Cineverse Sets January 16 U.S. Release for A Useful Ghost as New Trailer Debuts
The Cannes Critics’ Week winner doubles as Thailand’s Oscars submission, signaling a prestige rollout.
Overview
- Cineverse unveiled a new trailer and poster for A Useful Ghost ahead of its U.S. theatrical opening on January 16, 2026.
- The film is Thailand’s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards.
- Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s feature debut premiered in Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique and won the Critics’ Week Grand Prize.
- The story follows a widower whose late wife returns as a spirit inhabiting a vacuum cleaner, blending supernatural comedy with themes of dust pollution and industrial change.
- The international co-production stars Davika Hoorne and Witsarut Himmarat, with Apasiri Nitibhon, Wanlop Rungkumjad, and Wisarut Homhuan.