APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL LAB: FILMING IN THE AMAZON

We enter the depths of the Amazon Rainforest, cradle of multiple myths and legends of ancestral cultures that still inhabit the territory and protect it as guardians. Immersed in a territory that operates as a whole, as an organism, we submerge ourselves in Apichatpong’s dreamlike universe. Exploring through dreams, past lives, parallel universes, ancestors and spirits the world we inhabit today.

I always think of a film as a body. What you as a filmmaker want to do with all the parts – with that collection of images and sounds that a film is made up of, which are its organs – is to give life to that body, to make it a living organism. Apichatpong Weerasethakul

On March 11^th Playlab Films opens the call to participate in the Apichatpong Weerasethakul Lab: filming in the Amazon, a practical film workshop that seeks to bring together emerging talents from around the world, so that under the guidance of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, one of the most original voices in contemporary cinema, they can explore and promote their creativity, developing a short film each.

For ten days, fifty creative directors of diverse nationalities and contexts will share the experience of creating fifty short films, under a wonderful methodology created by the Master Abbas Kiarostami, adapted by Werner Herzog and now revisited by Apichatpong. This methodology will be implemented in an environment carefully thought out and designed by the PlayLab Films team, for the creation of synergies and collective and individual learning that will transform the trajectory of all participants.

The Lab will take place from 18 to 28 June 2022 in the Tambopata National Reserve, in the facilities of Inkaterra Guides Field Station, an Eco-centre and research laboratory of flora and fauna for scientists and students who wish to explore and learn about the Peruvian Amazon. It will be a great opportunity to approach the largest tropical forest on the planet and one of the most biodiverse and multicultural regions of the world, led by the gaze and experience of Master Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

HOW TO REGISTER?

An international call for entries opens on March 11^th, where 50 filmmakers from around the world will be selected to participate in the Apichatpong Weerasethakul Lab: Filming in the Amazon. The results will be published on May 6.

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