THEME EXPLORATION
diaspora and displacement
Tracing the thread…
Mira Nair · India · Rourkela
Cinema of displacement that finds grace and corruption coexisting in bodies caught between worlds.
Atom Egoyan · Canada
His films consistently explore fragmented identities, memory, and emotional displacement through non-linear narratives that mirror the experience of cultural dislocation.
Hou Hsiao-hsien · Taiwan
He examines the Taiwan diaspora and historical displacement through long takes and introspective storytelling that captures the yearning for lost homelands and fractured family bonds.