Narrative
Southeast Asian Premiere
Anocha Suwichakornpong Thailand, Japan, Korea 2025 49 min NC16 (Some Mature Content)
This hybrid film imagines ways that survivors of state-sanctioned violence in Thailand could seek justice.
In 2010, more than 90 civilians were killed and 2,000 injured during crackdowns on pro-democracy protests in Bangkok; to date, Thai authorities have not held any government or military officials accountable. The film reframes the experiences of survivors by filming them sharing their stories in facilitated workshops and discussing how to seek justice for their family members with a human rights lawyer.
Through foregrounding the mechanisms of its own construction, Narrative invites us to question how dominant systems and official accounts establish reality. By combining real-life testimony with staged dialogues and retellings, it proposes cinematic ways to confront past traumas, while illuminating truths suppressed by power.
Synopsis Writer: Sam I-shan
Q&A with Filmmaker(s)
4 Dec, Thu 7:00PM / 71 min
National Gallery Singapore, The Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium
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Narrative
Anocha Suwichakornpong
Thailand, Japan, Korea
2025
Thai
49 min
NC16 (Some Mature Content)
Southeast Asian Premiere
Anocha Suwichakornpong
Anocha Suwichakornpong is a Thai director, writer and producer whose work is deeply informed by Thailand’s socio-political histories. Her award-winning films have been presented at Cannes, Rotterdam and Locarno, among others. She is a professor at Columbia University, founder of Electric Eel Films and co-director of non-profit Purin Pictures.
Ormanong Thaisriwong,
Ubolvadee Junthorn,
Phayaw Akkahad
Paul Mori,
Tulapop Saenjaroen
