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THEME EXPLORATION

identity and recognition

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Paul Schrader
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Layla
Layla
2026 · Amrou Al-Kadhi
Nazarín
Nazarín
1958 · Luis Buñuel
Quick
Quick
1932 · Robert Siodmak
The Whole Town’s Talking
The Whole Town’s Talking
1935 · John Ford
Aga's House
Aga's House
2019 · Lendita Zeqiraj
Reindeer Games
Reindeer Games
2000 · John Frankenheimer
Cabo Negro
Cabo Negro
2024 · Abdellah Taïa
Di che segno sei?
Di che segno sei?
1975 · Sergio Corbucci
Ernesto
Ernesto
1979 · Salvatore Samperi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Agnès Varda → France

Her documentary and narrative works constantly interrogate how individuals are perceived, remembered, and defined through visual media and personal testimony.

Chloé Zhao → China/USA

Her films explore marginalized identities and the struggle for recognition in contemporary society, blending documentary realism with intimate character studies.

Michael Dowse → Austria

His provocative cinema systematically deconstructs how media, society, and violence shape identity and the performance of self in modern life.

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