THEME EXPLORATION

journey of self-discovery

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Darwin
Darwin
1992 · Peter Greenaway
Détour
Détour
2017 · Michel Gondry
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
1977 · George Lucas
A Trip to the Moon
A Trip to the Moon
1902 · Georges Méliès
Das Hofkonzert
Das Hofkonzert
1936 · Douglas Sirk
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist
1988 · Theo Angelopoulos & Theodoros Angelopoulos
Wrong Move
Wrong Move
1975 · Wim Wenders
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
2015 · J.J. Abrams
Rain Man
Rain Man
1988 · Barry Levinson
Salt of this Sea
Salt of this Sea
2008 · Annemarie Jacir
Central Station
Central Station
1998 · Walter Salles
Worldly Desires
Worldly Desires
2005 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Agnès Varda France

Her films intimately document personal transformation and identity through autobiographical storytelling and experimental visual narratives.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic cinema explores memory, longing, and self-identity through characters navigating urban solitude and emotional awakening.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His humanistic films examine how individuals discover themselves through family relationships, loss, and quiet moments of emotional revelation.