International Competition
Trip After
Ukrit Sa-nguanhai / New Zealand, Thailand / 2022 / 10’ / Thai, English | Italian and English Subtitles
ITALIAN PREVIEW
In the 1960s, the United States Information Service (USIS) mobile film units traveled around the northeast region of Thailand showing their self-produced propaganda films to rural audiences as a part of a psychological operation. The Community Development Worker,Community Development Worker, one of their most well-received works, was also filmed in a province in that same region.
Trip After is a 2022 travel vlog inspired by the field trip reports of those United States Information Service (USIS) mobile film units
Ukrit Sa-nguanhai
Ukrit Sa-nguanhai is a Thai moving image artist and filmmaker who lives and works in Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand. His works have been shown in several international film festivals and art exhibitions, including Sharjah Biennial, Locarno Film Festival, and Berlin International Film Festival. He has been interested in amateur film aesthetics, rural/ marginal film history, itinerant cinema, and collaborative work with local people. Currently, Ukrit has been developing his first feature film The Itinerant.