Movies: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

  • 2014
    Fireworks Sketch

    Fireworks Sketch (2014)

    Fireworks Sketch

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    This film is a study for "Fireworks (Archives)", a fiction set at night-time amng the animal scultures at Wat Sala Kaew Ku Sculture Park. For Weerasethakul, these scultures represent a form of rebellion against tical oppression and the harshness of d...

    Fireworks Sketch
  • 2005
    The Desire of the World: Jeonju Digital Project 2005

    The Desire of the World: Jeonju Digital Project 2005 (2005)

    The Desire of the World: Jeonju Digital Project 2005

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    Three digital short films: 'Worldly Desires' by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 'Haze' by Tsukamoto Shinya, 'Magician(s)' by Song Il-Gon...

    The Desire of the World: Jeonju Digital Project 2005
  • 2008
    Vampire

    Vampire (2008)

    Vampire

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    A film crew go in search of Nok Phii - a rare bird which feeds on the blood of other creatures....

    Vampire
  • 2009
    Primitive

    Primitive (2009)

    Primitive

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    A series of short films in which the history of the Thai border town of Nabua is re-imagined as an elusive science fiction ghost story rooted in Thai folklore....

    Primitive
  • 2022
    Durmiente

    Durmiente (2022)

    Durmiente

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    Durmiente shows Tilda Swinton, the lead actress of Memoria, sleeping in a bedroom as the shadows grow longer....

    Durmiente
  • 2023
    Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)

    Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933) (2023)

    Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)

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    Lost cinema. Lost culture. Lost country. Lost people. How to recreate the past with nothing? Cinema of the impossible. The silent past is a horror film. The smell of nitrate in the morning. How many ghosts can the cinema contain? 75 films. 22 years. ...

    Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)
  • 2021
    Waterfall

    Waterfall (2021)

    Waterfall

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    A short video made for the Rubin Museum of Art....

    Waterfall
  • 2003
    Nokia Short

    Nokia Short (2003)

    Nokia Short

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    A short film made with a mobile phone, commissioned by Nokia as part of the promotion of the first model of a cellular phone with a built-in camera....

    Nokia Short
  • 2019
    2019

    2019 (2019)

    2019

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    A short for his website, Kickthemachine...

    2019
  • 2021
    Uncertain Path

    Uncertain Path (2021)

    Uncertain Path

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    Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Pedro Costa, Manoel de Oliveira y and the film's director, with their own personal views, share that thin line that links life with cinema....

    Uncertain Path
  • 2022
    Three Rocks

    Three Rocks (2022)

    Three Rocks

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    "Even with your eyes open, you can't see anything. You are a part of the earth's limitless manifestations." (Weerasethakul) These stones taken from the Chiang Dao Cave would sometimes spur the artist to contemplation, recalling the "obscurity of the...

    Three Rocks
  • 2008
    Prosperity for 2008

    Prosperity for 2008 (2008)

    Prosperity for 2008

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    Made to celebrate the new year. A single firework travelling through the night sky....

    Prosperity for 2008
  • 1969
    Sarit

    Sarit (1969)

    Sarit

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    The bas-relief represents Sarit Thanarat, former Thai prime minister who ruled Thailand in the early 1960s. This wall is also located next to a statue of Sarit, in the city of Khon Kaen, where Apichatpong Weerasethakul grew up. The artist represented...

    Sarit
  • 2018
    Blue

    Blue (2018)

    Blue

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    A woman lies awake at night. Nearby, a set of theatre backdrops unspools itself, unveiling two alternate landscapes. Upon the woman’s blue sheet, a flicker of light reflects and illuminates her realm of insomnia....

    Blue
  • 2016
    Art Through Our Eyes

    Art Through Our Eyes (2016)

    Art Through Our Eyes

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    As an omnibus of short films, Art Through Our Eyes is inspired by the art collection found at the National Gallery Singapore. Each of the five directors – Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Brillante Mendoza, Eric Khoo, Ho Yuhang and Joko Anwar – handpicked ...

    Art Through Our Eyes
  • 2014
    Father

    Father (2014)

    Father

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    The original footage in Father was shot in 2003 by Weerasethakul’s brother when their father was undergoing kidney dialysis. Forever stuck in his memory, the artist reuses the footage here as well as in a prominent scene in his feature film Uncle Boo...

    Father
  • 1994
    0116643225059

    0116643225059 (1994)

    0116643225059

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    0116643225059 is an early experimental film by Weerasethakul made during his time at SAIC. The work is about a long-distance telephone conversation between the filmmaker and his beloved mother in Khon Kaen, Thailand. Weerasethakul superimposed a phot...

    0116643225059
  • 2016
    The Parrot (Papagajka)

    The Parrot (Papagajka) (2016)

    The Parrot (Papagajka)

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    A stranger arrives in Sarajevo and barges into Damir's reclusive world. Little by little she takes over his life. She absorbs his dreams, until finally she threaten his very existence....

    The Parrot (Papagajka)
  • 2007
    Meteorites

    Meteorites (2007)

    Meteorites

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    Made for 'Short Films for the King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 80th Birthday', 2007....

    Meteorites
  • 2002
    I-San Special

    I-San Special (2002)

    I-San Special

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    The soundtrack to a radio soap opera set in a luxury hotel is acted out by characters who are riding a ramshackle bus from Bangkok to a small town in Thailand’s Northeast....

    I-San Special