THEME EXPLORATION

historical trauma

44 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
LA PALOMA
LA PALOMA
2026 · Lu Yuan-chi
The Real End of the Great War
The Real End of the Great War
1957 · Jerzy Kawalerowicz
The Monkey
The Monkey
2025 · Osgood Perkins
Keeping Mum
Keeping Mum
2023 · Émilie Brisavoine
Death in Love
Death in Love
2008 · Boaz Yakin
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Silent Night, Deadly Night
2025 · Mike P. Nelson
The Weight of Water
The Weight of Water
2001 · Kathryn Bigelow
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Giovanna d’Arco
Giovanna d’Arco
1989 · Werner Herzog
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
Mein Schulfreund
Mein Schulfreund
1960 · Robert Siodmak
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Festen
Festen
1998 · Thomas Vinterberg
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
1958 · Sergei Eisenstein
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
The Silences of the Palace
The Silences of the Palace
1994 · Moufida Tlatli
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
Repulsion
Repulsion
1965 · Roman Polanski
Tabu
Tabu
2012 · Miguel Gomes
The Goat Horn
The Goat Horn
1972 · Metodi Andonov
The Milk of Sorrow
The Milk of Sorrow
2009 · Claudia Llosa
Bullhead
Bullhead
2011 · Michaël R. Roskam
Cemetery of Splendor
Cemetery of Splendor
2015 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
La mala educación
La mala educación
2004 · Pedro Almodóvar
Fort York
Fort York
1972 · David Cronenberg
Satan's Slaves
Satan's Slaves
2017 · Joko Anwar
Rat Mouse Thief
Rat Mouse Thief
1999 · Sebastián Cordero
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
Don't Look Now
Don't Look Now
1973 · Nicolas Roeg
Chico
Chico
2001 · Ibolya Fekete
Gojira
Gojira
1954 · —
Honeymoon
Honeymoon
2013 · Jan Hřebejk
Men Don’t Cry
Men Don’t Cry
2017 · Alen Drljević
The Devil's Backbone
The Devil's Backbone
2001 · Guillermo del Toro
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
2026 · Kenichiro Akimoto
A Tapestry of a Legendary Land
A Tapestry of a Legendary Land
2024 · Zhou Liya
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2026 · Quentin Tarantino
Midsommar
Midsommar
2019 · Ari Aster
Life Is
Life Is
2026 · Lorena Villarreal
Putin
Putin
2026 · Patryk Vega
Rosario
Rosario
2025 · Felipe Vargas
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Bahram Beyzai Iran · Tehran

Cinema as archaeological excavation of personal and collective wounds through silence and gesture.

 Claire Denis France · Paris

Cinema of skin and silence where colonial history inhabits the space between bodies.

 Hou Hsiao-hsien China · Mei County

Cinema of patient observation where history materializes through light, landscape, and faces suspended between frames.