Pathompon Mont Tesprateep
Pathompon ‘Mont’ TESPRATEEP received his Fine Art MA from the Chelsea College of Arts in London in 2011. He started his career directing pop videos and is the drummer in the band Assajan Jakgawan. In 2014, he won the R.D. Pestonji Award for best short film at the Thai Short Film Festival in Bangkok for Endless, Nameless (2014). His short film Song X (2017) had its world premiere at Locarno, and his film Lullaby (2019) its European premiere at IFFR 2020.
Filmography
(selection, all short) 4 Feb 2006 Live at Bangkok Code (2008), Delicate Whisper (2009), Cutter, Trimmer and Chainsaw (2011), Military Droning (2012), Endless, Nameless (2014), Song X (2017), Confusion Is Next (2018), Lullaby (2019)
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Pathompon Mont Tesprateep op IFFR
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Lullaby
Pathompon Mont Tesprateep | 8' | Thailand | European premiere
The film consists of four new renditions of traditional Thai lullaby tunes in Chehe dialect, focusing on the current religious and cultural disharmony -
The Asylum
Prapat Jiwarangsan | 9' | Thailand | International premiere
This tranquil film by artist Prapat Jiwarangsan reflects on the necessary search for belonging in the changed face of Thailand since the 2014 coup d’e -
Endless, Nameless
Pathompon Mont Tesprateep | 23' | Thailand | None
All is far from what it initially seems in this hand-processed Super-8 film, shot in the private garden of a high-ranking Thai army officer. -
Song X
Pathompon Mont Tesprateep | 20' | Thailand | None
A group of teenagers conducts a cremation ceremony for a man who is entering the afterlife while still being sought by the military for deserting. -
Confusion Is Next
Pathompon Mont Tesprateep | 22' | Thailand | World premiere
Thai noise musician Thom AJ Madson confines himself in a room for an experiment to give a plumeria tree a sound. He alternates between creating…