THEME EXPLORATION

relocation

9 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Switching – Goodbye Me
Switching – Goodbye Me
2007 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
The Redman’s View
The Redman’s View
1909 · D.W. Griffith
Song of China
Song of China
1935 · Fei Mu
Young Man with Ideas
Young Man with Ideas
1952 · Mitchell Leisen
Cheaper by the Dozen
Cheaper by the Dozen
1950 · Walter Lang
Eight
Eight
1998 · Stephen Daldry
Nirvana
Nirvana
2008 · Igor Voloshin
Sympathy for the Underdog
Sympathy for the Underdog
1971 · Kinji Fukasaku
The Edge of the World
The Edge of the World
1937 · Michael Powell
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Agnès Varda France

Her films explore displacement, migration, and the search for belonging through poetic documentary and narrative approaches.

 Chloé Zhao China/USA

She depicts communities uprooted by economic forces and the resilience of those navigating relocation and transience across America.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

His social realist films consistently examine how displacement and housing instability shape working-class lives and dignity.