THEME EXPLORATION

journey across borders

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Frank Darabont
Being Human
Being Human
1993 · Bill Forsyth
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Wes Anderson
Babel
Babel
2006 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
Mein Schulfreund
Mein Schulfreund
1960 · Robert Siodmak
Wrong Move
Wrong Move
1975 · Wim Wenders
What Planet Are You From?
What Planet Are You From?
2000 · Mike Nichols
The Shop on Main Street
The Shop on Main Street
1965 · Ján Kadár
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Your Name.
Your Name.
2016 · Makoto Shinkai
Strawberry and Chocolate
Strawberry and Chocolate
1993 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alejandro González Iñárritu Mexico

His films like 'Babel' and 'Biutiful' explore how borders—geographic, linguistic, and cultural—fragment human connection across continents.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His works such as 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Sorry We Missed You' examine the invisible borders of class and migration that divide communities.

 Chloé Zhao China/United States

Her films like 'Nomadland' and 'The Eternals' chronicle journeys across physical and emotional borders, capturing displacement and belonging.