6. Nadine Labaki
Key Work: Caramel Most Recent/ Upcoming Project: Where Do We Go Now? Twitter: @nadinelabaki One of the most interesting voices in world cinema, especially considering her homeland, Lebanese Labaki is shaking up the system in her country. Her very human dramas are challenging conventions in a muslim, middle-eastern state. Sisters are doing it for themselves, indeed. This woman needs more funding and fast! Her output is fantastic and she can only get better. Labaki will not be big in the western world, but she'll be a real force to be reckoned with in foreign cinema, more than she is now. She's a real inspiration and a damn great filmmaker.