Bangkok, Thailand
$500 - $2000 / Day
CHANANUN CHOTRUNGROJ is an award-winning filmmaker and artist based in New York City and Bangkok. Chananun recently shot the feature film “Karaoke Girl,” as co-director of photography with Sandi Sissel which premiered at the 2012 Rotterdam Film Festival. She was an Artist-in-Residence at the Korean National Contemporary Art Museum in Seoul and her photography and installations have been exhibited in Bangkok, Seoul, and Beijing. She received “Best Cinematography” for her first short film, “Sink,” at the 2010 Singapore Short Film Awards, “Best Director” forshort film “ Home Coming” at the 2011 Fusion Film Festival “Best Cinematography” for “Karaoke Girl”at Bangkok Critics Assembly Awards 2014 and “Best Cinematography” from Starpics Thai Film Awards 2014. Her latest works include the feature film “Yosemite,” featuring James Franco and Henry Hopper premiere at Slamdance Film festival 2015. The same year, other of her work "Lerato" got selected in competition at SXSW 2015. She is currently
Karaoke Girl is an evocative character study of a Bangkok working girl, a singer in a nighttime karaoke bar for whom memories of her rural past and dreams of romantic fulfillment form a pulsing lifeline away from an emotionally depleting world. A hybrid documentary/fiction film, Karaoke Girl stars newcomer Sa Sittijun as a character largely based on herself. The documentary sections of the film fo
Short Film
It’s the fall of 1985. The intertwining tales of three 5th grade friends, Chris, Joe and Ted, unfold in the suburban paradise of Palo Alto, as the threat of a mountain lion looms over the community.
The film is a coming of age drama about the children of migrant workers who are abandoned in a small desert town. The kids are left behind by their fathers who go search for better life elsewhere. The youths have to take care of each other on their own, finding a tricky and volatile path towards adulthood.
video art / fashion art
Young Seide lives in a remote mountain village. Her closest friend is her horse. She loves her freedom to ride the horse and play with the village boys. Her stamina and good spirit don't go unnoticed and soon she is faced with the prospect of an arranged marriage. Official Selection – 2016 Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival Official Selection – 2016 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection
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