His films like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' expose systemic exploitation of working-class individuals trapped by institutional contracts and labor systems.
Leigh Whannell United KingdomThrough naturalistic narratives in films like 'Another Year' and 'Career Girls,' he examines how personal and professional contracts bind characters to exploitative circumstances.
Abbas Kiarostami IranHis works like '10' and 'The Wind Will Carry Us' subtly interrogate the psychological contracts and power imbalances that bind individuals to exploitative situations.