Apichatpong Weerasethakul Movies

  • 2011
    M Hotel

    M Hotel

    M Hotel

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    M Hotel
  • 2007
    Emerald

    Emerald

    Emerald

    82007HD

    Like Kamanita, the unchanged Morakot is a star burdened with (or fueled by) memories. Apichatpong collaborated with his three regular actors, who...

    Emerald
  • 2007
    Meteorites

    Meteorites

    Meteorites

    02007HD

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

    Meteorites
  • 2005
    Worldly Desires

    Worldly Desires

    Worldly Desires

    5.82005HD

    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...

    Worldly Desires
  • 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
  • 2020
    October Rumbles

    October Rumbles

    October Rumbles

    72020HD

    The acclaimed filmmaker has created an original short film in response to the global pandemic, titled October Rumbles.

    October Rumbles
  • 2022
    For Bruce

    For Bruce

    For Bruce

    02022HD

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

    For Bruce
  • 1999
    Thirdworld

    Thirdworld

    Thirdworld

    71999HD

    A depiction of the landscape, both metaphorically and realistically, of Panyi island. Some footage in the film was taken from the material shot for...

    Thirdworld
  • 2020
    Seeing Circles

    Seeing Circles

    Seeing Circles

    02020HD

    The videos were created with a pocket camera -its "eye" has a unique ability to see and interpret light and colour. This work introduces two "eyes",...

    Seeing Circles
  • 2009
    Phantoms of Nabua

    Phantoms of Nabua

    Phantoms of Nabua

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    The story based on the mysterious portrait of the town of Nabua in northeastern Thailand. Soon after nightfall when the crepuscular violets concede...

    Phantoms of Nabua
  • 2008
    Prosperity for 2008

    Prosperity for 2008

    Prosperity for 2008

    82008HD

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

    Prosperity for 2008
  • 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
    I'm Still Breathing

    I'm Still Breathing

    I'm Still Breathing

    02009HD

    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...

    I'm Still Breathing
  • 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

    72002HD

    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
  • 2009
    Nabua Song

    Nabua Song

    Nabua Song

    02009HD

    Petch, one of the young men of Nabua, composed and plays this song about his village written to commemorate the first shoot-out between the army and...

    Nabua Song
  • 2013
    One Water

    One Water

    One Water

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    Tilda Swinton, a British actress and friend of Weerasethkul, organized Film on the Rocks, a film festival in the Maldives where she invited the...

    One Water
  • 2012
    Cactus River

    Cactus River

    Cactus River

    5.82012HD

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

    Cactus River
  • 1999
    Malee and the Boy

    Malee and the Boy

    Malee and the Boy

    91999HD

    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
  • 2003
    Nokia Short

    Nokia Short

    Nokia Short

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    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