Directing
Anocha Suwichakornpong
Born January 1, 1976 · Chonburi, Thailand (age 50)
Anocha Suwichakornpong was born in Thailand 1976. She spent the 1990's living in England, where she attended universities and graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees. In 2006, she graduated from the MFA film program at Columbia University, where she was a recipient of Hollywood Foreign Press Association Fellowship. She attended the Talent Campus of the Berlin Film Festival in 2006, where h…
Known For
How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) · 2015How to Win at Checkers (Every Time)
★ 6.12015
MovieDrama
An 11-year-old boy steals money for bribes to remove his gay older brother from Thai military conscription rolls, unaware of the ramifications.
Concrete Clouds · 2013Concrete Clouds
★ 6.42013
MovieDrama
Amidst the post-economic crash, a man must return from abroad after his father committed suicide. After return home, he must confront his past and struggle to hold on to his present.
Gu Shi · 2026Gu Shi
★ 6.02026
MovieMysteryDrama
A family of four – Father, Mother, Daughter and Son – arrives at a mysterious house between the ocean and the forest, feeling an unnamed crisis. What begins as a temporary stay stretches into a strange limbo. After an accident leaves Son bedridden, the family turns to a ritual of telling stories about the ocean, stories that seem to make people forget. Haunted by recurring nightmares, Daughter begins to sense that her own missing childhood memories are tied to the house and to a girl in a green dress. As the past surfaces and the boundary between reality and story dissolves, she must choose her way of remembering.
Mekong 2030 · 2020Mekong 2030
2020
MovieDramaScience Fiction
Produced by the Luang Prabang Film Festival, "MEKONG 2030" is a collection of short narrative films that envision the future of the Mekong River from five different national and cultural perspectives. Set in the year 2030, they aim to both entertain and inspire audiences to actively protect this critical life source.
Lemongrass Girl · 2021Lemongrass Girl
★ 6.22021
MovieDrama
According to Thai superstition, a virgin can ward off rain by planting lemongrass upside-down underneath an open sky. This belief remains prevalent to this day. As clouds begin to gather, Piano, the young production manager on a film set, is tasked to carry out this tradition. As her fellow female co-workers shy away from the duty, Piano is left with no choice but to take on the burden of becoming the lemongrass girl.
Black Mirror · 2008Black Mirror
2008
Movie
A kaleidoscopic video essay exploring the state of contemporary Thailand.
Jai · 2007Jai
2007
Movie
A factory story, in which the process of image-making in negotiated in the slippage between fiction and documentary.
Thursday · 2015Thursday
2015
MovieDrama
Thursday resulted from the famous Danish CPH-Dox projects whereby two filmmakers (one European, one non-European) collaborate. Suwichakornpong and Kameric wrote visual dialogues from Asia and Europe, as it were.
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