His films strip away narrative comfort to expose how easily individuals become faceless subjects of surveillance and societal systems.
Chloé Zhao China/USAShe captures the invisibility of marginalized people in America, using non-professional actors to blur the line between documentary and fiction, making the unnamed visible.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul ThailandHis meditative, fragmented narratives dissolve character identity and linear storytelling, leaving viewers suspended in ambiguity about who and what they're witnessing.