The Short Film Marathon (หนังสั้นมาราธอน) concluded two days ago, and The 28th Thai Short Film and Video Festival (เทศกาลภาพยนตร์สั้น ครั้งที่ 28) will take place from 14th to 22nd December at the Thai Film Archive in Salaya. This annual festival, founded in 1997, is Thailand’s longest-running film event, providing a unique showcase for independent filmmakers.
Of the short films in competition, the highlights include Komtouch Napattaloong’s No Exorcism Film, screening on 14th December (and on 5th January next year), and Jarut Wisawong’s Twas Partly Love, and Partly Fear on 21st December. (Both films were previously shown at Wildtype 2024.) Chaiyapol Kokiartcajon’s Dust Beneath the Sun (ผู้หญิงที่ยังอยู่) will be shown on 15th December.
Of the short films in competition, the highlights include Komtouch Napattaloong’s No Exorcism Film, screening on 14th December (and on 5th January next year), and Jarut Wisawong’s Twas Partly Love, and Partly Fear on 21st December. (Both films were previously shown at Wildtype 2024.) Chaiyapol Kokiartcajon’s Dust Beneath the Sun (ผู้หญิงที่ยังอยู่) will be shown on 15th December.
The documentary film competition includes Vichart Somkaew’s The Letter from Silence (จดหมายจากความเงียบ) on 14th December. The documentary strand also features two feature-length films showing in competition that were not part of the online Marathon, as they are politically sensitive: Uruphong Raksasad’s Paradox Democracy on 14th December, and Thunska Pansittivorakul’s Damnatio Memoriae (ไม่พึงปรารถนา) on 15th December.
Damnatio Memoriae premiered at the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival in South Korea earlier this year. The director has trimmed the film’s frontal nudity for this Thai screening.
Paradox Democracy documents the recent student protest movement, and features clips from rally speeches by Arnon Nampa and other protest leaders, intercut with extracts from The Revolutionist (คือผู้อภิวัฒน์), a play about Pridi Banomyong staged by the Crescent Moon theatre group in 2020. The film’s working title was Paradox October, and it includes footage shot at the 6th October 1976 commemorative exhibition at Thammasat University in 2020. The title Paradox Democracy has echoes of Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s Paradoxocracy (ประชาธิป'ไทย).
Sompot Chidgasornpongse’s short drama The Physical Realm (ภูมิกายา), one of the award winners from last year’s Thai Short Film and Video Festival (เทศกาลภาพยนตร์สั้นครั้งที่ 27), will be shown on 22nd December in a reprise of the Best of Short 27 (โปรแกรมผลงานชนะรางวัลจากเทศกาลภาพยนตร์สั้น ครั้งที่ 27) programme. It will also be shown at Doc Club and Pub in Bangkok tomorrow.
Damnatio Memoriae premiered at the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival in South Korea earlier this year. The director has trimmed the film’s frontal nudity for this Thai screening.
Paradox Democracy documents the recent student protest movement, and features clips from rally speeches by Arnon Nampa and other protest leaders, intercut with extracts from The Revolutionist (คือผู้อภิวัฒน์), a play about Pridi Banomyong staged by the Crescent Moon theatre group in 2020. The film’s working title was Paradox October, and it includes footage shot at the 6th October 1976 commemorative exhibition at Thammasat University in 2020. The title Paradox Democracy has echoes of Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s Paradoxocracy (ประชาธิป'ไทย).
Sompot Chidgasornpongse’s short drama The Physical Realm (ภูมิกายา), one of the award winners from last year’s Thai Short Film and Video Festival (เทศกาลภาพยนตร์สั้นครั้งที่ 27), will be shown on 22nd December in a reprise of the Best of Short 27 (โปรแกรมผลงานชนะรางวัลจากเทศกาลภาพยนตร์สั้น ครั้งที่ 27) programme. It will also be shown at Doc Club and Pub in Bangkok tomorrow.
