Apichatpong Weerasethakul
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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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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
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Sakda (Rousseau) (2012)
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Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)
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Memoria (2021)
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Vapour (2015)
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Tropical Malady (2004)
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Luminous People (2007)
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Blissfully Yours (2002)
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Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)
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3.11 A Sense of Home Films (2011)
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20 Little Films (2012)
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January Stories (2024)
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October Rumbles (2020)
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Cemetery of Splendor (2015)
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A Flower of Forgetfulness (2026)
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The Adventure of Iron Pussy (2004)
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Mekong Hotel (2012)
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Ashes (2012)
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async - first light (2017)
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Ten Years Thailand (2018)
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A Letter to Uncle Boonmee (2009)
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Syndromes and a Century (2006)
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Meteorites (2007)
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Stories on Human Rights (2008)
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The State of the World (2007)
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Thirdworld (1999)
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Cactus River (2012)
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Ghost of Asia (2005)
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Phantoms (2025)
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Quattro Hong Kong 2 (2011)
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This and a Million More Lights (2003)
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Sleep Song (2022)
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Jenjira’s Magnificent Dream (—)
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30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019)
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Haiku (2009)
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Nabua (2009)
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Empire (2010)
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My Mother’s Garden (2007)
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Mobile Men (2008)
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Like the Relentless Fury of the Pounding Waves (1994)
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Prosperity for 2008 (2008)
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Boys at Noon (2000)
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A Dedicated Machine (2009)
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Art Through Our Eyes (2016)
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Three Rocks (2022)
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Worldly Desires (2005)
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Invisibility (2016)
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The Year of the Everlasting Storm (2021)
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0116643225059 (1994)
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The Desire of the World: Jeonju Digital Project 2005 (2005)
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Short Plays (2014)
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Emerald (2007)
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Action et Réaction (2022)
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Primitive (2009)
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Phantoms of Nabua (2009)
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Father (2001)
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I'm Still Breathing (2009)
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Monsoon (2011)
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Le bureau qui avait peur (2024)
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Second Love in Hong Kong (2002)
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For Monkeys Only (2014)
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For Bruce (2022)
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Seeing Circles (2020)
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Fireworks (Archives) (2014)
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Durmiente (2022)
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Malee and the Boy (1999)
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Decameron (2020)
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Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project (—)
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Cinetracts '20 (2020)
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2020 (2020)
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Home (—)
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Blue Propeller (2013)
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Vampire (2008)
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One Water (2013)
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Waterfall (2021)
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Jenjira, Brother Triam (2018)
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The Palace (Pipittan Tee Taipei) (2008)
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Blue (2018)
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Teem (2007)
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The Anthem (2006)
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Night Colonies (2021)
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Sarit (2021)
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Windows (1999)
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Rolling (2015)
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Fever Room (2015)
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Walking (2022)
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Home (2018)
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Fiction (2018)
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2019 (2019)
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Sakda, Somchai (2018)
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M Hotel (2011)
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Footprints (2014)
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For Shellie (—)
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Nokia Short (2003)
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Flowers & Banana Wind (2020)
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Ablaze (2016)
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Untitled (2019)
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An Evening Shoot (2009)
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Nabua Song (2009)
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Fan Dog (2016)
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Solarium (2023)
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2017 (2017)
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A Conversation with the Sun (Installation) (2022)
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Dilbar (2013)
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Father (2014)
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Bullet (1993)
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Haunted Houses (2001)
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Memoria, Boy at Sea (2017)
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TON (2004)
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Making of the Spaceship (2009)
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Jenjira, Death (—)
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Fireworks Sketch (2014)
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On Blue (2022)
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