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