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His films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Nobody Knows' explore unexpected bonds between social outsiders and vulnerable people who become family through circumstance rather than blood.
Ken Loach United KingdomHis socially conscious films such as 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley' consistently portray profound friendships between people from opposing circumstances or ideologies.
Yorgos Lanthimos GreeceFilms like 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'Poor Things' examine bizarre and unlikely relationships that form between characters with contrasting backgrounds and worldviews.