THEME EXPLORATION

presence of absence

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Animal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom
2010 · David Michôd
Julieta
Julieta
2016 · Pedro Almodóvar
Jenjira, Brother Triam
Jenjira, Brother Triam
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Man and the Woman
The Man and the Woman
1908 · D.W. Griffith
El Sur
El Sur
1983 · Victor Erice
Citizen Saint
Citizen Saint
2023 · Tinatin Kajrishvili
Darling, How Could You?
Darling, How Could You?
1951 · Mitchell Leisen
Hurlements en faveur de Sade
Hurlements en faveur de Sade
1952 · Guy Debord
I'll be Your Eyes, You'll Be Mine
I'll be Your Eyes, You'll Be Mine
2006 · Stephen Dwoskin
God: City
God: City
2018 · Neill Blomkamp
Mother's Heart
Mother's Heart
1969 · Salvatore Samperi
The Wind
The Wind
2018 · Emma Tammi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films explore spiritual and existential voids through long takes and negative space, making absence itself a tangible presence.

 Béla Tarr Hungary

His monochromatic, desolate compositions emphasize what is missing—light, hope, connection—making absence the true subject of his work.