THEME EXPLORATION

heritage buildings

26 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Coco
Coco
2017 · Lee Unkrich
The Night of Counting the Years
The Night of Counting the Years
1969 · Shadi Abdel Salam
Fort York
Fort York
1972 · David Cronenberg
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
2002 · Joel Zwick
Salt of this Sea
Salt of this Sea
2008 · Annemarie Jacir
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992 · Mohsen Makhmalbaf
A Tapestry of a Legendary Land
A Tapestry of a Legendary Land
2024 · Zhou Liya
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie
2026 · Morio Asaka
Summer Hours
Summer Hours
2008 · Olivier Assayas
Chinese Animation: A Century
Chinese Animation: A Century
2026 · Lijun Sun
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
2026 · David Bickerstaff
48) Special award of Feast of Cinema for Abbas Kiarostami at the 2nd Feast of Cinema, Tehran
48) Special award of Feast of Cinema for Abbas Kiarostami at the 2nd Feast of Cinema, Tehran
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Fast Hands
Fast Hands
1976 · Alan Clarke
Hokusai
Hokusai
1953 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Le mura di Sana’a
Le mura di Sana’a
1971 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Puruliar Chhau
Puruliar Chhau
1970 · Ritwik Ghatak
La Gomera
La Gomera
2019 · Corneliu Porumboiu
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
1964 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Athens: Return to the Acropolis
Athens: Return to the Acropolis
1983 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
Moving Perspectives
Moving Perspectives
1967 · Mrinal Sen
Moana 2
Moana 2
2024 · David G. Derrick Jr. & Jason Hand
The Legend of Hercules
The Legend of Hercules
2014 · Renny Harlin
Cold Prey
Cold Prey
2006 · Roar Uthaug
Dark Woods II
Dark Woods II
2015 · Pål Øie
Out of the Dark
Out of the Dark
1995 · Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai
White Apache
White Apache
1987 · Frank Miller
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wim Wenders Germany

He consistently explores the relationship between human experience and architectural spaces, treating buildings as characters that reflect cultural identity and loss.

 Chloé Zhao China

Her films interrogate how heritage sites and aging structures anchor identity and community, particularly in the face of modernization and displacement.