The newly released enigmatic amulet ‘Dream Weaver 555’ promises to unlock the gateway to realising dreams, offering hope beyond reach where wishes materialise within the depths of dreams. With this satirical commentary on Thai society, director Panida Petchara turns this magical trinket into a cinematic device to explore how capitalism fuels desire and inequality by banking on superstition. Even dreams are commercialised in this subversive work that throws the teleshopping-aesthetic in the uncanny valley.
– Hugo Emmerzael
Also in this combined programme
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Maas Confusion
An overwhelmed video encoder transforms a walk along the Maas River into a cosmological film poem. -
CHIME – An Extended View
Super slow motion shots of vibrating three-dimensional glass strings reveal a world that extends beyond time and our visual perception.
Trailer
https://youtu.be/iSA0WkWT0uoFilm details
- Countries of production
- Netherlands, Thailand
- Year
- 2025
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2025
- Length
- 10'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
