Contact (International)
Nominee
Moving Ahead Award / Locarno International Film Festival 2019
Nominee
Asia Pacific Screen Award/ Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2019
Wavelengths/ Toronto International Film Festival 2019
Gateway/ Vancouver International Film Festival 2019
Special Presentations/ BFI London Film Festival
A Window on Asian Cinema/ Busan International Film Festival 2019
Synopsis:
In the town of Krabi, a popular tourist destination in southern Thailand, the pre-historic, the recent past and the contemporary capitalist world awkwardly collide. The town’s local folklore and histories are promoted as attractions to foreigners, while the town’s traditional labour force is muted and hidden from the tourists’ eyes. A nameless character, whose identity continually changes, takes us around town to explore various sites that capture Krabi in its current state. These sites uniquely illustrate how Krabi’s folklore is propagated and commodified to fill the need of tourism industry.
