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Internationally acclaimed Thai filmmaker and media artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul has won countless accolades for his feature films, including Tropical Malady (2004), Syndromes and a Century (2006) and 2010 Palme d’Or winner Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. Predating and continuing parallel to his work in features, he has also produced an eclectic and expansive body of short films, ranging in length from one minute to one hour, and covering extremely varied and potent cinematic ground. These four programs, curated by Weerasethakul, place his earliest films made at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the mid-1990s alongside rarely-seen commissions, adapted installation pieces and festival favorites like Mekong Hotel (2012) and A Letter to Uncle Boonmee (2009). In this unprecedented, complete retrospective of Weerasethakul’s short work, his unique and personal cinema takes complex form, defined by images and ideas of mysterious sensuality and poetry, heightened states of emotion and awareness, and a blurring of boundaries between reality, dream and myth.
We are honored that Weerasethakul will appear in person at the Billy Wilder Theater on both nights of the program.
A Million More Lights: The Short Films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul is a retrospective organized by Los Angeles Filmforum, made possible through the generous support of Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, and in collaboration with Film at REDCAT, CalArts and UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Programs curated by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Program notes written by Mark Toscano.
Special thanks: Sompot Chidgasornpongse.
