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