Movies: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

  • 2011
    M Hotel

    M Hotel (2011)

    M Hotel

    4.72011HD

    a film by Apichatpong Weerasethakul...

    M Hotel
  • 2024
    Le bureau qui avait peur

    Le bureau qui avait peur (2024)

    Le bureau qui avait peur

    02024HD

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    Le bureau qui avait peur
  • 2020
    2020

    2020 (2020)

    2020

    02020HD

    Short for his website, kickthemachine....

    2020
  • 2009
    A Dedicated Machine

    A Dedicated Machine (2009)

    A Dedicated Machine

    02009HD

    Nabua’s spaceship as an ideally manufactured vessel slowly lifts off from the ground and flutters in the air for a moment. Then it moves back down to the earth. This loop portrays a never-really-taking-off spaceship....

    A Dedicated Machine
  • 1999
    Windows

    Windows (1999)

    Windows

    01999HD

    Windows is Weerasethakul’s first work in video. It is an improvisational piece using little physical movement to capture the “natural phenomena” occurring between the video camera, television screen, and window....

    Windows
  • 2020
    Seeing Circles

    Seeing Circles (2020)

    Seeing Circles

    02020HD

    The videos were created with a pocket camera -its "eye" has a unique ability to see and interpret light and colour. This work introduces two "eyes", a pair for seeing communicate with one another and with other shadows, orbs, and cycles. They resolve...

    Seeing Circles
  • 2013
    Blue Propeller

    Blue Propeller (2013)

    Blue Propeller

    02013HD

    Blue Propeller is made to be shown with One Water. The fingernails were painted the color of the sky and the sea. But the sky was grey. The nail color instead matched the plane engine’s blue....

    Blue Propeller
  • 2020
    Decameron

    Decameron (2020)

    Decameron

    6.52020HD

    Decameron was shot in lockdown during the Thai monsoon season, in 2020. In a dark room, a woman removes insects from a mosquito net in order to cook them. The moving light she holds briefly reveals her face, the transparent panel of the mosquito net ...

    Decameron
  • 2007
    My Mother’s Garden

    My Mother’s Garden (2007)

    My Mother’s Garden

    02007HD

    Glistening objects from a jewelry collection inspired by carnivorous plants are transformed into a colourful sea of garden creatures through hand-drawn animations of roots, insects and various other organisms. A loving tribute to Weerasethakul's moth...

    My Mother’s Garden
  • 2013
    Dilbar

    Dilbar (2013)

    Dilbar

    02013HD

    Commissioned by The Sharjah Art Foundation...

    Dilbar
  • 2022
    Action et Réaction

    Action et Réaction (2022)

    Action et Réaction

    22022HD

    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, students demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan--cha. In 2022, Weerasethakul filmed t...

    Action et Réaction
  • 2009
    Nabua

    Nabua (2009)

    Nabua

    02009HD

    A documentation of Nabua altered into a field of lightning. The film, in the manner of an old sci-fi or horror movie, shows a set of mini-explosions creating a synchronised series of bolts of lightning like a downpour of bullets from the sky. The fla...

    Nabua
  • 2004
    TON

    TON (2004)

    TON

    02004HD

    Before Weerasethakul makes a new feature film, he conducts thorough research related to the topic of his interest. For his feature film, Tropical Malady, Apichatpong asked his colleague Ton to visit the army in the Kaeng Krachan Dam area to study the...

    TON
  • 2011
    Trailer for CinDi

    Trailer for CinDi (2011)

    Trailer for CinDi

    02011HD

    The official trailer for the 2011 CinDi FIlm Festival. An intimate choreography blurs the boundaries between stage curtain and screen....

    Trailer for CinDi
  • 2022
    For Bruce

    For Bruce (2022)

    For Bruce

    02022HD

    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. An almost meditative vision takes in the sun reflected on rippling water, revealing th...

    For Bruce
  • 2001
    Haunted Houses

    Haunted Houses (2001)

    Haunted Houses

    02001HD

    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 turns to act scenes scripted from two episodes of the TV series 'Tong Prakaisad', a rags-to-riches TV ...

    Haunted Houses
  • 1969
    9 Temples to Heaven

    9 Temples to Heaven (1969)

    9 Temples to Heaven

    01969HD

    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....

    9 Temples to Heaven
  • 2014
    For Monkeys Only

    For Monkeys Only (2014)

    For Monkeys Only

    02014HD

    For Monkeys Only - Video SD...

    For Monkeys Only
  • 1999
    Malee and the Boy

    Malee and the Boy (1999)

    Malee and the Boy

    01999HD

    The subject is a 10 year-old boy who is in charge of the microphone. He roams to places around Bangkok to gather sounds for the video. The sound indicates the direction he headed during the filming and displays his point of interests. The filmmaker i...

    Malee and the Boy
  • 2013
    La Punta

    La Punta (2013)

    La Punta

    52013HD

    A short film made for "Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded."...

    La Punta