THEME EXPLORATION

memoir and memory

35 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Quiet Mourning
Quiet Mourning
2012 · Anonymous Fixture
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · Michel Gondry
The Maze Runner
The Maze Runner
2014 · Wes Ball
Chungking Express
Chungking Express
1994 · Wong Kar-wai
Drei Wege zum See
Drei Wege zum See
1976 · Michael Haneke
Nostalgia for the Light
Nostalgia for the Light
2010 · Patricio Guzmán
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Silences of the Palace
The Silences of the Palace
1994 · Moufida Tlatli
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
La mala educación
La mala educación
2004 · Pedro Almodóvar
The Sailor from Gibraltar
The Sailor from Gibraltar
1967 · Tony Richardson
The Time That Remains
The Time That Remains
2009 · Elia Suleiman
8 ½
8 ½
1963 · Federico Fellini
Marshal Tito's Spirit
Marshal Tito's Spirit
2000 · Vinko Brešan
Men Don’t Cry
Men Don’t Cry
2017 · Alen Drljević
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920 · —
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992 · Mohsen Makhmalbaf
24 City
24 City
2008 · Jia Zhangke
Affection
Affection
2026 · BT Meza
LA PALOMA
LA PALOMA
2026 · Lu Yuan-chi
Chinese Animation: A Century
Chinese Animation: A Century
2026 · Lijun Sun
Millennium Actress
Millennium Actress
2026 · Satoshi Kon
Signs of Mr. Plum
Signs of Mr. Plum
2026 · Urszula Morga
The Last Viking
The Last Viking
2025 · Anders Thomas Jensen
The Day She Returns
The Day She Returns
2026 · Hong Sang-soo
The Marked Woman
The Marked Woman
2026 · Gabe Ibáñez
Carla’s Song
Carla’s Song
1996 · Ken Loach
Confession
Confession
1968 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945
Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945
1987 · Jean Rouch
Haut/bas/fragile
Haut/bas/fragile
1995 · Jacques Rivette
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His films like *Mirror* and *Stalker* explore memory as a fluid, poetic force that blurs personal history with collective consciousness and philosophical inquiry.

 Agnès Varda France

Her documentary essays and narrative films, particularly *The Gleaners and I* and *Vagabond*, intimately examine how memory shapes identity and how the past resurfaces in present moments.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually lyrical films like *In the Mood for Love* and *2046* treat memory as melancholic, fragmented, and inseparable from desire, transforming nostalgia into cinematic poetry.