Apichatpong Weerasethakul Movies

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

Before Weerasethakul makes a new feature film, he conducts thorough research related to the topic of his interest. For his feature film, Tropical...

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...

Nabua’s spaceship as an ideally manufactured vessel slowly lifts off from the ground and flutters in the air for a moment. Then it moves back...

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

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

Jenjira Pongpas-Widner describes a dream in which she discovers her lifeless body in a field.

A Thai band, Modern Dog, was invited to Nabua for the making of a music video for one of their songs, I’m Still Breathing. The teens are...

There is a room at a Palace Museum that is filled with spirits. It accommodates countless of memories spanning several centuries. The room has...

Bullet is Weerasethakul’s first film, an experimental, silent short that explores light and time. Here, one can see many tropes that continue...

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...

Initially a deep-sea diver is shown exploring a cave. Then a hand as shown handling a gastropod shell.

For over 20 years, Werasethakul has worked with the same crew and actors. In this video, he asks two of his close collaborators to recount and...

Dreams, travels, places, people.

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

Cactus River is a diary of the time Apichatpong Weerasethakul visited a newlywed couple near the Mekong River.

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.

In this video diary, Weerasethakul documents the set of Primitive Project in Nabua, Thailand, particularly the scene when teenagers are hypnotized...

A macro view of the microorganisms that flock to lamps in the darkness.