Asghar Farhadi How do we take responsibility for our past mistakes? In a thriller style, the director shows the daily life of a stepfamily, where everyone's secrets and the complex relationships gradually disentangle. A dense, deep and engaging film that illustrates this verse: "The truth will make you free" (John, 8:32)
Hirokazu Koreeda At what point does a father actually become a father? Two couples from different social backgrounds discover that their sons have been exchanged at the maternity ward. The film deals in a simple and subtle way with a human dilemma: are blood ties more important than the love which bonded them for seven years? Tied with Miele (2013).
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Valeria Golino The film offers a complex and unprejudiced view on the issue of euthanasia. The filmmaker shares with discretion and mastery the doubts and the torments of a young woman who helps terminally ill people to die, leaving to the audience the freedom and the responsibility to take a stand. Tied with Soshite chichi ni naru (2013).
Antoine Héberlé For a result showing remarkable finesse and humility, with the sole intention of serving the film, in conditions that we imagine were very difficult.
Diego Quemada-Diez For the strength of the visual aspect, the violence of truth and the emotional intensity of the tragic story of the journey of three teenagers from Guatemala to the American dream.