THEME EXPLORATION

refugee experience

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 · Luchino Visconti
The Insult
The Insult
2017 · Ziad Doueiri
Rat Mouse Thief
Rat Mouse Thief
1999 · Sebastián Cordero
The State of the World
The State of the World
2007 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Time That Remains
The Time That Remains
2009 · Elia Suleiman
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
Babai
Babai
2015 · Visar Morina
Tourettes
Tourettes
1971 · David Cronenberg
J’ai pas sommeil
J’ai pas sommeil
1994 · Claire Denis
Lucky Miles
Lucky Miles
2007 · Michael James Rowland
Nowhere in Africa
Nowhere in Africa
2002 · Caroline Link
Jerichow
Jerichow
2009 · Christian Petzold
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

His films like 'Dogtooth' and 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' explore displacement, confinement, and the psychological trauma of isolation that parallels refugee experiences.

 Chloé Zhao China/USA

Her work, particularly 'Nomadland' and 'The Rider,' intimately portrays displacement, precarity, and the search for belonging among marginalized communities.