Sakda Kaewbuadee

Featuring 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.

A collection of short films by five Thai directors imagining their country ten years into the future.

Soldados com uma misteriosa doença do sono são transferidos para um hospital provisório instalado em uma antiga escola abandonada. Jenjira torna-se voluntária para tratar de Itt, um belo soldado que ninguém vem visitar. No hospital, ela faz amizade com a jovem médium Keng que utiliza os seus poderes para ajudar os parentes a se comunicarem com os homens adormecidos. Um dia, Jenjira encontra o diário de Itt preenchido de palavras e desenhos estranhos. Talvez haja uma conexão entre a síndrome enigmática dos soldados e o mítico local em que o hospital se encontra. A magia, a cura, o romance e os sonhos misturam-se no frágil caminho de Jenjira em direção ao conhecimento profundo de si própria e do mundo à sua volta.

A tiny seaside resort, out of season. Thomas returns after being away for quite some time. Adèle is an estate agent, who has a tendency to fall asleep. The tide turns towards the beach and the dunes, scooping up jellyfish, sheep and ghosts in its ebb and flow. The tide turns, just like Thomas towards Adèle and Adèle towards Thomas.

A short film by French director Christelle Lheureux.

Created in celebration of the three-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, this short essay centres on a monologue delivered by a reincarnation of the philosopher in twenty-first century Thailand.

Shifting between fact and fiction in a hotel situated along the Mekong River, a filmmaker rehearses a movie expressing the bonds between a vampire-like mother and daughter.

A short film by Thai director Somkid Phukphong.

Sofrendo de insuficiência renal, Tio Boonmee resolveu passar os últimos dias de sua vida recolhido em uma casa perto da floresta e ao lado de entes queridos. Durante um jantar com a família, o espírito de sua esposa falecida aparece para ajudá-lo em sua jornada final. A eles se junta Boonsong, filho de Boonmee que retorna após muito tempo metamorfoseado em outra forma de existência. Juntos, eles percorrerão o interior de uma caverna misteriosa, onde Boonmee nasceu em sua primeira vida.

Sofrendo de insuficiência renal, Tio Boonmee resolveu passar os últimos dias de sua vida recolhido em uma casa perto da floresta e ao lado de entes queridos. Durante um jantar com a família, o espírito de sua esposa falecida aparece para ajudá-lo em sua jornada final. A eles se junta Boonsong, filho de Boonmee que retorna após muito tempo metamorfoseado em outra forma de existência. Juntos, eles percorrerão o interior de uma caverna misteriosa, onde Boonmee nasceu em sua primeira vida.

Nawin, a secret agent, goes rogue to rescue a mysterious woman, Jin, from the private military force that abducted her. They flee to her birthplace, pursued by the force’s captain, and also by Jin’s brother, a killer capable of transforming into a giant serpent.

Morakot is a derelict and defunct hotel in the heart of Bangkok that opened its doors in the 1980's: a time when Thailand shifted gears into accelerated economic industrialization and a time when Cambodians poured into Thai refugee camps after the invasion of Vietnamese forces. It was a hosting time. Later, when the East Asian financial crisis struck in 1997, these reveries collapsed. Like Kamanita, the unchanged Morakot is a star burdened with (or fueled by) memories. Apichatpong collaborated with his three regular actors, who recounted their dreams, hometown life, bad moments, and love poems, to re-supply the hotel with new memories.

An omnibus project examining, well, the state of the world.

Glistening objects from a jewelry collection inspired by carnivorous plants are transformed into a colourful sea of garden creatures through hand-drawn animations of roots, insects and various other organisms. A loving tribute to Weerasethakul's mother's garden. Commissioned by Dior; first presented at Musée de l’Orangerie, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, to mark the opening of a new set of jewellery designed by Victoire de Castellane, 27 February 2007.

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.

A story about director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s parents who were both doctors, and his memories of growing up in a hospital environment.

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.

O relacionamento apaixonado entre dois homens com consequências incomuns. O filme é dividido em duas partes. A primeira metade registra a modesta atração entre dois homens na paisagem ensolarada e relaxante e a segunda metade registra a confusão e o terror de uma ameaça desconhecida oculta nas sombras da selva.

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 sets in a fictional land based on a Sri Lankan landscape.