human connection amid catastrophe

His films consistently explore how families and strangers find intimacy and meaning through shared loss and unexpected bonds, as seen in 'Shoplifters' and 'Nobody Knows'.

She examines fractured human relationships and emotional survival in the face of trauma and societal collapse, particularly in 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer'.

His meditative approach to cinema captures how individuals maintain dignity and forge connections within historical trauma and personal devastation, as demonstrated in 'The Assassin' and 'A City of Sadness'.