Cannes Film Festival: Apichatpong Weerasethakul in a nutshell, a gesture and a silence
Thai artist and filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, nominated at the Cannes Film Festival for the 2021 Palme d'Or with “Memoria”, with Tilda Swinton and Jeanne Balibar.
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His film
Memoria
, with Tilda Swinton and Jeanne Balibar, is premiered this Thursday, July 15 at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. It is in the running for the Palme d'Or.
In addition, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Palme d'or 2010 with
Uncle Boonmee
, invites us to the Institut d'art contemporain de Villeurbanne (Rhône-Alpes) to explore his works produced over the past twenty years.
In a word, a gesture and a silence, the Thai artist and filmmaker tells us about the origins of his creativity.
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Periphery of the Night, exhibition by Apichatpong Weerasethakul at the Institut d'Art Contemporain (IAC) in Villeurbanne / Rhône-Alpes, from July 2 until November 28, 2021.
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