shi and only two of the best documentary feature filmmakers were female all the beauty and the bloodsheds laura poitras and fire of loves sara dosathe best director award isnt showing itself to be any more hospitable to directors of color either this year theres only one nonwhite nominee daniel kwan one half of the daniels who codirected everything everywhere all at once image credit getty imagesnone of the directors nominated this year made a film that wasnt in the english language a backward step from bong joonhos win for the koreanlanguage parasite in 2019 thomas vinterbergs nomination for the danishlanguage another round in 2021 and ryusuke hamaguchis nomination for the japaneselanguage drive my car in 2022 the most notable exclusion this year was park chanwook for decision to leave a koreanlanguage thriller so where do we go from here well it seems that the academy doesnt really care about honoring female filmmakers and directors of color its not even a case of pushing for diversity but merely a desire to see the oscars represent the film industry as it currently stands there is no shortage of directors who are women people of color or making movies that arent in english and american audiences are watching them and enjoying them if the oscars really wants to portray an accurate depiction of whats on screen in its nomination lists it needs to change and quickly before it fades from relevancy completely have you caught all the best picture nominees yet if you have and you need more viewing inspiration check out our picks of the other best movies of 2022