Coined the Godfather of independent Thai cinema, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's films are ecstatic and mysterious stories of love, ghosts and Buddhist fables. Informed by his childhood fascination with Thai soap operas, talk shows and horror films, his use of montage, recurring characters and motifs results in a cacophony of interwoven images and an elusive, ongoing dialogue.

Through his feature-length and short films, Weerasethakul explores the relationship between memory, fantasy and reality. Beginnings and ends are swapped around and genres blur into each other. He seeks the idea of others, including production crew and actors, to determine how story lines and characters will evolve. In doing so, he relinquishes the role of authorship commonly associated with the title of 'director', simply taking credit for the conception of his films.

FAITH is a tender portrait of lost love and transformation. Surrounded by perpetual change and the fear of new memories replacing old, a man dreams of an eternal place, where the image of his loved ones can live on. The film moves between the genres of romance and sci-fi to create an intimate bid for remembrance
and a poignant tribute to a city undergoing its own transformation.

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Coined the Godfather of independent Thai cinema, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's films are ecstatic and mysterious stories of love, ghosts and Buddhist fables. Informed by his childhood fascination with Thai soap operas, talk shows and horror films, his use of montage, recurring characters and motifs results in a cacophony of interwoven images and an elusive, ongoing dialogue.

Through his feature-length and short films, Weerasethakul explores the relationship between memory, fantasy and reality. Beginnings and ends are swapped around and genres blur into each other. He seeks the idea of others, including production crew and actors, to determine how story lines and characters will evolve. In doing so, he relinquishes the role of authorship commonly associated with the title of 'director', simply taking credit for the conception of his films.

FAITH is a tender portrait of lost love and transformation. Surrounded by perpetual change and the fear of new memories replacing old, a man dreams of an eternal place, where the image of his loved ones can live on. The film moves between the genres of romance and sci-fi to create an intimate bid for remembrance
and a poignant tribute to a city undergoing its own transformation.