In the lush Colombian jungle, a Scottish woman is haunted by strange sounds. As she investigates, she uncovers a deep mystery and embarks on a surreal journey.
Uncle Boonmee, who is on his deathbed, is visited by the spirits of his past lives and his long-lost son, while experiencing strange and supernatural events in the jungle.
In a small town in Thailand, a woman named Jeninee works as a nurse in a hospital. She becomes fascinated with a young soldier who has fallen into a deep sleep and develops a psychic connection to him. As she unravels the mystery behind his condition, she discovers a hidden world of ghosts and spirits, and must confront her own fears and insecurities. Meanwhile, the town is also dealing with the construction of a new cemetery, which has disrupted the lives of the residents. 'Cemetery of Splendor' is a surreal and atmospheric drama that explores themes of illness, death, and the supernatural.
In Tropical Malady, a soldier stationed in Thailand becomes infatuated with a local man and starts a forbidden romance. As their relationship deepens, the soldier finds himself plunged into a mystical world where he undergoes a transformation into an animal. The film explores themes of love, desire, and the blurring of boundaries between humans and animals. Set against the backdrop of the lush Thai jungle, Tropical Malady is a poetic and visually stunning exploration of forbidden love and mystical realms.
Each year since 1995, the Viennale has asked a great, international director to make his or her own personal contribution to the festival: a contribution in the form of a small, approximately one-minute film, which is used as a kind of introduction to the festival. The concept of this "little films" (as Jonas Mekas once called them) is more to create a short, autonomous work, a cinematic moment that stands alone and for nothing and no-one else. Over the years this has resulted in a series of absolutely unique, exceptional works. Each director has created his/her own cinematic world between home movie and political essay, music film and minimal étude, mysterious story and radical, aesthetic abstraction on those little films, that will now be shown together for the first time on the occasion of the Viennale’s great 50th anniversary, premiering at the Locarno Film Festival.
Blissfully Yours tells the story of a woman who pretends to be ill in order to escape her mundane life. She embarks on a journey of sensuality and romance, stealing a motorcycle and exploring the jungle with her lover. Their pursuit of happiness takes them on a wild adventure, encountering various obstacles and challenges along the way.
Syndromes and a Century is a mesmerizing film that tells the story of two doctors working in a hospital in Thailand. Through a series of vignettes, the film explores themes of love, life, and the human condition. With its slow pace and beautiful long takes, Syndromes and a Century invites the audience to reflect on the complexities of existence.
Film inspired by two things: an article written by a Thai woman who went Sri Lanka on a religious pilgrimage by climbing a holy mountain, and sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke's 'The Fountain of Paradise' which is set in a fictional land based on a Sri Lankan landscape.
Durmiente shows Tilda Swinton, the lead actress of Memoria, sleeping in a bedroom as the shadows grow longer.
Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.
As an omnibus of short films, Art Through Our Eyes is inspired by the art collection found at the National Gallery Singapore. Each of the five directors – Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Brillante Mendoza, Eric Khoo, Ho Yuhang and Joko Anwar – handpicked a masterpiece from the 19th and 20th century as inspiration for their short films.
Taking the recent tsunami in Asia as its starting point, the filmmakers have used the idea of a ghost seen wandering along the rocky coastline of a Thai island and, in a life-affirming gesture, they have invited some local children to direct the film for them, suggesting and filming the movements of the actor-ghost.
Mysterious Object at Noon tells the story of a small town that is thrown into chaos when a mysterious object appears. The film follows different characters as they navigate through a series of unexpected events and encounters. With elements of documentary and fantasy, this film explores themes of identity, storytelling, and the power of imagination.
Four short tales set in contemporary Hong Kong.
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A global portrait documenting the year's events, Cinetracts '20 features the work of an international lineup of 20 filmmakers. Capturing the zeitgeist in their own backyard, the artists' short films are the culmination of a year-long residency project.
A collection of short films by five Thai directors imagining their country ten years into the future.
A collaboration between Apichatpong and Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto from his album “async”. The people falling asleep in this film are all his friends, he sent cameras to friends and asked them to shoot. Apichatpong often carries Digital Harinezumi camera with him, and completing a lot of works with this camera. This work was first exhibited at the WATARI Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo (Japan, 2017).