Narrative

Set fifteen years after the 2010 military massacre of pro-democracy protesters in Bangkok, Anocha Suwichakornpong’s film blurs the boundaries between filmmaking, political reflection and legal investigation. It unfolds as both a rehearsal and an act of remembrance – staging a fictional trial for those responsible for the violence that remains officially unaccounted for. As Thailand’s justice system continues to suppress efforts toward civic accountability, Narrative weaves together the testimony of real witnesses with the filmmaker’s own research process for her forthcoming feature, Fiction. Through this layered approach, Suwichakornpong creates a space where documentary evidence and imaginative reconstruction converge, challenging viewers to confront the gaps in official narratives. The result is a haunting meditation on truth, representation and the unfinished work of history – asking what cinema can accomplish when traditional paths to justice have been foreclosed.

Anocha Suwichakornpong is a filmmaker whose work explores memory, history and political trauma. Her debut Mundane History won the Tiger Award at Rotterdam. By the Time It Gets Dark centres on Thailand’s 1976 student massacre and won multiple awards. Her fourth feature Come Here premiered at the Berlinale Forum in 2021. She founded Bangkok’s Electric Eel Films and co-founded Purin Pictures to support Southeast Asian cinema. Anocha is an Associate Professor at Columbia University’s MFA Film Program and divides her time between New York and Bangkok.

Director Anocha Suwichakornpong. Screenplay Anocha Suwichakornpong. Cinematography Parinee Buthrasri. Editing Tulapop Saenjaroen. Music Eiko Ishibashi. Sound Design Ernst Karel. Producers Paul Mori, Tulapop Saenjaroen. Co-Producers Ida Aroonwong, Mai Meksawan, Gohey Miyoshi. Production company Electric Eel Films (Bangkok, Thailand). With Ubolvadee Junthorn, Phayaw Akkahad, Ornanong Thaisriwong, Kunpat Singhathong, Sunanta Peechavet.

Films: 2010: เจ้านกกระจอก / Mundane History. 2016: ดาวคะนอง / By the Time It Gets Dark. 2019: กระบี่, 2562 / Krabi, 2562 (co-directed by Ben Rivers). 2021: Jai jumlong / Come Here (Forum 2021). 2025: Narrative.