In 1987, the legendary filmmakers Sergei Parajanov made the list of the 20 Film Directors of the Future at the Rotterdam International Film Festival IFFR, along with Martin Scorsese, Jean-Luc Godard, Jim Jarmusch, Peter Greenway, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, David Lynch, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Chantal Akerman, Jonathan Demme, Otar Iosseliani, Souleymane Cisse, Chen Kaige, Leos Carax, Stephen Frears, Mitsuo Yanagimachi, Raul Ruiz, Nanhi Moretti, Eric Rohmer and Wim Wenders.
