Thunska Pansittivorakul’s new autobiographical documentary Avalon (แดนศักดิ์สิทธิ์) begins with a full-frontal sex scene between Thunska and his then-boyfriend Harit Srikhao. (Harit’s exhibition Whitewash was censored by the military in 2017.) Around half of Avalon’s one-hour running time consists of sex tapes recorded at different stages of Thunska and Harit’s relationship. The film received its world premiere on 28th October at the DOK Leipzig film festival in Germany.
Avalon also includes scenes filmed at a disused swimming pool in a housing project abandoned after Thailand’s 2011 floods. The film charts the disintegration of Thunska and Harit’s relationship, and the empty pool evokes Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Les diaboliques (‘the devils’). (The title sequences of Avalon and Les diaboliques both feature lingering shots of murky, stagnant water.)
Avalon also includes scenes filmed at a disused swimming pool in a housing project abandoned after Thailand’s 2011 floods. The film charts the disintegration of Thunska and Harit’s relationship, and the empty pool evokes Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Les diaboliques (‘the devils’). (The title sequences of Avalon and Les diaboliques both feature lingering shots of murky, stagnant water.)
