Anocha Suwichakornpong

Anocha Suwichakornpong is a filmmaker whose work explores memory, history and political trauma. Her debut Mundane History won the Tiger Award at Rotterdam. By the Time It Gets Dark centres on Thailand’s 1976 student massacre and won multiple awards. Her fourth feature, Come Here, premiered in the Berlinale Forum in 2021. She founded Bangkok’s Electric Eel Films and co-founded Purin Pictures to support Southeast Asian cinema. Anocha is an associate professor on Columbia University’s MFA Film Program and divides her time between New York and Bangkok.