THEME EXPLORATION

survival and adaptation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The One
The One
2022 · Dmitriy Suvorov
Flow
Flow
2024 · Gints Zilbalodis
Le Petit chaperon rouge
Le Petit chaperon rouge
1929 · Jean Renoir
The Hungarian Dressmaker
The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024 · Iveta Grófová
Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark
1928 · Michael Curtiz
The Captain
The Captain
2019 · Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel
2007 · Robert Eggers
The Deep
The Deep
2012 · Baltasar Kormákur
Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy
Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy
2025 · Kim Byung Woo
The Grasshopper and the Ants
The Grasshopper and the Ants
1934 · Wilfred Jackson
The Sea Gypsies
The Sea Gypsies
1978 · Stewart Raffill
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jean-Jacques Annaud France

Epic storyteller who explores human resilience against overwhelming natural and cultural forces.

 Werner Herzog Germany

His films obsessively explore humans confronting hostile environments and their primal will to survive against impossible odds.

 Bong Joon-ho South Korea

He examines how individuals and classes adapt and struggle within oppressive systems, from parasitic class dynamics to post-apocalyptic scenarios.