THEME EXPLORATION

national identity and statelessness

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938 · Leni Riefenstahl
Krapatchouk
Krapatchouk
1992 · Enrique Gabriel
Men Don’t Cry
Men Don’t Cry
2017 · Alen Drljević
Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected
2008 · Paul Schrader
Die My Love
Die My Love
2025 · Lynne Ramsay
Layla
Layla
2026 · Amrou Al-Kadhi
Daughter of Nectar
Daughter of Nectar
2026 · Lin Chun-ni
Nazarín
Nazarín
1958 · Luis Buñuel
¡Qué Viva México!
¡Qué Viva México!
1979 · Sergei Eisenstein
Quick
Quick
1932 · Robert Siodmak
Reindeer Games
Reindeer Games
2000 · John Frankenheimer
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand

His films explore liminal spaces and collective memory, questioning national borders and the fluidity of identity across Southeast Asia.

 Atom Egoyan Canada/Armenia

His work consistently examines diaspora, displacement, and the psychological fragmentation of stateless or transnational identities.