School of the Art Institute of Chicago Movie Trailers

Holidaze, 1994 Trailer (1994)

31 December 1994

George spends quality time with his friends Karen and Carla in this unconventional, glitchy, collaged holiday video.

Open Season Trailer (1991)

01 January 1991

Open Season considers some of the founding heroes and myths of the American frontier, set within a contemporary landscape.

Thirdworld Trailer (1999)

01 October 1999

A depiction of the landscape, both metaphorically and realistically, of Panyi island. Some footage in the film was taken from the material shot for Mysterious Object at Noon.

The Same River Twice Trailer (2015)

01 January 2015

The whole movie is a digital hand drawing animation short. It tells the stories of my father. After a dramatic turning point, life is still flat and peaceful, like a river running forward.

0116643225059 is an early experimental film by Weerasethakul made during his time at SAIC. The work is about a long-distance telephone conversation between the filmmaker and his beloved mother in Khon Kaen, Thailand.