disability and social marginalization

His films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Broker' examine social marginalization and invisible disabilities through intimate family narratives that challenge societal hierarchies.

His socially conscious cinema, particularly 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Sorry We Missed You,' directly confronts systemic discrimination against disabled and economically vulnerable people.

Her documentaries and fiction films, especially 'Vagabond' and 'The Gleaners and I,' explore the lives of marginalized individuals with compassion and visual poetry, often centering on those society overlooks.