The Mapor 5 Film Festival (เทศกาลหนังมาผ่อ 5) will be held on 14th and 15th February, with screenings of short films at Rong Sa Dang in Chiang Mai. The festival’s theme is Ray of Northern Light (แสงเหนือ), and the highlights include Jarut Wisawong’s Twas Partly Love, and Partly Fear and Patipat Oakkharhaphunrat’s Black Hole.
Twas Partly Love, and Partly Fear
Twas Partly Love, and Partly Fear is a drama about the family of a Thai lawyer who was forcibly disappeared, and it opens with a solarised clip of Bangkok riot police firing water cannon at student protesters in Siam Square on 16th October 2020. It was first shown at Wildtype 2024, and was also screened in the 2024 Short Film Marathon (หนังสั้นมาราธอน) and at The 28th Thai Short Film and Video Festival (เทศกาลภาพยนตร์สั้น ครั้งที่ 28).
Black Hole
Black Hole is a surreal black-and-white film in which a young son discovers that his father, a corrupt military officer, has sold citizens’ digital data for personal gain. The drama links this family conflict with anti-military demonstrations in modern Thai history, with footage from 14th October 1973, 6th October 1976, and the student protests that began in 2020.
The film was shown at the 27th Thai Short Film and Video Festival (เทศกาลภาพยนตร์สั้น ครั้งที่ 27) in 2023, and as part of the Short Film Marathon in 2024. It was also screened at the fourth Amazing Stoner Movie Fest (มหัศจรรย์หนังผี ครั้งที่ 4), at the Chiang Mai Film Festival 2025 (เทศกาลหนังแห่งเมืองเชียงใหม่ 2568), and in the Open Screen programme.
The film was shown at the 27th Thai Short Film and Video Festival (เทศกาลภาพยนตร์สั้น ครั้งที่ 27) in 2023, and as part of the Short Film Marathon in 2024. It was also screened at the fourth Amazing Stoner Movie Fest (มหัศจรรย์หนังผี ครั้งที่ 4), at the Chiang Mai Film Festival 2025 (เทศกาลหนังแห่งเมืองเชียงใหม่ 2568), and in the Open Screen programme.
