THEME EXPLORATION

childhood memory

38 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Syndromes and a Century
Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
In Life’s Cycle
In Life’s Cycle
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Haruka, Nostalgia
Haruka, Nostalgia
1993 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Case for a Rookie Hangman
Case for a Rookie Hangman
1970 · Pavel Juráček
Madonna and Child (, short
Madonna and Child (, short
1980 · Terence Davies
Grass Labyrinth
Grass Labyrinth
1979 · Shuji Terayama
The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
2018 · Park Jung-hoon
Windless
Windless
2024 · Pavel G. Vesnakov
I've Been Twelve Forever
I've Been Twelve Forever
2004 · Michel Gondry
Sweet Dreams
Sweet Dreams
2016 · Marco Bellocchio
The Memories in My Frame
The Memories in My Frame
1994 · Bong Joon-ho
The Staggering Girl
The Staggering Girl
2019 · Luca Guadagnino
Quiet Mourning
Quiet Mourning
2012 · Anonymous Fixture
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
1998 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Pather Panchali
Pather Panchali
1955 · Satyajit Ray
Drei Wege zum See
Drei Wege zum See
1976 · Michael Haneke
Chungking Express
Chungking Express
1994 · Wong Kar-wai
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
Festen
Festen
1998 · Thomas Vinterberg
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Nostalgia for the Light
Nostalgia for the Light
2010 · Patricio Guzmán
The Silences of the Palace
The Silences of the Palace
1994 · Moufida Tlatli
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
Children of Heaven
Children of Heaven
1997 · Majid Majidi
La mala educación
La mala educación
2004 · Pedro Almodóvar
The Sailor from Gibraltar
The Sailor from Gibraltar
1967 · Tony Richardson
The Time That Remains
The Time That Remains
2009 · Elia Suleiman
Angel at Sea
Angel at Sea
2009 · Frédéric Dumont
Babai
Babai
2015 · Visar Morina
Kooky
Kooky
2010 · Jan Svěrák
Marshal Tito's Spirit
Marshal Tito's Spirit
2000 · Vinko Brešan
Men Don’t Cry
Men Don’t Cry
2017 · Alen Drljević
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Chava Cartas Mexico

Intimate exploration of Mexican identity through personal memory and childhood perspective.

 Claude Jutra

Lyrical exploration of Quebec identity through deeply personal, memory-inflected narratives.

 Hayao Miyazaki Japan

His films like 'Spirited Away' and 'My Neighbor Totoro' capture the wonder, innocence, and magical realism of childhood experiences with profound emotional depth.