Apichatpong Weerasethakul Movies

Commissioned by The Sharjah Art Foundation

a film by Apichatpong Weerasethakul

For a Fiery Monkey Year.

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

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...

There is a room at a Palace Museum that is filled with spirits. It accommodates countless of memories spanning several centuries. The room has...

For over 20 years, Werasethakul has worked with the same crew and actors. In this video, he asks two of his close collaborators to recount and...

Before Weerasethakul makes a new feature film, he conducts thorough research related to the topic of his interest. For his feature film, Tropical...

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

Produced for the Thailand Biennale, Chiang Rai, (2023), « Solarium » was inspired by a 1981 horror film, « The...

Video to celebrate Anthology Film Archives’ 50th Anniversary

Bullet is Weerasethakul’s first film, an experimental, silent short that explores light and time. Here, one can see many tropes that continue...

Canadian actor and filmmaker Connor Jessup (Closet Monster, Falling Skies) profiles Apichatpong Weerasethakul, a maverick of Thai cinema who...

A collaboration with a group of villagers on the periphery of Khon Kaen province in the northeast of Thailand, recording them as they agree to take...

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...

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

Weerasethakul's contribution to an omnibus production exploring analogies between football and everyday life. The project was created by Mexican film...

A family of 9 takes their grandmother on a merit-making trip to 9 temples in 1 day, hoping to prolong her life. But the trip takes an unexpected turn.

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,...

Sakda Kaewbuadee (Tong) describes a dream in which he and his friend Somchai are in room filled with massive collection of books.