THEME EXPLORATION

memory and displacement

43 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Time That Remains
The Time That Remains
2009 · Elia Suleiman
As Far as I Can Walk
As Far as I Can Walk
2021 · Stefan Arsenijević
Monsoon
Monsoon
2011 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Krapatchouk
Krapatchouk
1992 · Enrique Gabriel
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992 · Mohsen Makhmalbaf
La caméra de Claire
La caméra de Claire
2017 · Hong Sang-soo
Nostalgia
Nostalgia
1983 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Le Mystère Koumiko
Le Mystère Koumiko
1965 · Chris Marker
Monsoon
Monsoon
2019 · Hong Khaou
The Song of the Auricanturi
The Song of the Auricanturi
2023 · Camila Rodríguez Triana
The Suspended Step of the Stork
The Suspended Step of the Stork
1991 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
Another Time
Another Time
2002 · Stephen Dwoskin
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Quiet Mourning
Quiet Mourning
2012 · Anonymous Fixture
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
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
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
Drei Wege zum See
Drei Wege zum See
1976 · Michael Haneke
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
Chungking Express
Chungking Express
1994 · Wong Kar-wai
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memories of Underdevelopment
1968 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Cold War
Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Nostalgia for the Light
Nostalgia for the Light
2010 · Patricio Guzmán
The Silences of the Palace
The Silences of the Palace
1994 · Moufida Tlatli
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
Floating Clouds
Floating Clouds
1955 · Mikio Naruse
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005 · Peter Greenaway
Grave of the Fireflies
Grave of the Fireflies
1988 · Isao Takahata
Ixcanul
Ixcanul
2015 · Jayro Bustamante
Still Life
Still Life
2006 · Jia Zhangke
A Useful Life
A Useful Life
2010 · Federico Veiroj
La mala educación
La mala educación
2004 · Pedro Almodóvar
Salt of this Sea
Salt of this Sea
2008 · Annemarie Jacir
8 ½
8 ½
1963 · Federico Fellini
Chico
Chico
2001 · Ibolya Fekete
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
1984 · Jiří Svoboda
It's Not the Time of My Life
It's Not the Time of My Life
2016 · Szabolcs Hajdu
Khaled
Khaled
2002 · Asghar Massombagi
Lucky Miles
Lucky Miles
2007 · Michael James Rowland
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His films excavate memory through long, meditative takes that explore how time and displacement fragment human consciousness and identity.

 Atom Egoyan Canada

His non-linear narratives and obsessive formal strategies reveal how trauma, displacement, and fragmented memory reshape identity and human connection.