A woman of changing identity guides the viewers on a journey through Krabi’s history, folklore traditions, and iconic sites, in a hybrid structure that merges fiction, interviews and oral tradition into a fluid and sui generis experience. Past and present day (2562 by Thai Buddhist calendar standards) coexist in this southern Thailand’s paradise, soon to be devoured by rampant consumerism and invasive tourism. In one instance, a prehistoric couple exists alongside Krabi’s tourists, going about their daily lives oblivious to the millennia flow. Shot on Super 16, a playful and ambitious reflection on the notions of time, place, and memory.
Krabi, 2562
Krabi, 2562
60th TIFF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
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- Cinematography: Leung Ming Kai, Ben Rivers
- Editing: Aacharee Ungsriwong
- Sound: Chalermrat Kaweewattana
- Actors: Siraphun Wattanajinda, Arak Amornsupasiri, Primrin Puarat, Nuttawat Attasawat, Atchara Suwan, Lieng Leelatiwanon
- Production: Electric Eel Films, Ben Rivers Limited
- Producers: Maenum Chagasik
- Executive producer: Xie Meng, Primrin Puarat, Andy Starke, Wan Sophonpanich
- Sets: Parinda Moong
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Thailand, UK
- Production Year: 2019
- Duration: 94΄
- Contact: Rediance, info@rediancefilms.com
Anocha Suwichakornpong
Thai director Anocha Suwichakornpong holds a Master of Fine Arts, majoring in Film, from Columbia University in New York. Her thesis film Graceland was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Her debut feature Mundane History won the VPRO Tiger award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival. The director’s sophomore film By the Time it Gets Dark had its premiere at the London Film Festival.
Filmography
2006 Graceland (short)
2010 Breakfast Lunch Dinner
2016 Dao khanong | By the Time It Gets Dark
2019 Krabi, 2562 (doc)
2010 Breakfast Lunch Dinner
2016 Dao khanong | By the Time It Gets Dark
2019 Krabi, 2562 (doc)
Ben Rivers
Ben Rivers is a London-based artist and filmmaker whose work blurs the boundaries between documentary and fiction, often portraying individuals who live beyond the margins of mainstream society. Over the course of his career, he has created around forty short and feature-length films distinguished by their poetic realism and tactile, 16mm aesthetic. Rivers received the FIPRESCI Prize at the 68th Venice Film Festival for his debut feature Two Years at Sea and won the EYE Art Film Prize in 2016. His 2019 collaboration with Thai director Anocha Suwichakornpong, Krabi, 2562, opened Locarno’s Moving Ahead section. His film Bogáncloch premiered in Locarno’s main competition, later earning Second Prize for Best Feature Film at Festival dei Popoli and the Prix Nouvelles Vagues at La Roche-sur-Yon. In 2023, he was honored with a full retrospective at Jeu de Paume in Paris. Mare’s Nest is his most recent work.
Filmography
2003 Old Dark House (short)
2007 This Is My Land (doc, short)
2008 Origin of the Species (short)
2011 Two Years at Sea
2013 A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness (co-direction)
2015 The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers
2020 Look Then Below (doc, short)
2024 Boganloch
2025 Mare’s Nest
2007 This Is My Land (doc, short)
2008 Origin of the Species (short)
2011 Two Years at Sea
2013 A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness (co-direction)
2015 The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers
2020 Look Then Below (doc, short)
2024 Boganloch
2025 Mare’s Nest
