22nd New York Asian Film Festival

Jul 14-30, 2023

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North American Premiere

Faces of Anne

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Holy doppelganger, is this a wild trip! What defines our true identity, and very existence for that matter? Is it the rituals of life, from education and work to social customs that give us meaning? Or is it simply our physical features that say who we truly are? In rambunctiously high-concept fashion, Faces of Anne examines all of these profound and daunting questions with nightmarish abandon. A plethora of beguiling actresses, all staking claim to the personage of Anne, meld a horror-steeped heroine's journey with pulpy sci-fi trappings. The eponymous Anne wakes up on a strange island oppressed by scary caretakers and given a mission of survival against blood-crazed pagan demons. And how’s this for a curveball? Anne's face changes every few minutes! This surreal odyssey is a hair-raising yet universal metaphor of all that it means to be a woman in the modern world.

Directors: Kongdej Jaturanrasmee, Rasiguet Sookkarn
Cast: Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying, Waruntorn Paonil, Violette Wautier, Phantira Pipityakorn, Arachaporn Pokinpakorn
Languages: Thai with English Subtitles
2022; 116 min.

SCHEDULE:

Friday July 28, 9:15pm
Film at Lincoln Center

Intro & Q&A with director Rasiguet Sookkarn.

Donsaron Kovitvanitcha

Donsaron Kovitvanitcha works as a film writer, critic, and journalist for magazines and newspapers in Thailand. In 2022, he became the festival director of World Film Festival of Bangkok. He is a programmer for film festivals in Thailand, as well as the preselector of short films for Busan International Film Festival since 2020. He is also an independent film producer, and has produced Nontawat Numbenchapol's Boundary (2013), Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit's The Master (2015) and Die Tomorrow (2017), Anucha Boonyawatana's The Blue Hour (2015) and Malila: The Farewell Flower (2017), and Sorayos Prapapan’s Arnold is a Model Student (2022).

Rasiguet Sookkarn

Rasiguet Sookkarn is an award-winning production designer and filmmaker. He was born in Bangkok and holds a bachelor’s degree from Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Architecture. Rasiguet started as an art director for several commercials and became a production designer on many award-winning feature films such as Sivaroj Kongsakul’s Eternity (2010), Kongdej Jaturanrassamee’s P-047 (2011) and Tang-Wong (2012), Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s 36 (2012) and Mary is happy, Mary is happy (2013). Rasiguet received awards for his design in his homeland and was selected for the Berlinale Talents 2014. He also directed some music videos for several indie bands in Thailand. More recent films include Kirstin Tan’s Sundance award winner Pop Aye (2017) and Sorayos Prapapan’s Arnold is a Model Student (2022). Faces of Anne marks his directorial feature debut.