THEME EXPLORATION

photography and memory

36 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Shadows from Light
Shadows from Light
1983 · Stephen Dwoskin
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
Chungking Express
Chungking Express
1994 · Wong Kar-wai
Drei Wege zum See
Drei Wege zum See
1976 · Michael Haneke
Yi Yi
Yi Yi
2000 · Edward Yang
Palermo Shooting
Palermo Shooting
2008 · Wim Wenders
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
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992 · Mohsen Makhmalbaf
24 City
24 City
2008 · Jia Zhangke
The Photograph
The Photograph
2008 · Hitoshi Yuho
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
A Song for Tomorrow
A Song for Tomorrow
1948 · Terence Fisher
Birth of Light
Birth of Light
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945
Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945
1987 · Jean Rouch
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Chris Marker France

His experimental masterpiece 'La Jetée' uses still photography to explore memory, time, and trauma through a narrative about a man haunted by a photographic image.

 Agnès Varda France

She frequently blended documentary photography with personal memory in films like 'The Beaches of Agnès,' creating intimate visual essays about how images preserve and reconstruct our past.