THEME EXPLORATION

memory and domesticity

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Solaris
Solaris
1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Quiet Mourning
Quiet Mourning
2012 · Anonymous Fixture
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · Michel Gondry
The Maze Runner
The Maze Runner
2014 · Wes Ball
Chungking Express
Chungking Express
1994 · Wong Kar-wai
Drei Wege zum See
Drei Wege zum See
1976 · Michael Haneke
Nostalgia for the Light
Nostalgia for the Light
2010 · Patricio Guzmán
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Chloé Zhao China

Her films intimately examine how individuals construct meaning and belonging within confined domestic spaces and landscapes of memory.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His work profoundly explores how family rituals and shared domestic spaces become vessels for collective memory and emotional truth.

 Lynne Ramsay Scotland

She uses fragmented narrative and sensory details to excavate how memory haunts domestic life and childhood spaces.