DIRECTOR

BEN LANGFORD

1. Ryan Coogler - Sinners

2. Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another

3. Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme

4. Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value

5. Jafar Panahi - It Was Just an Accident

DYLAN MCKERCHER

1. Yorgos Lanthimos - Bugonia

2. Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value

3. Guillermo del Toro - Frankenstein

4. Nia DaCosta - Hedda

5. Lynne Ramsay - Die, My Love

EMIL LARSSON

1. Yorgos Lanthimos - Bugonia

2. Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value

3. Ryan Coogler - Sinners

4. Jafar Panahi - It Was Just an Accident

5. Guillermo del Toro - Frankenstein

FARUK ÇETINER

1. Yorgos Lanthimos - Bugonia

2. Jafar Panahi - It Was Just an Accident

3. Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value

4. Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another

5. Ryan Coogler - Sinners

J WASHINGTON

1. Ryan Coogler - Sinners

2. Yorgos Lanthimos - Bugonia

3. Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value

4. Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another

5. Jafar Panahi - It Was Just an Accident

JORDAN STUMP

1. Guillermo del Toro - Frankenstein

2. Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme

3. Luca Guadagnino - After the Hunt

4. Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another

5. Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value

MATEI LASCU

1. Ryan Coogler - Sinners

2. Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value

3. Luca Guadagnino - After the Hunt

4. Jafar Panahi - It Was Just an Accident

5. Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another

SKYLER POWERS

1. Ryan Coogler - Sinners

2. Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme

3. Yorgos Lanthimos - Bugonia

4. Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value

5. Jafar Panahi - It Was Just an Accident