Post-screening conversation about TONGPAN focusing on the role of Paijong Laisakul in the film’s completion and custodianship.
Curated by Sine Screen, Vulnerable Histories series
Institute of Contemporary Art London 23 February 2025
Tongpan (ทองปาน)
Dir. Isan Film Collective, Thailand / 1977 / 60 min
Tongpan, a farmer, is struggling to make ends meet after being displaced by urban development. When a student approaches him to participate in a seminar attended by local residents, government officials and academics, to discuss the proposed construction of a dam in Isan, Thailand, we see a sharp critique of the double marginalisation of rural voices within supposedly democratic seminars.
Hole (Gumeong)
Dir. Han Okhi/ Kaidu Film Club / South Korea / 1974 / 8 min
A loose experimental work about a young man who escapes from prison to the metropolitan.
Untitled 77-A (Muje 77-A)
Dir. Han Okhi/Kaidu Film Club / South Korea / 1977 / 6 min
A self-portrait of an artist seeking to break away from her sense of confinement within the film world, as a female artist.
Wan (bowl)
Dir. Nihon University Cinema Club/Masao Adachi / Japan / 1961 / 25 min
The film, with its loose, surreal imagery, follows a young man who rebels against an eerie ritual—yet it remains ambiguous whether his act of defiance is a personal, autonomous choice or an integral part of the ceremony itself.