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Director’s Profile

Jakrawal Nilthamrong was born in 1977 in Lopburi, Thailand. He currently lives and works in Bangkok. He obtained his BFA at Silpakorn University, Bangkok in 2000, and an MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA in 2006. In 2007-2008, he was an artist in residence at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Jakrawal’s work spans short films, documentaries, video installations and feature films. The themes of his work often relate to Eastern philosophy in a contemporary context. His work has been shown at international film festivals and art exhibitions, including International Film Festival Rotterdam, Yamagata Documentary Film Festival 2011, Taipei Biennial 2012, Berlin International Film Festival 2014, SeMA Biennale Mediacity Seoul 2014, and Toronto International Film Festival 2014. His most recent feature film, Vanishing Point (2015), premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2015 and won the Hivos Tiger Award. He is also a film lecturer at Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Synopsis

In a regional Thai town in the 1960s, the tensions of the Cold War are distantly rising as the country is ruled by a succession of field marshals. Mam is a young woman learning about life from her father, a philosophical clock smith. She develops relationships with two men; a calculating and ambitious army lieutenant, and an old friend with whom she shares a difficult history. Following a military power shift, the lieutenant asks her to move away with him, as his career begins to take off.
In present day Bangkok, the once dashing lieutenant is now a disgraced army general lying in a coma. Mam, in her old age, has been living with her abusive and deeply- troubled husband through hard times filled with loss, disappointment and betrayal. With her own life now also nearing its end, she looks back on her past regrets and determines to sacrifice herself, taking care of him until their last days.

Achievements

2021 Venice International Film Festival - Orizzonti
2021 Busan International Film Festival
2021 Tokyo FILMeX
2021 Singapore International Film Festival
2021 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
2021 Asia Pacific Screen Awards
2022 International Film Festival Rotterdam
2022 Helsinki Cine Asia - Opening Film

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