THEME EXPLORATION

new connections

22 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

The Clock
1945 · Vincente Minnelli

New York, I Love You

New York, I Love You
2008 · Allen Hughes & Mira Nair & Shunji Iwai

Chungking Express

Chungking Express
1994 · Wong Kar-wai

Once Upon a Time in the West

Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone

Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard

The Red Shoes
1948 · Michael Powell & Pressburger

Summer in the City

Summer in the City
1970 · Wim Wenders

A Better Tomorrow II

A Better Tomorrow II
1987 · John Woo

The Young Girls of Rochefort

The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967 · Jacques Demy

Insignificance
1985 · Nicolas Roeg

A Confucian Confusion

A Confucian Confusion
1994 · Edward Yang

Prosperity for 2008

Prosperity for 2008
2008 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Eastward
1991 · Christian Petzold

Gintama: Yoshiwara in Flames

Gintama: Yoshiwara in Flames
2026 · Naoya Ando

Cocktail 2
2026 · Homi Adajania

OMG! Oh My Girl

OMG! Oh My Girl
2026 · Thitipong Kerdtongtawee

11 Minutes
2015 · Jerzy Skolimowski

King Kong
1952 · Nobuhiko Obayashi

Bad Taste
1987 · Peter Jackson

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade

Matchless (John Papadopoulos, ) production assistant

Matchless (John Papadopoulos, ) production assistant
1974 · Phillip Noyce

Reportaje
1953 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His films explore fleeting human connections through visual poetry, where characters constantly miss or remake relationships across fragmented narratives.

Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

He examines how strangers and broken families forge unexpected bonds, revealing how new connections can redefine what it means to belong.

Agnès Varda France

Her documentaries and narrative films celebrate chance encounters and the transformative power of human connection, particularly between unlikely individuals.