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Apichatpong Weerasethakul
	Date of Birth: Jul 16, 1970 Country: Thailand Biography: Apichatpong Weerasethakul (b. 1970, Bangkok) grew up in Khon Kaen, a city in the north east of Thailand. He has a degree in Architecture from Khon Kaen University and a Master of Fine Arts in Filmmaking from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has been making films and videos since the early 90s. Total Films at Criticker: 17 - You've Seen 0
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Mekong Hotel (2012)

Summary: Mekong Hotel is a portrait of a hotel near the Mekong River in the north-east of Thailand. The river there marks the border between Thailand and Laos. In the bedrooms and terraces, Apichatpong held a rehearsal with his crew for a movie that he wrote years ago called Ecstasy Garden. The film shuffles different realms, fact and fiction, expressing the bonds between a vampire-like mother and her daughter, the young lovers and the river. (mubi.com)

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Ashes (2012)

Summary: In Ashes, which was shot almost entirely on the LomoKino with a digital finale, Apichatpong contemplates love, pleasure, and the destruction of memory. The surroundings of everyday life are shared with extreme intimacy. For Apichatpong, Thailand, while full of beauty, is slowly collapsing into darkness. (mubi.com)

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3.11 Sense of Home (2011)

Summary: In memory of the Japanese earthquake on 3.11, each director presents a 3 minute and 11 second short film in tribute to those who were lost that day.

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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)

Summary: On his deathbed, Uncle Boonmee, recalls his many past lives.

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Empire (2010)

Summary: Empire shows images, in which time has lost itself. There are scenes of archaic violence and futuristic impressions at the same time: a diver gropes along the black sea bottom, afterwards in a acve, apparently deep under the earth, bizarre lumps of rocks, tentacles and shells are being studied under stroboscopic light, accompanied by the noise of indefinable machines. (MUBI)

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Phantoms of Nabua (2009)

Summary: A fluorescent tube illuminates an empty playground in the evening. Nearby a flash of light is projected on a makeshift screen. This outdoor movie is a portrait of a village repeatedly struck by lightning. As night falls, the silhouette figures of young men emerge, they are playing with a football raging with fire. (Animate Project)

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A Letter to Uncle Boonmee (2009)

Summary: A filmmaker captures images that characterize the violence and repression as well as the hope of rebirth and remembrance in northeastern Thailand. (imdb)

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Vampire (2008)

Summary: A film crew go in search of Nok Phii - a rare bird which feeds on the blood of other creatures. (imdb)

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Stories on Human Rights (2008)

Summary: Short films inspired by the UDHR.

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O Estado do Mundo (2007)

Summary: O Estado do Mundo is a compilation of 6 different short movies, retracting differents views of people above the world, showing people from different continents.

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Syndromes and a Century (2006)

Summary: Set 40 years ago in a small town's hospital, juxtaposed with a similar hospital in the present day. It is a fictional recollection of the love and work of the filmmaker's parents before they finally became lovers, exploring both memories and everyday lives in two eras where a painfully shy young man is courting Dr. Aroon, and a young monk has an unexplained attraction to a dentist.

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Worldly Desires (2005)

Summary: A couple explores the jungle in search of a spiritual tree while a film crew shoots a musical number. (imdb)

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Tropical Malady (2004)

Summary: This lyrical and mysterious new film by maverick Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethaku chronicles the mystical love affair between a young soldier and the country boy he seduces, soon to be disrupted by the boy's sudden disappearance. (Strand Releasing)

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Hua jai tor ra nong (2003)

Summary: A transvestite secret agent is sent on a mission to the Thai countryside. (imdb)

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Blissfully Yours (2002)

Summary: This film focuses on a Burmese refugee whose fate has linked him to the lives of two Thai women in a border town. (Kick the Machine)

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Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)

Summary: This film is an experimental mix of documentary and fiction. The film crew travels from the Thai countryside to Bangkok, asking the people they encounter along the way to continue a story about a handicapped boy and his teacher [IMDB]

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Thirdworld (1998)

Summary: This film depicts landscapes, metaphorically and actuality, of the southern island called Panyi. It reflects the impression of the shooting time at the island for several days. The sounds are taken from different sources, but all were recorded while the subjects were not aware of the recording apparatus. Thus, this piece may be called a re-constructed documentary. The title is intended as a parody of the word that is being used by the West to describe Thailand or other “exotic” landscapes. (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)

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