THEME EXPLORATION

ancestral heritage

27 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Coco
Coco
2017 · Lee Unkrich
The Night of Counting the Years
The Night of Counting the Years
1969 · Shadi Abdel Salam
Fort York
Fort York
1972 · David Cronenberg
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
2002 · Joel Zwick
Salt of this Sea
Salt of this Sea
2008 · Annemarie Jacir
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992 · Mohsen Makhmalbaf
A Tapestry of a Legendary Land
A Tapestry of a Legendary Land
2024 · Zhou Liya
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie
2026 · Morio Asaka
Colours of Time
Colours of Time
2026 · Cédric Klapisch
Chinese Animation: A Century
Chinese Animation: A Century
2026 · Lijun Sun
Summer Hours
Summer Hours
2008 · Olivier Assayas
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
2026 · David Bickerstaff
48) Special award of Feast of Cinema for Abbas Kiarostami at the 2nd Feast of Cinema, Tehran
48) Special award of Feast of Cinema for Abbas Kiarostami at the 2nd Feast of Cinema, Tehran
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Fast Hands
Fast Hands
1976 · Alan Clarke
Hokusai
Hokusai
1953 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Le mura di Sana’a
Le mura di Sana’a
1971 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Puruliar Chhau
Puruliar Chhau
1970 · Ritwik Ghatak
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
1964 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Athens: Return to the Acropolis
Athens: Return to the Acropolis
1983 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
Baron Blood
Baron Blood
1972 · Mario Bava
Moving Perspectives
Moving Perspectives
1967 · Mrinal Sen
Moana 2
Moana 2
2024 · David G. Derrick Jr. & Jason Hand
Exhuma
Exhuma
2024 · Jang Jae-hyun
The Legend of Hercules
The Legend of Hercules
2014 · Renny Harlin
Mortuary Blues
Mortuary Blues
1990 · Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai
Naked Under the Moon
Naked Under the Moon
1999 · Lav Diaz
The Tree of Blood
The Tree of Blood
2018 · Julio Medem
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Terrence Malick United States

His films trace humanity's spiritual and ancestral roots through poetic meditations on family, mortality, and our connection to the natural world across generations.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

He explores cultural memory and ancestral heritage through visually lush narratives that capture the nostalgia and emotional weight of Hong Kong's colonial history and personal family legacies.