Beauty That Emerges from Tragedy(ECG2023)

● Wonderful Town
Aditya ASSARAT | Thailand | Drama | 2007 | 89'
In Thai with English subtitles
Busan International Film Festival: New Currents Award | International Film Festival Rotterdam: VPRO Tiger Award

● 180°・78°14'N 15°36'E・2013
Jolene MOK | Hong Kong | Experimental | 2022 | 22'
No dialogue with English subtitles
Jumping Frames - Hong Kong International Movement-image Festival

Set in a declining village in southern Thailand, Wonderful Town is Aditya Assarat's debut feature film that explores the lingering emotions left behind by a tsunami. Against a beautiful backdrop, a foreign architect and a local maid develop an unfortunate love story. The film won the VPRO Tiger Award at the 2008 Rotterdam International Film Festival and the Fipresci Prize at the HKIFF, and has been praised as "gentle and serene, rivalling Dust in the Wind". Our programme features a commissioned experimental work by visual artist Jolene Mok entitled 180°・78°14'N 15°36'E・2013. Co-commissioned by CCDC "Jumping Frames - Hong Kong International Movement-image Festival" and RFHK "Eye Catcher Images", this piece showcases stunning imagery that rotates continuously for 22 minutes, evoking a continuous stream of associations in the audience's mind.

POST-SCREENING TALK GUEST: Aditya ASSARAT
Post-Screening Talk will be held in theatre after the screening