Apichatpong Weerasethakul Movies

  • 2012
    Sakda (Rousseau)

    Sakda (Rousseau)

    Sakda (Rousseau)

    62012HD

    Created in celebration of the three-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, this short essay centres on a monologue delivered by...

    Sakda (Rousseau)
  • 2018
    Blue

    Blue

    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...

    Blue
  • 2008
    Diseases and a Hundred Year Period

    Diseases and a Hundred Year Period

    Diseases and a Hundred Year Period

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    Diseases and a Hundred Year Period
  • 2020
    Decameron

    Decameron

    Decameron

    6.52020HD

    Decameron was shot in lockdown during the Thai monsoon season, in 2020. In a dark room, a woman removes insects from a mosquito net in order to cook...

    Decameron
  • 2003
    Nokia Short

    Nokia Short

    Nokia Short

    02003HD

    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
  • 2016
    Fan Dog

    Fan Dog

    Fan Dog

    32016HD

    For a Fiery Monkey Year.

    Fan Dog
  • 1970
    For Shellie

    For Shellie

    For Shellie

    01970HD

    An hommage to Shellie Fleming

    For Shellie
  • 2022
    Three Rocks

    Three Rocks

    Three Rocks

    02022HD

    "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...

    Three Rocks
  • 2022
    A Conversation with the Sun (Installation)

    A Conversation with the Sun (Installation)

    A Conversation with the Sun (Installation)

    02022HD

    Interrogating the possibilities of an existence without his memories, A Conversation with the Sun draws on selected self-documented footage...

    A Conversation with the Sun (Installation)
  • 1970
    Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project

    Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project

    Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project

    01970HD

    Described as being based on Weerasethakul's dreams.

    Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project
  • 2016
    Ablaze

    Ablaze

    Ablaze

    02016HD

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

    Ablaze
  • 1999
    Malee and the Boy

    Malee and the Boy

    Malee and the Boy

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    The subject is a 10 year-old boy who is in charge of the microphone. He roams to places around Bangkok to gather sounds for the video. The sound...

    Malee and the Boy
  • 2014
    Father

    Father

    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...

    Father
  • 2002
    I-San Special

    I-San Special

    I-San Special

    52002HD

    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...

    I-San Special
  • 1970
    Sarit

    Sarit

    Sarit

    01970HD

    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...

    Sarit
  • 2020
    Flowers & Banana Wind

    Flowers & Banana Wind

    Flowers & Banana Wind

    02020HD

    Video to celebrate Anthology Film Archives’ 50th Anniversary

    Flowers & Banana Wind
  • 2015
    Rolling

    Rolling

    Rolling

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    Dreams, travels, places, people.

    Rolling
  • 2009
    Haiku

    Haiku

    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...

    Haiku
  • 2009
    A Dedicated Machine

    A Dedicated Machine

    A Dedicated Machine

    02009HD

    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...

    A Dedicated Machine
  • 2009
    Primitive

    Primitive

    Primitive

    02009HD

    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...

    Primitive