un.thai.tled Film Festival
2020 , 2021 , 2023 at Sinema Transtopia
Curated by Sarnt Utamachote and Rosalia Namsai Engchuan. “Thai” identity has become a kind of hyperreality. For decades, images about Thailand have been circulated and reproduced. These images have become, for many people (also for many Thais) overwhelming and internalized as a part of their identities. As these images of promiscuous women and desexualised men are normalized, the Thai people behind such stereotypes are rendered invisible. The un.thai.tled Film Festival aims to look beyond these one-dimensional, superficial representations and asks the questions: how can we critically deconstruct these reproduced stereotypes? What kind of images appear in the films of Thai filmmakers themselves? This film programme – a mixture of documentaries, poetry and fiction – will delve beyond the surface to offer different insights into Thailand. These hybrid films convey the social experience and lived social realities in Thailand and in the diaspora.
Previous graphic design: Alongkorn Phochanapan, Ariel Victor. Duygu Atceken
With previous supports from Berliner Projektfonds Kulturelle Bildung, Stiftung Nord-Süd-Brücke, Purin Pictures, and more.
Mentions:
Link to I-Heart-Berlin Link to article “Fast eine Reise” on TAZ newspaper (German)
Link to publication “Filmfestival: Krisen, Chancen, Perspektiven” (German)Link to publication “Destination: Tashkent” (Archive Books 2024)
Team of Sinema Transtopia (Malve Lippmann, Duygu Atçeken, more) and team of un.thai.tled (Rosalia Namsai Engchuan and Sarnt Utamachote) receiving Kinopreis of Deutsche Kinemathek 2021.
Film workshop series for BIPOC persons with mentorship from Pimpaka Towira (unfortunately could not attend due to COVID) during 2021 edition at Sinema Transtopia (old location at Alexanderplatz)
Panel discussion with Koen de Rooij (IFFR) during 2020 edition.