THEME EXPLORATION

refuge and sanctuary

21 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Entre tinieblas
Entre tinieblas
1983 · Pedro Almodóvar
District 9
District 9
2009 · Neill Blomkamp
Fever Room
Fever Room
2015 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Seven Snipers
Seven Snipers
2026 · Sandra Sciberras
A Child of the Ghetto
A Child of the Ghetto
1910 · D.W. Griffith
A Walk with Love and Death
A Walk with Love and Death
1969 · John Huston
D'Artagnan's Daughter
D'Artagnan's Daughter
1994 · Bertrand Tavernier
Le Refuge (Hideaway
Le Refuge (Hideaway
2009 · François Ozon
The Young One
The Young One
1960 · Luis Buñuel
Duelo en las montañas
Duelo en las montañas
1950 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
1984 · Kar-leung Lau
The Flowers of War
The Flowers of War
2011 · Zhang Yimou
The Piper's Tune
The Piper's Tune
1962 · Muriel Box
Thunder on the Hill
Thunder on the Hill
1951 · Douglas Sirk
Bashu, the Little Stranger
Bashu, the Little Stranger
1989 · Bahram Beyzai
Black Moon
Black Moon
1975 · Louis Malle
Closed Curtain
Closed Curtain
2013 · Jafar Panahi
Fantasma
Fantasma
2007 · Lisandro Alonso
Love and Penguins
Love and Penguins
2022 · Christine Luby
Saint Seiya Heaven Chapter: Overture
Saint Seiya Heaven Chapter: Overture
2004 · Shigeyasu Yamauchi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films consistently explore how makeshift families and humble spaces become sanctuaries for displaced and vulnerable individuals seeking belonging.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious cinema examines how the most marginalized people search for refuge in communities and institutions while confronting systemic abandonment.

 Agnès Varda France

Her humanistic documentaries and narratives reveal how individuals and communities create safe havens and find dignity in unexpected places of shelter and connection.