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THEME EXPLORATION

Southeast Asia

4 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Harakiri
Harakiri
1962 · Masaki Kobayashi
Art Through Our Eyes
Art Through Our Eyes
2016 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Bengawan Solo
Bengawan Solo
1951 · Kon Ichikawa
Code Name: Wild Geese
Code Name: Wild Geese
1984 · Antonio Margheriti
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Apichatpong Weerasethakul → Thailand

His meditative films explore Thai spirituality, memory, and landscape as central to Southeast Asian identity and consciousness.

Lav Diaz → Philippines

His lengthy, poetic films chronicle Philippine history, politics, and rural life as intimate explorations of Southeast Asian colonialism and resistance.

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