Apichatpong Weerasethakul Movies

One of the ingrained rituals in Thai society is the blessing automatically given before certain ceremonies and events such as the playing of the...

Amidst the post-economic crash, a man must return from abroad after his father committed suicide. After return home, he must confront his past and...

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,...

This work filmed in the Peruvian jungle pays tribute to the American experimental filmmaker Bruce Baillie, who died in 2020, and whose work inspired...

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...

A short film directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul in collaboration with composer Rafiq Bhatia and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

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

A teacher and his student go on a trip to a magical island where there is urban life and tourist attractions as well as a palace and temples....

An insightful documentary about Thai cinema, which features a colourful and long running film history, yet struggles as the industry attempts to move...

A global portrait documenting the year's events, Cinetracts '20 features the work of an international lineup of 20 filmmakers. Capturing the...

Glistening objects from a jewelry collection inspired by carnivorous plants are transformed into a colourful sea of garden creatures through...

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...

Blue Propeller is made to be shown with One Water. The fingernails were painted the color of the sky and the sea. But the sky was grey. The nail...

A woman lies awake at night. Nearby, a set of theatre backdrops unspools itself, unveiling two alternate landscapes. Upon the woman’s blue...

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

Durmiente shows Tilda Swinton, the lead actress of Memoria, sleeping in a bedroom as the shadows grow longer.

"A ghost band only plays at night and in dreams. Tilda and Sam are carried away by their song as they practice birth and death in the realm of no...

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

Taking the recent tsunami in Asia as its starting point, the filmmakers have used the idea of a ghost seen wandering along the rocky coastline of a...

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...