Krabi, 2562 Virtual Q&A with Ben Rivers and Jason Wood

Tom Grieve, Cinema Editor
In collaboration with MUBI, HOME invite audiences to an online Q&A to celebrate the release of Krabi, 2562.
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Krabi, 2562 Virtual Q&A with Ben Rivers and Jason Wood at HOME Manchester, Manchester 29 May 2020 Entrance is free — Visit now

HOME might be physically closed, but the special events continue online as they invite you to watch Krabi, 2562 via MUBI, and then join them for an online Zoom Q&A with director Anocha Suwichakornpong and director and cinematographer Ben Rivers, hosted by Jason Wood, HOME’s Creative Director of Film

Experimental art-house auteurs Anocha Suwichakornpong and Ben Rivers join forces for a surreal, perplexing trip to Thailand in Krabi, 2562 (Krabi is the region in which the film is set, while the digits that follow refer to the year 2019 in the Buddhist calendar.) The film follows a sophisticated young woman (Siraphan Wattanajinda) — a market researcher or location scout depending upon who asks — as she explores beaches, shrines, and a local abandoned cinema before disappearing without a trace.

The co-directors approach this slight premise playfully, utilising non-professionals and documentary techniques to blur lines and provoke a sense of mystery. Lengthy shots of beautiful beaches — including the one from Danny Boyle’s The Beach — are intermingled with more surprising images, such as hazmat-suited scientists roaming around a tourist attraction, or Neaderthals hunting in the shallows.

A merging of sensibilities, Suwichakornpong (By the Time It Gets Dark) and Rivers (A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness) offer a mischievously meditative portrait of southwestern Thailand — past, present and future — that contrasts with the popular version sold to backpackers and holidaymakers.

Krabi, 2562 Virtual Q&A with Ben Rivers and Jason Wood at HOME Manchester, Manchester 29 May 2020 Entrance is free Visit now

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