Short Films by Anocha Suwichakornpong + Conversation with the Filmmaker

The program features work made over the last 15 years that shape-shift between genres by way of a deep engagement with the history of cinema. Blurring the line between fantasy and reality, the films confront historical trauma in striking, intimate narratives. Sharing an interest in myth, historical memory and marginalized communities, Suwichakornpong’s short films present insightful vignettes and character studies through a feminist lens. The program features 6 short films and will be followed by a conversation with Anocha Suwichakornpong and Rebecca Heidenberg, and a Q&A.

About The Artist
Anocha Suwichakornpong (b. 1976 in Chonburi, Thailand) is a film director, screenwriter, and producer whose work is informed by the socio-political history of Thailand. Her films have been the subject of retrospectives at the Museum of the Moving Image, New York; TIFF Cinematheque, Toronto; and Olhar De Cinema, Brazil, among others. Her second feature, By the Time It Gets Dark, premiered in Locarno and has screened in over 50 film festivals including Toronto, BFI London, Viennale, and Rotterdam. The film won three Thailand National Film Awards including Best Picture and Best Director and was chosen as Thailand’s Oscar entry for Best Foreign Language Film. Suwichakornpong was a 2021 resident at the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program, one of the most renowned residency programs for international artists and cultural practitioners, and she was a Visiting Lecturer on Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard University (2018-2020). 

Tickets (free): Website to register: https://dreamsong.art/#dreamsong-calendar 

Image: Film still form Overseas, co-directed by Anocha Suwichakornpong and Wichanon Somumjarn (2012, 16 min)