Filmmakers explore the power of the photographic image in this these richly revealing portraits of family and community. Hu Wei’s Academy Award–nominated BUTTER LAMP clicks its shutter on a procession of rural Tibetan villagers as they pose for a series of multigenerational snapshots that build toward a breathtaking reveal. The interplay between photography and “real life” is also a central concern for the camera-obsessed eight-year-old at the center of Edward Yang’s sprawling, beautifully observed family saga YI YI, the late Taiwanese titan’s final film and one of the first masterpieces of the twenty-first century.