orphans and adoption

His films like 'Nobody Knows' and 'Shoplifters' intimately explore family bonds, abandonment, and makeshift families formed outside traditional structures.

His socially conscious cinema frequently examines the lives of vulnerable children and systemic failures in child welfare, as seen in 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake'.

His compassionate films like 'Where Is the Friend's House?' and 'The Traveler' deeply probe childhood vulnerability, loss, and the search for belonging and home.