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10th International Festival Signes de Nuit - Bangkok - July 13-21, 2024

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Sunday, July 21, 2024

Thai Archive / 17 h




 

Eviction

Ian Gibbins
Australia / 2023 / 0:11:39


"We have been ordered to leave. They told us our lease has expired. Their cast-offs litter our landscapes. We have our ways of keeping out of sight. These are our microrefugia..." As human-induced global climate change threatens the viability of nearly every ecosystem on earth, small refuges, the microrefugia, may provide safe havens for the organisms that can successfully survive there. Small plants, fungi and species yet to evolve may yet be long-term survivors, if only we give them a chance... Nearly all of this footage was recorded in the Belair area of unceded Kaurna Land in South Australia. Much of it was filmed among the native plants in our own garden, with key elements recorded in Belair National Park. The music is in 11/4 time and includes samples of birds, frogs, machines, engines and alarms in and around the environments where the videos were recorded.

ASIA PREMIERE


 

Forests

Forêts
Simon Plouffe
Canada / 2022 / 0:16:22


Eastern white pines submerged under the waters of a hydroelectric reservoir on unceded Innu territory transform into flames. This exploration between water and fire illustrates our current climate emergency through multiple stories about the relationship between a community and it's land. In a dark, ambiguous environment, minuscule particles drift slowly before the lens. The image focuses to reveal spruce trees and tall pines, while Innu voices tell us the story of this territory, this flooded forest. Muffled percussive sounds gradually become louder, suggesting the presence of a hydroelectric dam. The submerged trees gradually transform into firebrands as whispers bring back the stories of this forest.

THAILAND PREMIERE

 

 

In the Noise of the Downpour

Oleksandr Stupak
Ukraine / 2024 / 0:11:47

The film is a contemplation of life through the prism of war. It is a premonition of global world changes... and a hope for the prudence of humanity. Human beings live in a world of memories, fears and passions, dreams and hopes. In our memories, we increasingly want to return to the world of childhood - summer, where joy and light reign, as opposed to cruel reality, loneliness and existentialism. But it is becoming more and more difficult to get into this world, to dissolve at least mentally in the sun's glare. This film is about man in nature and nature in man, about cyclicality, the beginning and the end - the path to eternity. Autumn is heading towards winter, and we are so eager for light.

WORLD PREMIERE


 

Memory Replica

Thao Nguyen Dang
Viet Nam / 2024 / 0:23:11


After hearing about a pagoda's mysterious disappearance, a group of filmmakers embarks on their journey to find an explanation

THAILAND PREMIERE



 

The Great Basin! Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Desert

Eric Weeks
United States / 2023 / 0:15:00


A film, book and print project that addresses climate change, the severe drought in the Western United States, gun culture, the military’s use of the basin and range of Nevada for atomic testing, cultural stereotypes, my own personal history, and my experiences in this mostly remote area. In the 15 minute short film I am creating complex collages of my still and motion captures made in Nevada with appropriated short clips from Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, recent weather footage, The Lone Ranger, as well as John Wayne’s and other historic films, cartoons, and many other cultural artifacts, in order to speak to the place and its significance.

THAILAND PREMIERE

 

Silent Chirping of Invisible Digits

Das feine Zirpen einer Dunkelziffer
Vera Sebert
Austria, Germany 2023 / 0:10:10


Like a single film frame, insects flash for the fraction of a second, only to immediately withdraw from the field of vision again. In between their flickering body fragments, the film shows undefinable voids. What can be seen when familiar filters of vision and the narratives associated with them are missing?

THAILAND PREMIERE

 

ymoR

Julien Lahmi
France / 2023 / 0:09:00


Inspired by Romy Schneider's revelations about her childhood, this film imagines the monstrous forms that may have hanted her nightmares and upset her psyche. When the truth can't come out, we make it into a monster.

ASIA PREMIERE
 

   
     
     


Competition Short Film, Cinema in Transgression, Documentary