. Conversations at the Edge (CATE)

Tulapop Saenjaroen: Short Films

Thursday, October 28–Thursday, November 04 Recent films by Thai artist and filmmaker Tulapop Saenjaroen. Theatrical Screening A Room with a Coconut View, People on Sunday, Squish!, Notes from the Periphery Thursday, October 28, 6:00 p.m. Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Screenings A Room with a Coconut View, People on Sunday October 29–November 4 Gene Siskel […]

Anocha Suwichakornpong: Krabi, 2562 and Jai

Sunday, October 24, 6:00 p.m. Theatrical Screening Gene Siskel Film Center Anocha Suwichakornpong’s third feature, made in collaboration with filmmaker Ben Rivers, is a mischievous and delightfully mysterious portrait of the province of Krabi, a stunningly beautiful region in southwestern Thailand under threat by climate change and growing tourism. Fluidly slipping between documentary and fiction, […]

Anocha Suwichakornpong: Mundane History and Nightfall

Saturday, October 23, 5:00 p.m. Theatrical Screening Gene Siskel Film Center The corporeal and the cosmic collide to mesmerizing effect in Anocha Suwichakornpong’s debut feature. Mundane History begins straightforwardly enough, as nurse Pun takes a new job caring for Ake, a paralyzed young man whose angry defiance gradually softens into grudging respect. But as the two men […]

Anocha Suwichakornpong, Tulapop Saenjaroen, and Pom Bunsermvicha in Conversation

Friday, October 22, 6:00 p.m Virtual Event Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema Closed captions available Join Anocha Suwichakornpong, Tulapop Saenjaroen, and Pom Bunsermvicha for a wide-ranging conversation about their collaborative projects, self-reflexive approach to media, and engagement with the history and politics of Thailand. Moderated by Melika Bass. ABOUT THE ARTISTS Anocha Suwichakorn­­­­pong is a […]

Anocha Suwichakornpong: By the Time It Gets Dark

Thursday, October 21–Thursday, October 28 Theatrical Screening with Lemongrass Girl (Pom Bunsermvicha, 2021) Thursday, October 21, 6:00 p.m. Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Screenings October 22–October 28 Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema 2016, Anocha Suwichakornpong, Thailand / France / Netherlands / Qatar, DCP, 105 minutes Over the last 15 years, Thai filmmaker Anocha Suwichakornpong has emerged […]

Pom Bunsermvicha: Lemongrass Girl

Thursday, October 21–Thursday, November 04 Theatrical Screening with By the Time It Gets Dark (Anocha Suwichakornpong, 2016) Thursday, October 21, 6:00 p.m. Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Screenings October 29–November 4 Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema According to Thai superstition, a virgin can ward off rain by planting lemongrass upside down underneath an open sky. This […]