Accounting For Taste
I Was At Home But

Cinema Scope 2019

Intro

The following films appeared on the Cinema Scope best of 2019 list.

Source: Cinema Scope 82: Editor's Note

Films

1. I Was at Home, But…

Ich war zuhause, aber
Germany, Serbia
Angela Schanelec

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2019) | New York (Main Slate, 2019) | Toronto (Masters, 2019)

2. Vitalina Varela

Portugal
Pedro Costa

Lists: Sight & Sound (10, 2019)

Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2019) | New York (Main Slate, 2019) | Rotterdam (Signatures, 2020) | Sundance (New Frontier, 2020) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2019)

3. Martin Eden

Italy, France
Pietro Marcello

Lists: Sight & Sound (20, 2019)

Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2019) | Toronto (Platform, 2019) | Venice (In Competition, 2019)

4. Uncut Gems

USA
Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie

Lists: Film Comment (10, 2019) | Sight & Sound (12, 2019)

Festivals: New York (Special Events, 2019) | Telluride (2019) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2019)

5. Liberté

France, Portugal, Spain
Albert Serra

Festivals: Cannes (Un Certain Regard, 2019) | New York (Main Slate, 2019) | Rotterdam (Signatures, 2020) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2019)

6. Heimat Is a Space in Time

Heimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit
Germany, Austria
Thomas Heise

Festivals: Berlin (Forum, 2019) | New York (Projections, 2019) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2019)

7. Parasite

Gisaengchung
South Korea
Bong Joon-ho

Lists: Film Comment (1, 2019) | New York Times (3 - Dargis / 3 - Scott, 2019) | Sight & Sound (2, 2019)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2019) | Locarno (Histoire(s) du cinéma, 2019) | New York (Main Slate, 2019) | Telluride (2019) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2019)

8. Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood

USA
Quentin Tarantino

Lists: Film Comment (3, 2019) | New York Times (5 - Dargis / 9 - Scott, 2019) | Sight & Sound (4, 2019)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2019) | Locarno (Piazza Grande, 2019)

9. Synonyms

Synonymes
France, Israel, Germany
Nadav Lapid

Lists: Film Comment (15, 2019) | New York Times (6 - Dargis, 2019)

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2019) | New York (Main Slate, 2019) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2019)

10. The Irishman

USA
Martin Scorsese

Lists: Film Comment (2, 2019) | New York Times (2 - Dargis / 4 - Scott, 2019) | Sight & Sound (3, 2019)

Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Opening Night, 2019)

Special Mentions

Just Don't Think I'll Scream

Ne croyez surtout pas que je hurle
France
Frank Beauvais

Festivals: Berlin (Forum, 2019)

Present.Perfect.

Wan mei xian zai shi
USA, Hong Kong
Shengze Zhu

Lists: Film Comment (5 - Undistributed, 2019)

Festivals: Rotterdam (Tiger Competition, 2019)

State Funeral

Gosudarstvennyye pokhorony
Netherlands, Lithuania
Sergei Loznitsa

Lists: Film Comment (1 - Undistributed, 2019)

Festivals: New York (Spotlight on Documentary, 2019) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2019) | Venice (Out of Competition, 2019)

The Traitor

Il traditore
Italy
Marco Bellocchio

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2019) | New York (Main Slate, 2019) | Toronto (Masters, 2019)

Zombi Child

France
Bertrand Bonello

Festivals: Cannes (Directors' Fortnight, 2019) | New York (Main Slate, 2019) | Toronto (Masters, 2019)