THEME EXPLORATION

Ghost Festival

12 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters
1984 · Ivan Reitman
Chambre 666
Chambre 666
1982 · Wim Wenders
20 Little Films
20 Little Films
2012 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Devil's Backbone
The Devil's Backbone
2001 · Guillermo del Toro
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters
2016 · Paul Feig
Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies
Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies
1961 · Mai Zetterling
Marianne of My Youth
Marianne of My Youth
1955 · Julien Duvivier
Sergei Eisenstein's Mexican Footage of the Fiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe
Sergei Eisenstein's Mexican Footage of the Fiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe
1930 · Sergei Eisenstein
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
1967 · Jean Rouch
Taking Woodstock
Taking Woodstock
2009 · Ang Lee
Hubert Bals Handshake
Hubert Bals Handshake
1989 · Peter Greenaway
Sarah Winchester: Ghost Opera
Sarah Winchester: Ghost Opera
2016 · Bertrand Bonello
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan

His films like 'A City of Sadness' and 'The Assassin' explore spiritual presences and ancestral memory intertwined with personal and historical trauma.

 Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan

His work frequently features ghostly, liminal spaces and the haunting of urban environments, particularly in films like 'Goodbye, Dragon Inn' which is set in an abandoned cinema.

 Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand

His films like 'Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives' directly engage with Buddhist concepts of ghosts, reincarnation, and the presence of the dead in everyday life.