Case Studies Visual Index
Atlantis Case Studies begin with a filmmaking question worth examining. The archive includes canonical films, contemporary releases, festival discoveries, independent work, and projects encountered through the Atlantis community. Where relevant, a project’s relationship to The Atlantis Awards competition is noted within the study.
12 Angry Men (1957)
The Evidence Has to Move
Acting Like Women (2026)
A Room Big Enough to Leave
Aerosol Jezus – Cozey (2023)
The Song Is Being Sung From Inside the Web
Alien (1979)
The Answer Is Negative
Aliens (1986)
It’s Inside the Room
Ancestral Shadows (2025)
Because It Could Not Stop
Avengers 1 (2012)
Put on the Suit
Avengers 2: Age of Ultron (2015)
They're Good. They're Not a Team.
Avengers 3: Infinity War (2018)
No Cut Arrives Empty-Handed
Avengers 4: Endgame (2019)
Borrowed Time
Backrooms (2026)
The World Without People
Ballerina (2025)
What Franchises Cannot Inherit
Batman 1 – Batman Begins (2005)
The Body Becomes a Rumor
Batman 2 – The Dark Knight (2008)
The City Writes Back
Batman 3 – The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
The Hero Has to Become Replaceable
Beautiful They (2021)
Not Ours to See
Birdwatching (2021)
Once You Say It, It's Gone
Blue Film (2026)
The Performance Has to Become Private
Bound (1996)
The No Has to Become the Credential
Brackish (2026)
Room for an Answer
Bury the Devil (2026)
The Camera Has to Look Away
Call Me / Appelle-moi (2021)
The Names Have to Arrive Last
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Change the Problem
The Cell (2000)
My World, My Rules
Chasers (2025)
No Clean Break
City of God (2002)
The Frame Has to Become the Exit
Day Shift (2022)
The Camera as Performer
The Decisive Moment (2020)
The Camera Has to Miss the Moment
The Departed (2006)
The File Has to Believe You
Don’t Feel Sorry For Me / Tað er ikki synd í mær (2026)
The papers aren't the divorce.