Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Memoria (2021) & Masterclass

Name: Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Memoria (2021) & Masterclass
Start: 2025-09-30T17:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-09-30T20:30:00+00:00
Location: Háskólabíó

Schedule

Tue Sep 30 2025 at 05:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Háskólabíó | Reykjavík, RE

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, sem heiðraður verður á RIFF í ár fyrir einstaka listræna sýn, er meðal frumlegustu og róttækustu kvikmyndagerðarmanna samtímans.

Hann fæddist í Bangkok árið 1970 og ólst upp í norðausturhluta Taílands. Hann lærði arkitektúr áður en hann hélt til Chicago í kvikmyndanám, þar sem hann þróaði sinn einstaka stíl sem snýst um minni, tilfinningu og andlega leit frekar en hefðbundinn, línulegan söguþráð. Draumkennt töfraraunsæi er alltumlykjandi. Myndir hans eru þekktar fyrir hæga, íhugula framvindu og draumkennda færslu milli veruleika og hugarheims. Blissfully Yours (2002) og Tropical Malady (2004) vöktu strax athygli, en það var Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) sem vann til Gullpálmans í Cannes og gerði hann heimsþekktan.

Þó myndir Apichatpong—sem er af aðdáendum jafnan kallaður Joe—megi virðast ópólitískar við fyrstu sýn, endurspegla þær oft undirliggjandi átök: ritskoðun, félagslegt taumhald og bælda sögu Taílands. Hann miðlar fremur með stemningu en yfirlýsingum — kvikmyndir hans líkjast oft óljósum draumum.

Sýningin byrjar kl. 17:00 og gert verður 20 mínútna hlé áður en Meistaraspjallið hefst kl. 19:40.
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul, who will be honored at RIFF this year for his singular artistic vision, is among the most original and radical filmmakers of our time.

Born in Bangkok in 1970 and raised in northeastern Thailand, he first studied architecture before pursuing film in Chicago, where he developed a distinctive style centered on memory, emotion, and spiritual exploration rather than conventional, linear storytelling. A dreamlike magical realism pervades his work. His films are known for their meditative pacing and their seamless, dreamlike shifts between reality and inner worlds. Blissfully Yours, and Tropical Malady, quickly drew international attention, but it was Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, that won the Palme d’Or in Cannes and brought him worldwide recognition.

Though Apichatpong—affectionately called Joe by admirers—may appear apolitical at first glance, his films often reflect underlying tensions: censorship, social constraints, and Thailand’s repressed histories. Rather than making overt statements, he conveys through mood and atmosphere—his cinema often resembling elusive, half-remembered dreams.

In Memoria (2021) Tilda Swinton wanders Bogotá haunted by a sound only she can hear. What follows is a strange, exquisite dream of memory and time, half-remembered, half-imagined. A shimmering, slow-burn mystery from a true master of the in-between.

The film will start at 17:00 with a 20 minute break before the Masterclass at 19:40.