Movies: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

  • 2023
    Solarium

    Solarium (2023)

    Solarium

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    Produced for the Thailand Biennale, Chiang Rai, (2023), « Solarium » was inspired by a 1981 horror film, « The Sunken-Eyed Ghost », by Thai director Komarachun. This installation places the public in the mindset of the protagonist, a ghost seeking hi...

    Solarium
  • 2011
    Monsoon

    Monsoon (2011)

    Monsoon

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    Made for 3.11 A Sense of Home Films project, organised by the Nara IFF Organising Committee....

    Monsoon
  • 2007
    My Mother’s Garden

    My Mother’s Garden (2007)

    My Mother’s Garden

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    Glistening objects from a jewelry collection inspired by carnivorous plants are transformed into a colourful sea of garden creatures through hand-drawn animations of roots, insects and various other organisms. A loving tribute to Weerasethakul's moth...

    My Mother’s Garden
  • 1999
    Thirdworld

    Thirdworld (1999)

    Thirdworld

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    A depiction of the landscape, both metaphorically and realistically, of Panyi island. Some footage in the film was taken from the material shot for Mysterious Object at Noon...

    Thirdworld
  • 1969
    Home

    Home (1969)

    Home

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    Home is a portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s house in Chiang Mai, during monsoon season....

    Home
  • 2020
    Cinetracts '20

    Cinetracts '20 (2020)

    Cinetracts '20

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    A global portrait documenting the year's events, Cinetracts '20 features the work of an international lineup of 20 filmmakers. Capturing the zeitgeist in their own backyard, the artists' short films are the culmination of a year-long residency projec...

    Cinetracts '20
  • 2011
    Quattro Hong Kong 2

    Quattro Hong Kong 2 (2011)

    Quattro Hong Kong 2

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    Four short tales set in contemporary Hong Kong....

    Quattro Hong Kong 2
  • 2016
    Ablaze

    Ablaze (2016)

    Ablaze

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    ABLAZE premiered at the 27th Singapore Film Festival, November 24, 2016...

    Ablaze
  • 2004
    The Adventure of Iron Pussy

    The Adventure of Iron Pussy (2004)

    The Adventure of Iron Pussy

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    A gang of local thugs come in and start roughing up the customers and get abusive with the daughter. Suddenly, an elaborately coifed and tastefully dressed woman shows up and rescues the young woman and her father from further harm. This is Iron Puss...

    The Adventure of Iron Pussy
  • 2009
    Haiku

    Haiku (2009)

    Haiku

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    In this video diary, Weerasethakul documents the set of Primitive Project in Nabua, Thailand, particularly the scene when teenagers are hypnotized and sleep inside a time machine....

    Haiku
  • 2014
    Fireworks (Archives)

    Fireworks (Archives) (2014)

    Fireworks (Archives)

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    This film depicts Bunleua Sulilat’s temple/sculpture garden 'Sala Keoku', located in northern Thailand. Passages of blackness sporadically dissolve under the fitful internal illumination of sparklers, which light up to reveal Sulilat’s unorthodox tem...

    Fireworks (Archives)
  • 2001
    Haunted Houses

    Haunted Houses (2001)

    Haunted Houses

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    A collaboration with a group of villagers on the periphery of Khon Kaen province in the northeast of Thailand, recording them as they agree to take turns to act scenes scripted from two episodes of the TV series 'Tong Prakaisad', a rags-to-riches TV ...

    Haunted Houses
  • 2017
    Railway Sleepers

    Railway Sleepers (2017)

    Railway Sleepers

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    The first railway line in Thailand was inaugurated in 1893 – a sign of progress and prosperity. Shot over eight years on every active line of the country's railway system, this wondrous documentary offers an unprecedented immersion into the country's...

    Railway Sleepers
  • 2015
    Vapour

    Vapour (2015)

    Vapour

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    The clouds descend onto a village and engulf it for a day. They touch the roof tiles, the beds, the chairs, the carpets, the grass, and the bodies, infecting everything with the fever of white stupor....

    Vapour
  • 2002
    Second Love in Hong Kong

    Second Love in Hong Kong (2002)

    Second Love in Hong Kong

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    Second Love in Hong Kong shares a common theme in the art works of Christelle and Apichatpong – a minimalist portrayal of hybrid fiction/non-fiction landscape. Here the filmmakers focus on an imaginary character named Hong (Swan) who travels from Tha...

    Second Love in Hong Kong
  • 2005
    Worldly Desires

    Worldly Desires (2005)

    Worldly Desires

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    One of three films commissioned by the Jeonju International Film Festival in 2005. A couple escaped their family to look for a spiritual tree in the jungle. There is a song at night, a song that spoke about an innocent idea of love and a quest for h...

    Worldly Desires
  • 2014
    Apichatpong Weerasethakul Solo Exhibition - PHOTOPHOBIA

    Apichatpong Weerasethakul Solo Exhibition - PHOTOPHOBIA (2014)

    Apichatpong Weerasethakul Solo Exhibition - PHOTOPHOBIA

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    Apichatpong Weerasethakul's solo exhibition "PHOTOPHOBIA" is held commemorating the 5th anniversary of the opening of Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA....

    Apichatpong Weerasethakul Solo Exhibition - PHOTOPHOBIA
  • 2019
    Untitled

    Untitled (2019)

    Untitled

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    Apichatpong Weerasethakul's submission to 30/30 Vision....

    Untitled
  • 2000
    Boys at Noon

    Boys at Noon (2000)

    Boys at Noon

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    Mock documentary following the escapades of three teenagers on an afternoon jaunt....

    Boys at Noon
  • 2009
    Making of the Spaceship

    Making of the Spaceship (2009)

    Making of the Spaceship

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    The working men, the animals, and the rain orchestrated this silent video portraying a month-long, spaceship-making process....

    Making of the Spaceship