best first feature

In the category destined to reward fresh directorial talent and their debuts, four of the six works shortlisted are multiple nominees and have already been introduced elsewhere: Dan Gilroy’s creepy look at media’s appetite for sensationalism in ‘Nightcrawler’; Benedikt Erlingsson’s awe inspiring Icelandic drama “Of Horses and Men”; Jennifer Kent’s acclaimed Aussie horror ‘The Babadook’ and Diego Quemada-Díez’s moving social realism in ‘The Golden Dream’.

The remaining two

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