Thunska Pansittivorakul
Thunska PANSITTIVORAKUL was born in Bangkok in 1973, but grew up in Padang Besar, a border town between Thailand and Malaysia. He graduated with a degree in Art Education from Chulalongkorn University. He won the Grand Prize award at the 4th Taiwan International Documentary Festival in 2004 for his documentary feature Happy Berry. In 2007, he received the Silpathorn Award from The Ministry of Culture’s Office of Contemporary Arts, which is awarded to one outstanding artist each year. The past honorees in the field of film include Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Wisit Sasanatieng, among others.
His work has been screened at international film festivals including Rotterdam (IFFR), IDFA, Berlinale, DOK Leipzig, Sheffield, Era New Horizons, Visions du Réel, Torino, BAFICI, Busan, Taipei Golden Horse, DMZdocs. In 2019, his Santikhiri Sonata won the Grand Prize at DocLisboa, Portugal. In 2022, his Danse Macabre won a Merit Prize at Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival (TIDF). Most recently, Damnatio Memoriae was selected for Disobedience Archive at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia (Venice Biennale).
Filmography
Private Life (2000, short), …for Shiw Ping 28/12/97 (2000, short), Love Sickness (2000, short), Sigh (2001, short), Voodoo Girls (2002), Chemistry (2003, short), Mahusachan Krungtap/Unseen Bangkok (2004, short), Sawan sud uam/Happy Berry (2004, doc), Wan fah sua/After Shock (2005, short), Pleuy shi vit/Life Show (2005, short), Vous vous souviens de moi? (2005, short), Endless Story (2005, short), Sawan sud uam/Happy Berry (2004, doc), Happy Berry: Oops! I Did It Again (2005, short), Out of Control (2006, short), You Are Where I Belong To (2006, short), Middle-earth (2007, short), Love Is Our Destination (2007, short), ‘Action!’ (2008, short), Soak (2008, short), This Area Is Under Quarantine (2009, doc), Jutti/Reincarnate (2010, doc), Poo kor karn rai/The Terrorists (2011, doc), Nua dhamma chat/Supernatural (2014), sPACEtIME (2015, doc, co-dir), Soon-ya kal/Homogeneous, Empty Time (2017, doc, co-dir) I Was Young? Ignorant? Curious! (2017, doc), Homogeneous, Empty Time (2017), Santikhiri Sonata (2019), Avalon (2020), Danse Macabre (2021), Damnatio Memoriae (2023), Isan Odyssey (2025)
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Thunska Pansittivorakul at IFFR
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Hua-lam-pong
Chulyanont Siriphol | 12' | Thailand | European premiere
In a busy station, an old man imperturbably takes photographs on a tripod. -
Unseen Bangkok
Thunska Pansittivorakul | 6' | Thailand | European premiere
A serious conversation between the film maker and a man with a hard-on. -
Isan Odyssey
Thunska Pansittivorakul | 80' | Thailand | International premiere
A journey in song and dance through the suppressed chapters of Thailand’s political history. -
‘Action!’
Thunska Pansittivorakul | 5' | Thailand | International premiere
The ‘Action!’ that is called to start shooting. Here the unedited shots of an actor. Above all the actor. -
After Shock
Thunska Pansittivorakul | 12' | Thailand | International premiere
Ode to the clouds and life. In Phuket after the tsunami, there are still attractive people to be found. Alongside those beautiful clouds of course.… -
Dusk, Dawn
Nitiphong Thintupthai | 11' | Thailand | International premiere
In hectic Bangkok, a little monk reads the holy scriptures. Outside, chaos reigns. -
Happy Berry
Thunska Pansittivorakul | 76' | Thailand | European premiere
Cheerful documentary portrait of what is cool and trendy in Bangkok, with the young owners of the very fashionable boutique Happy Berry. Cheeky. -
Hero
Thaweesak Srithongdee | 22' | Thailand | European premiere
Crooks, criminals and dictators can also be heroes in the ironic approach of the artist. Or maybe everything just blends together. -
Homogeneous, Empty Time
Thunska Pansittivorakul, Harit Srikhao | 103' | Thailand | No premiere
What feeds nationalist ideologies? They always arise in ’empty time’, asserts this documentary on nationalism in Thailand. Various groups are observed, from military cadets to… -
Life Show
Thunska Pansittivorakul | 10' | Thailand | -
Frank and personal small documentary. Interview with a sex star. At the end of the day, it comes down to what is in your pants.