Sorayos Prapapan
Sorayos PRAPAPAN (1986, Thailand) is an independent filmmaker, sound technician and foley artist based in Bangkok. He completed studies at the Film and Photography Thammasat University in Thailand. After his schooling, he started working as a production assistant for the Palme D’or-winning film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010). Prapapan has appeared multiple times at IFFR, including with Prelude of the Moving Zoo, which had its world premiere at IFFR 2020, and Arnold is a Model Student (2022), selected for IFFR 2023.
Filmography
(selection, all short) Noumena Scene (2013), Boonrerm (2013), Dao Indie/Auntie Maam Has Never Had a Passport (2014), Kong fak jak Switzerland/A Souvenir from Switzerland (2015, doc), 325B (2015, doc), Raksa dindaen/Fat Boy Never Slim (2016), Awasarn Sound Man/Death of the Sound Man (2017), Prelude of the Moving Zoo (2020), Digital Funeral: Beta Version (2020, short), New Abnormal (2021, short), Arnold Is a Model Student (2022)
Sorayos Prapapan at IFFR
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In April the Following Year, There Was a Fire
A poetic title, almost a film description, that demands some close reading. Just like the film, which – as a visual poem – doesn’
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Arnold Is a Model Student
Thai students unite to reject the rigid societal norms and traditionalist values in their school.
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Overseas
Hard work at smelly Thai fish processing facilities as experienced by a young immigrant from Myanmar. A victim, we’ll soon discover.
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Boonrerm
She seems stoic, the young maid Boonrerm, but one day her demanding mistress will discover where her patience ends.
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Prelude of the Moving Zoo
An idiosyncratic goodbye letter to the oldest zoo in Thailand. Simultaneously political and humorous.
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Fat Boy Never Slim
Two fat Thai schoolboys take a physical test to get into the territorial defence course. This proves to be quite difficult.
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The Second Life of Thieves
In a small fishing village in Malaysia, it’s not easy to keep anything hidden. Yet the village chief has kept a great secret throughout his l
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Thursday
A visual dialogue between two filmmakers. One from Bangkok; one from Sarajevo. Wordless impressions from old Europe and changing Asia. An image dia
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River of Exploding Durians
In commercials, Malaysia is heaven on earth. Palm trees, white beaches and clear blue seas. In that same country, an extremely polluting factory ha
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Auntie Maam Has Never Had a Passport
Small political satire about a confused country like Thailand and even film festivals like Rotterdam. An older foot masseuse acts in independent fi