Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Born: 1970-07-16

Apichatpong Weerasethakul is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. His feature films include Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, winner of the prestigious 2010 Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or prize; Tropical Malady, which won a jury prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival; Blissfully Yours, which won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard program at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival; and Syndromes and a Century, which premiered at the 63rd Venice Film Festival and was the first Thai film to be entered in competition there. Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system, Weerasethakul has directed several features and dozens of short films. Themes reflected in his films (frequently discussed in interviews) include dreams, nature, sexuality (including his own homosexuality), and Western perceptions of Thailand and Asia, and his films display a preference for unconventional narrative structures (like placing titles/credits at the middle of a film) and for working with non-actors.


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Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

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Released: 2014-10-01

With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that...

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Past Present

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Released: 2013-10-04

A contemplative trip down memory lane with one of the leading voices of the Second New Wave of...

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Cinema Futures

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Released: 2016-09-02

The “digital revolution” reached the cinema late and was chiefly styled as a technological...

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Mekong Hotel

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Released: 2012-07-27

Shifting between fact and fiction in a hotel situated along the Mekong River, a filmmaker...

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The Legend of the Palme d'Or

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Released: 2015-05-20

From Martin Scorsese to Jane Campion, from Emir Kusturica to Quentin Tarantino, some of the...

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Wiara

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Released: 2018-01-14

Six authorities of cinema describe their approach to transcendence, mysticism, spirituality and...

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A.W. A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul

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Released: 2018-03-19

Canadian actor and filmmaker Connor Jessup (Closet Monster, Falling Skies) profiles Apichatpong...

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Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer

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Released: 2012-10-01

Prominent film critic Tony Rayns has long been a supporter of Korean cinema. This film...

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Thirdworld

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Released: 1999-10-01

A depiction of the landscape, both metaphorically and realistically, of Panyi island. Some...

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Behind the Blur

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Released: 2009-01-01

An insightful documentary about Thai cinema, which features a colourful and long running film...

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Uncertain Path

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Released: 2021-10-26

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Pedro Costa, Manoel de Oliveira y and the film's director, with their...

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Circulation

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Released: 1998-01-01

This film is a Movies strip that consists of 365 frames. The actor is actually moving in one...

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Kulturzeit

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First aired: 1995-10-02

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