The Thailand 4th Annual Conference on Anthropology and Sociology [sic] (การประชุมวิชาการระดับชาติด้านมานุษยวิทยาและสังคมวิทยา ครั้งที่ 4) opened yesterday at Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Political Science in Bangkok, and runs until today. THACAS includes a screening of Buariyate Eamkamol’s short film A Fire 9 Kilometers Away this afternoon.
The film is a blend of documentary and fiction, and features a poem dedicated to Samaphan Srithep, one of the youngest victims of the crackdown on protesters in Bangkok in 2010. Projected as a diptych, the film makes ironic juxtapositions, showing military snipers on 10th April 2010 alongside footage of revellers firing water pistols during the April Songkran festival.
It was previously shown at Wildtype 2025 and the Media Arts and Design Festival 2025 (บึงเบ๊ง). Its most recent screening was at the 29th Thai Short Film and Video Festival (เทศกาลภาพยนตร์สั้น ครั้งที่ 29).
It was previously shown at Wildtype 2025 and the Media Arts and Design Festival 2025 (บึงเบ๊ง). Its most recent screening was at the 29th Thai Short Film and Video Festival (เทศกาลภาพยนตร์สั้น ครั้งที่ 29).
