THEME EXPLORATION

Refuge and shelter

17 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
District 9
District 9
2009 · Neill Blomkamp
Fever Room
Fever Room
2015 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Seven Snipers
Seven Snipers
2026 · Sandra Sciberras
A Child of the Ghetto
A Child of the Ghetto
1910 · D.W. Griffith
A Walk with Love and Death
A Walk with Love and Death
1969 · John Huston
Le Refuge (Hideaway
Le Refuge (Hideaway
2009 · François Ozon
The Young One
The Young One
1960 · Luis Buñuel
Duelo en las montañas
Duelo en las montañas
1950 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
1984 · Kar-leung Lau
The Monk of Monza
The Monk of Monza
1963 · Sergio Corbucci
The Piper's Tune
The Piper's Tune
1962 · Muriel Box
Bashu, the Little Stranger
Bashu, the Little Stranger
1989 · Bahram Beyzai
Black Moon
Black Moon
1975 · Louis Malle
Closed Curtain
Closed Curtain
2013 · Jafar Panahi
Fantasma
Fantasma
2007 · Lisandro Alonso
Venus
Venus
2022 · Jaume Balagueró
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Nobody Knows' explore makeshift families and spaces of refuge created by marginalized individuals seeking shelter and belonging.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious films such as 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Sorry We Missed You' deeply examine how people struggle to find economic and emotional refuge in an unforgiving system.

 Agnès Varda France

Her compassionate documentaries and narrative films like 'Vagabond' and 'The Gleaners and I' intimate portraits of those seeking shelter and dignity on society's margins.