The Match Factory has acquired the rights to four newly 4K-restored feature films by Palme d’Or-winning Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, excluding North America, the UK, Ireland, Japan, Switzerland and Thailand.
The four films are 2002’s Blissfully Yours, winner of the Un Certain Regard Prize at Cannes; 2004’s Tropical Malady, winner of the Cannes jury prize; 2006’s Syndromes and a Century, which premiered in competition at Venice; and 2010’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives winner of Cannes’ Palme d’Or.
The four titles join three of Weerasethakul’s other feature films already handled by The Match Factory: 2012’s Mekong Hotel, 2015’s Cemetery of Splendour, and 2021’s Memoria, which won the jury prize at Cannes, and stars Tilda Swinton.
The 4K restorations were personally supervised by Weerasethakul and feature remastered and remixed audio, with four new key artworks.
The restorations were made possible through the support of the Thai Film Archive, MoMA, Strand Releasing, Tomo Suzuki, Mehelli Modi and Second Run, and Cinémathèque Suisse, White Light Studio, 185 films and Kick The Machine.
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