1. Alfonso Cuarón - ROMA (BAFTA, BFCA, DGA, GG)
2. Spike Lee - BLACKkKLANSMAN
3. Yorgos Lanthimos - THE FAVOURITE
4. Adam McKay - VICE
5. Pawel Pawlikowski - COLD WAR
BAFTA - British Film Academy Awards
BFCA - Broadcast Film Critics Association (Critics Choice)
DGA - Directors Guild of America
GG - Golden Globe
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AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 345: Recapping the 79th Cannes Film Festival and Looking to the Awards Future 
‘The Beloved’ Review: Javier Bardem Makes a Meal Out of Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Movie-Making Buffet [B] 
‘The Dreamed Adventure’ Review: Valeska Grisebach’s Observant Thriller Examines the Grey Zones of Morality [B+] 
‘Minotaur’ Review: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Timeless, Domestic Epic is an Unflinching Look at Putin’s Russia [A] Cannes