Feature films and documentaries by Ing K, Thai filmmaker, from 15 to 18. March in Frankfurt am Main
First ever show of work in Europe
The filmmaker will be present in person
Thai filmmaker Ing Kanjanavanit (b. 1959; stage name: Ing K) is one of the most interesting and daring Southeast Asian filmmakers of the moment. In her hands, the camera becomes a weapon in the struggle for the right to freedom of expression, although the artist fears no repression. Filmkollektiv Frankfurt e.V. is organizing the first ever complete show of her work on European soil on March 15, 17 and 18, 2017. Ing K will be personally present at all screenings at the Deutsches Filmmuseum (on Wednesday, March 15, 8:15 pm) and at the Studierendenhaus on the Bockenheim campus (on March 17 and 18) and will talk about her films afterwards. The work show includes two feature films and five documentaries, which will be shown in six screenings.
Her first feature KON GRARB MHA / MY TEACHER EATS BISCUITS (1998), inspired by John Waters' early work, is set in an ashram where a dog is worshipped as a god. One of the first no-budget independent films from Thailand, it was banned by state censors for offending religion. She then concentrated more on painting and, after almost a decade away from films, made POLAMUANG JULING / CITIZEN JULING, which screened in the Berlinale Forum in 2009, a relentless documentary about the murder of a Buddhist teacher in the Muslim-dominated southern part of Thailand.
2012 she made SHAKESPEARE MUST DIE, the first ever cinematic adaptation of a Shakespeare play in Thailand, staged in a stunningly dynamic, colourful style. Although it is a literal adaptation of the play "Macbeth", the Thai censors classified this film as a "threat to national security". As a result, the three-hour opus magnum was not allowed to be shown in her home country until today. Immediately afterwards, she made a unique piece of film history: a documentary about the banning of her own feature film, in which she documents endless Kafkaesque official procedures, application processes and statements by the censors. Her current multi-part BANGKOK JOYRIDE project (of which the first two parts will be screened) arranges documentary footage of large-scale demonstrations in Thailand into a multi-layered symphony of protest.
Admission: 5 euros per film (except at the Deutsches Filmmuseum, see prices there)
Venue: 15 March - Kino im Deutschen Filmmuseum (Schaumainkai 41, 60596 Frankfurt am Main) & 17.-18 March Studierendenhaus auf dem Campus Bockenheim (Mertonstraße 26-28, 60325 Frankfurt am Main)
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The Werkschau Ing K is an event of the Filmkollektiv Frankfurt - Projektionsraum für unterrepräsentierte Filmkultur e.V. in cooperation with the General Students' Committee of Goethe University, Pupille e.V. - Kino in der Uni, the Deutsches Filminstitut/Deutsche Filmmuseum and the Paris Documentary Film Festival Cinéma du réel. The sponsor is HessenFilm und Medien GmbH.
The non-profit association Filmkollektiv Frankfurt - Projektionsraum für unterrepräsentierte Filmkultur e.V. has been presenting independently curated cinema programs in Frankfurt am Main since September 2013
Source: Filmkollektiv Frankfurt