ancestral history

His films like 'The Assassin' and 'A Time to Live, A Time to Die' weave personal and family histories into Taiwan's colonial and post-colonial past.

Pioneer of African cinema who explored ancestral heritage and colonial impact through works like 'Moolaadé' and 'Emitai,' recovering suppressed African histories.

His visually poetic films like 'In the Mood for Love' and 'The Grandmaster' investigate how personal memories and family legacies haunt contemporary lives.