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