finding belonging

His films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Broker' explore how marginalized individuals create chosen families and find belonging outside conventional social structures.

Through intimate character studies like 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'A Woman Promises,' she examines isolation, trauma, and the desperate search for human connection.

Her films 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' and 'Tomboy' poignantly capture the longing to be seen and accepted for one's true self within communities and intimate relationships.