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Isan Odyssey (อีสานอำพราง)
(Thunska Pansittivorakul / 2025 / 80 min / Thailand)
This hybrid documentary weaves various incidents from Isan, Thailand’s biggest but poorest region. It follows Mor Lam, a popular folk music with Lao roots, and explores pre and post-Cold War political uprisings. The narrative uncovers why Isan has been cursed with endless misfortunes, yet its people still smile, laugh, and enjoy life in a land of bloodshed and tears.
Based on an original concept by Thanom Chapakdee.
Doc Club Originals presents
A Sleep of Reason Films Production
A Film By ธัญสก พันสิทธิวรกุล Thunska Pansittivorakul
โมก หล้าจันทรา Mok Lachantra, กฤษฎิ์ ปรารมย์ (ดีดี เฟล็คชั่น) Krid Prarom (Dd Flection), วีระพงษ์ วงศ์ศิลป์ Weerapong Wongsilp, กู่แคน Gookhaen
Music : ฉันท์ธนิน สุพัฒน์ Chantanin Supath
Editor and Production Designer : ธัญสก พันสิทธิวรกุล Thunska Pansittivorakul
Directors of Photography : ภีศเดช คัมภิรานนท์ Peasadet Compiranont, พัศรวินทน์ กุลสมบูรณ์ Phassarawin Kulsomboon, ธนกร โชคหิรัญกาญจน์ Thanakorn Chokhirunkarn
Executive Producers : ผีไพร Pheeprai, ธิดา ผลิตผลการพิมพ์ Thida Plitpholkarnpim, กฤตวิทย์ หริมเทพาธิป Krittawit Rimtheparthip
Producer : กฤตวิทย์ หริมเทพาธิป Krittawit Rimtheparthip
Written and Directed By ธัญสก พันสิทธิวรกุล Thunska Pansittivorakul
Thunska Pansittivorakul
Thunska Pansittivorakul was born in Bangkok in 1973, but grew up in Padang Besar, a border town between Thailand and Malaysia. He graduated with a degree in Art Education from Chulalongkorn University.
He won the Grand Prize award at The 4th Taiwan International Documentary Festival in 2004 for his documentary feature ‘Happy Berry’. In 2007, he received the Silpathorn Award from The Ministry of Culture’s Office of Contemporary Arts, which is awarded to one outstanding artist each year. The past honorees in the field of film include Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Wisit Sasanatieng, etc.
His work has been screened at international film festivals including IDFA, Berlinale, Rotterdam, DOK Leipzig, Sheffield, Era New Horizons, Visions du Réel, Cinema du Réel, Torino, BAFICI, Busan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei Golden Horse, DMZdocs etc. In 2019, his “Santikhiri Sonata” won the Grand Prize at DocLisboa, Portugal. In 2022, his “Danse Macabre” won a Merit Prize at Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival (TIDF). Most recently, “Damnatio Memoriae” was selected to Disobedience Archive at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia (Venice Biennale).
Filmography :
Voodoo Girls (2003)
Happy Berry (2004)
This Area is Under Quarantine (2009)
Reincarnate (2010)
The Terrorists (2011)
Supernatural (2014)
sPACEtIME (2015)
I was Young? Ignorant? Curious! (2017)
Homogeneous, Empty Time (2017)
Nang Yai Now (2019)
Santikhiri Sonata (2019)
Avalon (2020)
Danse Macabre (2021)
Damnatio Memoriae (2023)
Isan Odyssey (2025)
