Kangjor 28 (กางจอ 28), a two-day programme of short films, will take place at the MBK branch of SF Cinema in Bangkok on 19th and 20th November. Panisa Khueanphet’s Bangkok 2564 (เมืองฟ้าอมร) will be shown twice on both days. The event is organised by Chulalongkorn University’s Nitade CU Movie Club.
Bangkok 2564 is the director’s silent assessment of the city in the present day. (2564 is the Buddhist Era equivalent of 2021, the year the film was made.) Its Thai title translates as ‘heavenly’ or ‘angelic’, though this is intended ironically, as the film highlights the authoritarian nature of city life. Panisa films police officers and security guards in public spaces, and protesters at Democracy Monument. In the final moments, riot police advance on demonstrators who give a three-finger salute.
Bangkok 2564 is the director’s silent assessment of the city in the present day. (2564 is the Buddhist Era equivalent of 2021, the year the film was made.) Its Thai title translates as ‘heavenly’ or ‘angelic’, though this is intended ironically, as the film highlights the authoritarian nature of city life. Panisa films police officers and security guards in public spaces, and protesters at Democracy Monument. In the final moments, riot police advance on demonstrators who give a three-finger salute.