Tarkovsky is one of the best movie directors of all time. He is famous for his masterpieces like Mirror, Solaris, Stalker, The Sacrifice and others.
This blog post is about Solaris, a science fiction movie based on a novel by Stanislaw Lem. It explores the nature of humanity and our relationship with the unknown, throu the story of the psycologist Kris Kelvin.
Hayao Miyazaki’s 1997 animated movie Princess Mononoke is an epic saga, a fantasy adventure that revolves around the relationship between the humans and the nature. This beautiful animated movie conveys topics of climate change and the reality of humans’ influence on nature as well as the blurred line between life and death.
Art holds a sufficient amount of power and many concepts can be expressed through different kinds of art.
Art has the ability to inspire, provoke, and transform others, which is why peacebuilding is such a common theme in art, with the goal to open people’s eyes, talk about problems and how to solve them.
In the wake of recent events like the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, various civil wars and natural disasters, as well as tensions between the US and China, there has been more than ever a need for the arts, including cinema, to address the topic of peace – its importance, and its vitality to providing stability to the hectic world of the 21st century.
My So-Called Enemy is a powerful documentary that follows the lives of six young women from Israel and Palestine as they attend a leadership program in the United States.The film is a poignant exploration of the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the human stories that are often overlooked in the media.
