THEME EXPLORATION

imagination vs reality

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Matrix
The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
Avalon
Avalon
2001 · Mamoru Oshii
The Fall
The Fall
2006 · Tarsem Singh
The Science of Sleep
The Science of Sleep
2006 · Michel Gondry
Immersion
Immersion
2023 · Takashi Shimizu
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
Close-Up
Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami
Alice
Alice
1988 · Jan Švankmajer
Barbie
Barbie
2023 · Greta Gerwig
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko
2001 · Richard Kelly
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Garth Jennings UK

Celebrates outsiders and dreamers through vibrant, imaginative storytelling with infectious humor.

 Marc Forster Germany

Blends intimate character studies with sweeping narrative scope, finding profound humanity in diverse stories.

 Terry Gilliam USA

Baroque visual storytelling that transforms mundane reality into anarchic, dreamlike worlds of dark wonder.