Christopher Nolan

Right from his debut, Christopher Nolan proved himself a filmmaker of remarkable precision and ambition with this hypnotic neo-noir, obsessed with Time, fractured storytelling, and constantly shifting perspectives, anticipating the themes of the masterpieces that followed. — An unemployed writer who secretly tails strangers for inspiration becomes involved with Cobb, a charismatic burglar who introduces him to the seductive and dangerous world of breaking into other people’s lives. — Tiger Award | Rotterdam International Film Festival | 1998 Best First Feature | San Francisco International Film Festival | 1998

A film that begins at the end and ends at the beginning - or, put differently, the defining cinematic puzzle that established Christopher Nolan as one of the most exciting directors of his generation back in the 2000s, becoming a cult obsession for millennials everywhere. — A private investigator suffering from a rare condition that prevents him from forming long-term memories attempts to track down his wife’s killer, relying on two people he cannot be sure he should trust. — Nomination for Best Original Screenplay | Oscars | 2002 Nomination for Best Film Editing | Oscars | 2002 Nomination for Best Screenplay | Golden Globes | 2002 Official Selection - Cinema of the Present | Venice Film Festival | 2000 Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award | Sundance Film Festival | 2001

Christopher Nolan masterfully turns the relentless light into a mechanism of psychological erosion, mapping with his trademark directorial precision the slow unraveling of a man who can no longer distinguish between what is right and what is necessary. — A veteran detective arrives in a small Alaskan town to investigate the murder of a young girl. As the endless daylight of the polar summer robs him of sleep, a fatal mistake draws him into a vicious cycle of guilt, cover-ups, and psychological disintegration.