The Ambassadors
Anocha Suwichakornpong: A Retrospective
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9m 8s
Directed by Anocha Suwichakornpong | 9 mins | 2018
Dotted with striking statues of prehistoric creatures, a popular tourist destination in Thailand provides the setting for a gently surreal meeting of Thai and British history, and of two of contemporary experimental cinema’s key figures: Suwichakornpong’s first collaboration with Ben Rivers was occasioned by the first-ever Thai Biennale, in 2018, and would become the seed of their doc-fiction hybrid feature "Krabi, 2562" (2019).
Up Next in Anocha Suwichakornpong: A Retrospective
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The Line
Directed by Anocha Suwichakornpong | 17 mins | 2020
An artist and gallery staff prepare for the launch of a show that uses the winding vessel of the Mekong to play with concepts of spacetime and animism—much as this short does itself. It’s one of five shorts featured in the anthology film "Mekon... -
Krabi, 2562
Directed by Anocha Suwichakornpong and Ben Rivers | 93 mins | 2019
Thai history and pre-history bubble to the surface and get packaged up for sale in this playful, surrealism-tinged venture from Suwichakornpong and Ben Rivers. An unnamed woman arrives in the popular tourist destination of Krabi,... -
Come Here
Directed by Anocha Suwichakornpong | 68 mins | 2021
The construction of the so-called “Death Railway” connecting Thailand and Myanmar, a Japanese initiative during World War II, was marked by perilous, inhumane conditions and an extraordinary casualty rate. Following four young actors on a trip ...
