Movies: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

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

An omnibus project examining, well, the state of the world....

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...

The work is part of the Memoria Project, the first major series of work that is set outside of Weerasethakul’s home country. Given his affinity for the Amazon, of which Thai jungle tales were originally inspired, Weerasethakul has started to explore ...

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....

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...

An insightful documentary about Thai cinema, which features a colourful and long running film history, yet struggles as the industry attempts to move forward. This film examines the past and focuses on the Thai New Wave since 1997 by combining film c...

This film featuring Tilda Swinton was shot early 2024, in a abandoned camp of the Kew Thab Yang Forest Preserve in Chiang Rai. The artist made two versions filmed by different cameras, resulting in two expressions. This version, filmed with a pocket ...

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

In 2020, young Thais protested outside ther German embassy in Bangkok over the activities of King Rama X in Germany. In the same year in Chiang Mai, students demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan--cha. In 2022, Weerasethakul filmed t...

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

Dreams, travels, places, people....

An hommage to Shellie Fleming...

A short documentary by Apichatpong Weerasethakul about lives connected by radio....

Apichatpong Weerasethakul: "Thanks to the sculpture, we recall the victims of political violence in Thailand."...

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

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....

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

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

Isabella, a woman in her mid-twenties, finally decides to tell her boyfriend that she is pregnant. His reaction leaves a rippling effect that causes Isabella to face her biggest fear....