THEME EXPLORATION

essay film

4 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Dimanche à Pekin
1956 · Chris Marker

Orere orara

Orere orara
1971 · Nobuhiko Obayashi

Where Are You, Bertrand Bonello?
2014 · Bertrand Bonello

Robinson Crusoe Island
1999 · Patricio Guzmán

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Chris Marker France

Master of poetic essay cinema who blends memory, politics, and visual meditation across photographs, found footage, and fragmented narratives.

Agnès Varda France

Pioneering essayist filmmaker who combines autobiography, documentary observation, and playful experimentation to explore time, identity, and cinema itself.