The 5 Boldest Films of 2015

By mangoman | 5.5k | 07 Jan 2016

Year 2015 had it's own ups and downs with hollywood churning out the biggest box-office take in recent history with mega billion blockbusters. But one cannot ignore the risky adventures of few valiant directors who tried to break the conventional molds of film making and have certainly etched their names in history books of film making.
Here are the top 5

5. Tangerine : Shooting a whole film using an iPhone

Sean Baker transformed the casual filmmaking offerings of an iPhone platform into a storytelling tool with the film 'Tangerine'. Many film publication termed this effort as 'brave' which can be very effective in empowering young filmmakers to jump into filmmaking not held back by budget constraints.

4. Victoria : Shooting a 140 minute film in one take

If anybody ever tried hands on film making, they must know how painful is to put a scene together and the great amount of effort required to stitch them into 1 coherent film. But Sebastian Schipper has earned respect for his technical prowess and planning for shooting this adrenaline-fueled thriller in one long shot. Kudos to man and the whole team.

3. The Revenant : Shooting only under natural light

For any filmmaker, lighting is one of the most important technicality that makes or breaks a shot, but 'The Birdman' famed revolutionary director Alejandro González Iñárritu has pushed boundaries of filmmaking by his gritty an awe-inspiring film. He was even criticized for putting his crew and team into severely harsh conditions to pull off his vision and he has succeeded brilliantly.

2. The Tribe: Shooting in Sign language - without subtitles

Miroslav Slaboshpitsky has pushed the medium of information dissemination to the farthest possible imaginable limits with this riveting drama where the story is told only through sign languages. Think you are a movie buff like no other? Watch it and share your findings...

1. Jafar Panahi's Taxi: Shooting a film while being banned

In 2010, the director Jafar Panahi was arrested subsequently banned from film making on the charges of sedition and propaganda against the Iranian government.
But his is not those types who stops and his film Taxi takes the cake, no pun intended, for his audacious attempts of making 3 films ( one of them was smuggled in a cake) against the Iranian government's censorship stand. Efforts made or not, cinema lives to see another day in the country thanks to men like him.

Hoping film maker continue breaking shackles, bringing in new trends and keep cinema up to date with current themes in 2016 too.
Source: indiwire.com