghost Story – 90
3. Dee Rees, Mudbound – 57
4. Cory Finley, Thoroughbred – 31
5. Kogonada, Columbus – 21
6. Taylor Sheridan, Wind River – 20
7. Michael Showalter, The Big Sick – 17
8. Matthew Heineman, City of Ghosts – 16
9. Cate Shortland, Berlin Syndrome – 12
10. Feras Fayyad & Steen Johannessen, Last Men in Aleppo – 12
11. Miguel Arteta, Beatriz at Dinner – 10
12. Yance Ford, Strong Island – 10
13. Geremy Jasper, Patti Cake$ – 9
14. Janicza Bravo, Lemon – 9
15. Jonathan Olshefski, Quest – 9
16. Julia Ducournau, Raw – 9
17. Dan Sickles & Antonio Santini, Dina – 8
18. Justin Chon, Gook – 8
19. Nana & Simon, My Happy Family – 8
20. Amanda Kernell, Sami Blood – 7
21. Andrew Dosunmu, Where is Kyra? – 7
22. Brett Haley, The Hero – 7
23. Joshua Z Weinstein, Menashe – 7
24. Julian Rosefeldt, Manifesto – 7
25. Bryan Fogel, Icarus – 6
26. Dustin Guy Defa, Person to Person – 6
27. Zoe Lister-Jones, Band Aid – 6
28. Eliza Hittman, Beach Rats – 5
29. Ernesto Contreras, Sueño en otro idioma (I Dream in Another Language) – 5
30. Francis Lee, God’s Own Country – 5
31. John Trengove, The Wound – 5
32. Maggie Betts, Novitiate – 5
33. Michael Almereyda, Marjorie Prime – 5
34. Nacho Vigalondo, Colossal – 5
35. Jordan Peele, Get Out – 5
36. Jem Cohen, World Without End (No Incidents Reported) – 5
37. Amman Abbasi, Dayveon – 4
38. Jeff Orlowski, Chasing Coral – 4
39. Kitty Green, Casting JonBenet – 4
40. Mark Palansky, Rememory – 4
41. Sabaah Folayan & Damon Davis, Whose Streets? – 4
42. Alex Ross Perry, Golden Exits – 3
43. Alexandre Moors, The Yellow Birds – 3
44. Amanda Lipitz, Step – 3
45. Brian Knappenberger, Nobody Speak: Hulk Hogan, Gawker and Trials of a Free Press – 3
46. Dave McCary, Brigsby Bear – 3
47. Kyoko Miyake, Tokyo Idols – 3
48. Michelle Morgan, L.A. Times – 3
49. Tarik Saleh, The Nile Hilton Incident – 3
50. William Oldroyd, Lady Macbeth – 3