THEME EXPLORATION

light and darkness

15 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
The Green Mile
The Green Mile
1999 · Frank Darabont
Werckmeister Harmonies
Werckmeister Harmonies
2000 · Béla Tarr
Decameron
Decameron
2020 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Peak Everything
Peak Everything
2026 · Anne Émond
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
2026 · David Bickerstaff
You Shall Not Sleep Tonight
You Shall Not Sleep Tonight
2026 · Luciano Montes de Oca
Birth of Light
Birth of Light
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Heart of Darkness (, TV
Heart of Darkness (, TV
1994 · Nicolas Roeg
Princess from the Moon
Princess from the Moon
1987 · Kon Ichikawa
America
America
2022 · Fabio D'Innocenzo & Damiano D'Innocenzo
El sol del membrillo
El sol del membrillo
1992 · Victor Erice
Meurtrière
Meurtrière
2015 · Philippe Grandrieux
Away
Away
2019 · Gints Zilbalodis
Kontroll
Kontroll
2003 · Nimród Antal
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David F. Sandberg Sweden

Transforms intimate spaces into sources of creeping dread through supernatural presence and visual economy.

 Ingmar Bergman Sweden

His films obsessively explore the psychological and spiritual darkness within human existence, contrasting it with moments of transcendent light and grace.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

He uses light and shadow as metaphysical tools to examine consciousness, memory, and the search for meaning in visually meditative, spiritually profound works.