Middle-Earth
Mutchim Lok
Pansittivorakul is the most outspoken gay film maker in Thailand. Or in the whole of Southeast Asia, you could say. The fact that last year he received a Silpathorn Award, an official state prize for artists, was one of the few encouraging events in a country with a military regime and unpredictable censorship. The film is an ode to the male body. Two naked men on a white sofa. And a film maker who restrains himself.
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The Rocket
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Crooks, criminals and dictators can also be heroes in the ironic approach of the artist. Or maybe everything just blends together.
Film details
- Country of production
- Thailand
- Year
- 2007
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2008
- Length
- 8'
- Medium/Format
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