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Tilda Swinton, Apichatpong Weerasethakul Join Forces for Chanel’s Asian Cinema Initiatives
Chanel's Culture Fund is uniting Tilda Swinton and Apichatpong Weerasethakul for a landmark Asian cinema collaboration.
In a sweeping move to champion Asian cinema, Chanel ‘s Culture Fund is making waves across Hong Kong and Thailand, uniting Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton and Palme d’Or recipient Apichatpong Weerasethakul for a landmark collaboration. The project will restore nine Hong Kong New Wave films, with three premiering at major international festivals in 2025: T’ang Shushuen’s “The Arch” (1968), Peter Yung’s “The System” (1979) and Patrick Tam’s “Love Massacre” (1981). The luxury house’s initiative, led by global head of arts and culture Yana Peel, will also showcase Weerasethakul’s debut of “A Conversation with the Sun (VR),” featuring a score by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto and visuals by Katsuya Taniguchi, at the Bangkok Experimental Film Festival.
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