Four men travel to a place of their memory. Two of them used to date ten years ago. The story is told through an interviewer and interviewees. Past stories are unearthed and overlap with the present, leading to a new story that seems like something totally different from what it started from. When they start playing Truth or Dare, secrets are revealed, yet it is uncertain whether they are real or merely lies. Their secrets, told amidst an atmosphere filled with destruction, death, and hope, are sarcastic, ridiculous, nonsensical, obsessed, and severely painful.

sPACEtIME

What feeds nationalist ideologies? They always arise in 'empty time', asserts this documentary on nationalism in Thailand. Various groups are observed, from military cadets to pupils at a Christian boarding school. They have very different views on politics or religion, but they share boundless confidence in the monarchy.

Homogeneous, Empty Time

Documentary about film school and film students in Thailand.

I Was Young? Ignorant? Curious!

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This hybrid film was shot in an area called Santikhiri, which means 'the Hill of Peace', the name granted by the Kingdom of Thailand in 1978 in order to create a new image for this land. Located in the northernmost part of the country, the are is now a significant tourist destination due to its mix of cultures between Thai and Chinese, despite a CIA report in 1971 that the area was one of the biggest centers of heroin production in Southeast Asia. However, after General Prem's government came to power in the 80s, everything - drugs, communism, corruption, human trafficking, and stateless persons - in this area was entirely suppressed to foster order and peace. But, in reality, can this place be as peaceful as its new name? Since that time, what has been its continued impact up to this very day and beyond? These are the questions that the film poses. Director's note This film is a Sonata in three movements, indicating the present, past, and future. Forty years ago, when I was a kid, the TV was filled with propaganda, instilling in people's minds that the military government protected the country from different threats, while simultaneously emphasizing political violence in foreign countries: the Gwangju Uprising in 1980 in South Korea, the 8888 Uprising in 1988 in Myanmar, and even the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 in China. Coverage of these was used to create the illusion that Thailand was a peaceful and developing country. However, forty years have now passed, and while other countries are developing rapidly, Thailand remains sluggish. The unwavering illusion and pride in the country's status of never having been colonized have successfully shaped our blind nationalism. Just like Napoleon once said: "What is history, but a fable agreed upon?"

Santikhiri Sonata

The film is a series of interviews with 4 living figures talking about their works involving Nang Yai, the traditional Thai Shadow Play, an artform which is dying.

Nang Yai Na Budnee (Nang Yai Now)

Won (Remember)

Danse Macabre is a dance that explores deaths that are remembered and forgotten in history, including those of kings, citizens, and stateless people. In Thailand, many deaths were suspicious in nature over the past 90 years, but nobody dared to question them.

Danse Macabre

This documentary, composed of various video clips and footage, is an exploration to search for some missing jigsaw pieces in history. Something that turned someone into a hero, or an absolute jerk. Some things are hidden under the carpet, from Hiroshima to Teresa Teng to the Space Race, an Olympic and the moon.