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Colour, DIGIBETA
Thailand, 2009, 8 min
Section: Documentary Films in Competition

Synopsis

In her intriguing documentary essay, Thai director Visra Vichit-Vadakan ponders the universal theme of understanding between parents and their newly adult offspring, who are looking for their own way in life and hope that their parents will understand and respect them. To wit, a young Thai man spends afternoons on the streets of Bangkok performing a bizarre one-man show: wrapped in sheets, he rolls in various directions through paint, thereby creating colorful, abstract compositions with his movements. He hopes that passersby will grasp the meaning of his actions.

About the director

Visra Vichit-Vadakan is part of a new wave of Thai artists. Born in the USA, she moved to Bangkok with her parents at age nine. After graduating in biology from Stanford University, she decided to become a filmmaker. She began studying at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she shot four short films: fall, The Stage, Anatomy, and In Space, which screened at festivals in Rotterdam, Bangkok, Sonoma Valley, and Whistler.