THEME EXPLORATION

Independent cinema

25 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
And the Show Goes On
And the Show Goes On
1996 · Mrinal Sen
El perquè de tot plegat
El perquè de tot plegat
1994 · Ventura Pons
Kings of the Road
Kings of the Road
1976 · Wim Wenders
The Salesman
The Salesman
2016 · Asghar Farhadi
Lumière & Company
Lumière & Company
1995 · Bigas Luna & Cédric Klapisch & Lasse Hallström & Michael Haneke & Peter Greenaway & Spike Lee
2017
2017
2017 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
La ley de deseo
La ley de deseo
1987 · Pedro Almodóvar
Where Are You, Jafar Panahi?
Where Are You, Jafar Panahi?
2026 · Jafar Panahi
A Time and a Place
A Time and a Place
1977 · Gillian Armstrong
Chronicle of a Summer
Chronicle of a Summer
1961 · Jean Rouch
Cecil B. DeMented
Cecil B. DeMented
2000 · John Waters
Flying Colors (, incomplete
Flying Colors (, incomplete
1917 · Frank Borzage
Marquitta
Marquitta
1927 · Jean Renoir
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
1995 · Nagisa Oshima
Annual Award, German Democratic Republic Filmmakers Award
Annual Award, German Democratic Republic Filmmakers Award
1990 · Zhang Yimou
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Kino-week
Kino-week
1918 · Dziga Vertov
La rosa blanca
La rosa blanca
1954 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Matchless (John Papadopoulos, ) production assistant
Matchless (John Papadopoulos, ) production assistant
1974 · Phillip Noyce
Symphony of Lianhua
Symphony of Lianhua
1937 · Fei Mu
The Experimental Image World of Shuji Terayama
The Experimental Image World of Shuji Terayama
1993 · Shuji Terayama
The Sound of Claudia Schiffer
The Sound of Claudia Schiffer
2000 · Nicolas Roeg
A Useful Life
A Useful Life
2010 · Federico Veiroj
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
Valentino
Valentino
1977 · Ken Russell
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Scott Mosier USA

Collaborative storyteller blending comedy with candid, conversational narratives about contemporary culture.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films champion working-class stories and independent production values, consistently critiquing systemic injustice through intimate, realistic narratives.

 Agnès Varda France

A pioneering independent filmmaker who pioneered the French New Wave with low-budget, experimental films that prioritized artistic vision over commercial constraints.