THEME EXPLORATION

ephemeral experience

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Luchino Visconti
Rat Mouse Thief
Rat Mouse Thief
1999 · Sebastián Cordero
The State of the World
The State of the World
2007 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Time That Remains
The Time That Remains
2009 · Elia Suleiman
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
Babai
Babai
2015 · Visar Morina
Tourettes
Tourettes
1971 · David Cronenberg
J’ai pas sommeil
J’ai pas sommeil
1994 · Claire Denis
Lucky Miles
Lucky Miles
2007 · Michael James Rowland
Nowhere in Africa
Nowhere in Africa
2002 · Caroline Link
Jerichow
Jerichow
2009 · Christian Petzold
100 Nights of Hero
100 Nights of Hero
2026 · Julia Jackman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films obsessively explore memory, time's passage, and the fleeting nature of human presence through long, meditative sequences that privilege momentary consciousness over narrative.

 Abbas Kiarostami Iran

He captures the transient beauty of ordinary moments and chance encounters, treating cinema itself as a temporary window into life's unscripted, unrepeatable instances.