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When it comes to impenetrable arthouse fare, Thai indie auteur Apichatpong Weerasethakul is widely regarded as something of a master. Two years ago, he arrived in London triumphantly with his Palme d’Or for the majestic Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) and has returned this year with the not-quite-feature-length oddity, Mekong Hotel (2012), which rightly features in the LFF’s ‘Experimenta’ stream. Weerasethakul’s latest lingers instead on a series of moments all taking place around the titular hostelry sat on the bank of the enormous river which separates Thailand from Laos.Read More »
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Mekong Hotel (2012) (HD)
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Jafar Panahi, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, David Lowery, Dominga Sotomayor, Anthony Chen, Laura Poitras, Malik Vitthal – The Year of the Everlasting Storm (2021)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul2021-2030Anthony ChenDavid LoweryDominga SotomayorDramaJafar PanahiLaura PoitrasMalik VitthalMysteryUSAFeaturing seven stories from seven auteurs from around the world, the film chronicles this unprecedented moment in time, and is a true love letter to the power of cinema and its storytellers.
Life by Jafar Panahi
Night Colonies by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Dig Up My Darling by David Lowery
Sin Titulo by Dominga Sotomayor
The Break Away by Anthony Chen
Terror Contagion by Laura Poitras
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Sud pralad AKA Tropical Malady (2004) (HD)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul2001-2010DramaFantasyThailandA romance between a soldier and a country boy, wrapped around a Thai folk-tale involving a shaman with shape-shifting abilities.Read More »
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Memoria (2021) (HD)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul2021-2030ColombiaDramaSci-FiA Scottish orchid farmer visiting her ill sister in Bogota, Colombia, befriends a young musician and a French archaeologist in charge of monitoring a century-long construction project to tunnel through the Andes mountain range. Each night, she is bothered by increasingly loud bangs which prevent her from getting any sleep.Read More »
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Memoria (2021) (HD)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul2021-2030ColombiaDramaSci-FiA Scottish orchid farmer visiting her ill sister in Bogota, Colombia, befriends a young musician and a French archaeologist in charge of monitoring a century-long construction project to tunnel through the Andes mountain range. Each night, she is bothered by increasingly loud bangs which prevent her from getting any sleep.Read More »
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Memoria (2021)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul2011-2020DramaThailandSynopsis: A woman from Scotland, while traveling in Colombia, begins to notice strange sounds. Soon she begins to think about their appearance.Read More »
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul – A Letter to Uncle Boonmee (2009)
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A slowly moving camera captures the interiors of various houses in a village. They are all deserted except one house with a group of young soldiers. They are digging the up the ground. It is unclear whether they are exhuming or burying something. The voices of three young men are heard. They repeat, rehearse, memorise a letter to a man named Boonmee. They tell him about a small community called Nabua where the inhabitants have abandoned their homes. The wind blows fiercely through the doors, and the windows, bringing with it a swarm of bugs. As evening approaches, the sky turns dark. The bugs scatter and the men are silent.A Letter to Uncle Boonmee is part of the multi-platform Primitive project which focuses on a concept of remembrance and extinction set in the northeast of Thailand. Boonmee is the main character of the feature film of the project.Read More »
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Hua jai tor ra nong AKA The Adventure of Iron Pussy (2003)
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She’s gorgeous, she’s dangerous – and she sings! Male convenience store clerk by day, fabulous drag queen/ secret agent by night, Iron Pussy must yet again come to the rescue! In this feature-length reprise, award-winning Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul and writer Michael Shaowanasai (who also plays Iron Pussy) have created a spy-thriller-kung-fu-musical-western-forbidden-love story that, like our heroine, defies convention.Read More » -
Apichatpong Weerasethakul – The Anthem (2006)
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The Anthem is a celebration of filmmaking and the viewing experience. In Thailand, before every cinema film screening, there will be a Royal Anthem before the feature presentation. The purpose is to honour the King. It is one of the rituals imbedded in Thai society to give a blessing to something or someone before certain ceremonies. The Anthem presents a ‘Cinema Anthem’ that praises and blesses the approaching feature for each screening. This audio-visual purification process is performed by three old ladies. They also channel energy to the audience in order to give them a clear mind.Read More »