Shorts Program 3: Luminous Empire
The World of Apichatpong Weerasethakul
May 4 - 16, 2023
This program includes thirdworld(1997), Empire (2010), My Mother’s Garden (2007), Ghost of Asia (2005), Monsoon (2011), Luminous People (2007), Nimit (2007), Blue (2018), and A Letter to Uncle Boonmee (2009).
thirdworld
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 1997, Thailand, 17m
A study of the landscape of Ko Panyi, a small island in southern Thailand.
Empire
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010, Thailand/Austria, 2m
A camera traces the obscure contours of a cave as a white-helmeted diver searches it for something.
My Mother’s Garden
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2007, Thailand/France, 7m
An impressionistic study of a jewelry collection by Victoire de Castellane, and a tribute to the small details of Apichatpong’s mother’s garden.
Ghost of Asia
Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Christelle Lheureux, 2005, Thailand/France, 9m
A ghost wanders the beaches of Thailand, and the filmmakers recruit a pair of local children to direct the rest of the film for them.
Monsoon
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2011, Thailand, 3m
A response to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan, in which a man Skypes his partner on the other side of the world and discovers a firefly.
Luminous People
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2007, Thailand/Portugal, 15m
Through dramatic reenactment, tribute is paid to the presence of the dead and vanishing memories of the living.
Nimit
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2007, Thailand, 16m
What began as an effort to make a film about the king of Thailand mutates into a film about Apichatpong’s family, friends, lover, and cherished landscapes.
Blue
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2018, France, 12m
A dance of backdrop scrolls takes place as a woman lies awake in bed on the threshold between dream and reality.
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2009, Thailand/Germany, 18m
A filmed letter to the protagonist of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives prior to that film’s production captures some houses in Nabua in the Philippines that might be used as the character’s home in the forthcoming feature.
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