THEME EXPLORATION

tribute and remembrance

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
A Friendly Handshake
A Friendly Handshake
1997 · Jean Rouch
Madadayo
Madadayo
1993 · Akira Kurosawa
Beautiful Funerals
Beautiful Funerals
1996 · Stan Brakhage
El Gran Gato
El Gran Gato
2003 · Ventura Pons
Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti
Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti
2001 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Elliott’s Suicide
Elliott’s Suicide
2007 · Kenneth Anger
A Gift
A Gift
2016 · Chayanop Bunprakob
Three in the Drift of the Creative Act
Three in the Drift of the Creative Act
2021 · Fernando Solanas
Melancholia
Melancholia
2008 · Lav Diaz
My Own Private River
My Own Private River
2012 · Gus Van Sant
Una vacanza del cactus
Una vacanza del cactus
1981 · Mariano Laurenti
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His meditative films like 'Mirror' and 'Stalker' explore memory, loss, and the spiritual weight of personal and collective remembrance through poetic imagery.

 Theo Angelopoulos Greece

His cinema is defined by long takes and historical consciousness, directly confronting themes of national trauma, displacement, and the need to honor forgotten pasts in works like 'Ulysses' Gaze'.