THEME EXPLORATION

abandoned institutions

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Syndromes and a Century
Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Kara
Kara
2026 · Vignesh Raja
Beaubourg, Centre d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou
Beaubourg, Centre d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou
1977 · Roberto Rossellini
Good Mothers
Good Mothers
1942 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Muggsy’s First Sweetheart
Muggsy’s First Sweetheart
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Per le antiche scale (Vertiges/Down the Ancient Stair
Per le antiche scale (Vertiges/Down the Ancient Stair
1975 · Mauro Bolognini
The Age of Desire
The Age of Desire
1923 · Frank Borzage
The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham
The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham
1986 · Jean Rouch
Kino-Pravda No. 9
Kino-Pravda No. 9
1922 · Dziga Vertov
God's Crooked Lines
God's Crooked Lines
2022 · Oriol Paulo
Session 9
Session 9
2001 · Brad Anderson
Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings
Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings
2011 · Declan O'Brien
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films like Stalker explore desolate, forsaken spaces as metaphors for spiritual abandonment and the decay of human institutions.

 Michael Haneke Austria

Works such as Funny Games and The Seventh Continent examine the collapse of institutional order and societal structures through bleak, unsettling narratives.

 Joe Lynch United States

His films deconstruct American institutions and infrastructure, revealing the darkness lurking beneath abandoned spaces and failing systems.