THEME EXPLORATION

school funding crisis

35 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Breakfast of Champions
Breakfast of Champions
1999 · Alan Rudolph
Full Moon High
Full Moon High
1981 · Larry Cohen
Sexual Drive
Sexual Drive
2021 · Kōta Yoshida
Sexy Battle Girls
Sexy Battle Girls
1986 · Mototsugu Watanabe
Winter Light
Winter Light
1963 · Ingmar Bergman
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
A Brighter Summer Day
A Brighter Summer Day
1991 · Edward Yang
Germany in Autumn
Germany in Autumn
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Picnic at Hanging Rock
1975 · Peter Weir
Another Round
Another Round
2020 · Thomas Vinterberg
The Insult
The Insult
2017 · Ziad Doueiri
The Tribe
The Tribe
2014 · Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi
The Worst Person in the World
The Worst Person in the World
2021 · Joachim Trier
Tony Manero
Tony Manero
2008 · Pablo Larraín
Blue
Blue
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
2012 · David Cronenberg
La flor de mi secreto
La flor de mi secreto
1994 · Pedro Almodóvar
8 ½
8 ½
1963 · Federico Fellini
A Street to Die
A Street to Die
1986 · Bill Bennett
City on Fire
City on Fire
1987 · —
Manodrome
Manodrome
2023 · John Trengove
Sale comme un ange
Sale comme un ange
1991 · Catherine Breillat
Fuze
Fuze
2026 · David Mackenzie
My Father's Shadow
My Father's Shadow
2026 · Akinola Davies Jr.
Life Is
Life Is
2026 · Lorena Villarreal
Sausage Party
Sausage Party
2016 · Greg Tiernan
The Voice of Hind Rajab
The Voice of Hind Rajab
2026 · Kaouther Ben Hania
The Drama
The Drama
2026 · Kristoffer Borgli
A Great American Tragedy
A Great American Tragedy
1972 · J. Lee Thompson
Cumbite
Cumbite
1964 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Five Days One Summer
Five Days One Summer
1982 · Fred Zinnemann
if….
if….
1968 · Lindsay Anderson
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
2022 · Lee Chang-dong
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently expose systemic failures in public institutions and social welfare, depicting how underfunding devastates working-class communities and their children's futures.

 Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

His films explore how economic inequality and social safety net failures directly impact children's access to education and opportunities, particularly in marginalized communities.