jan.

• ✔ pioneer in early cinema: merrily we go to hell, dir. dorothy arzner
• ✔ from the 2022 sight and sound poll: beau travail, dir. claire denis
• ✔ from asia: kim ji-young, born 1982, dir. kim do-young

fev.

• ✔ romance or rom-com: love and basketball, dir. gina prince-bythewood
• ✔ cult classic: a new leaf, dir. elaine may
• ✔ film from a black director: professor marston and the wonder women, dir. angela robinson

mar.

• from an oscar winner: k-19: the widowmaker, dir. kathryn bigelow
• from africa: i am not a witch, dir. rungano nyoni
• ✔ released in 2022: honor society, dir. oran zegman