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