ANINSRI DAENG

Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke

2020 / Thailand / Fiction / 30’  – FRENCH PREMIERE

Synopsis

The queer espionage film made in the tradition of Cold-War-era Thai dubbed film. A ladyboy prostitute-cum-spy is assigned a mission to disguise as a cis-masculine gay to spy on a student activist.

Biography

Ratchapoom Boonbuncahchoke is a Thai filmmaker, born, brought up and based in Bangkok. He graduated from the film department of Chulalongkorn University. He works full-time as a scriptwriter for the studio, writing commercial features and television series. Also, he works as a film lecturer and critic. In 2020, Ratchapoom was selected to participate in Berlinale Talents program as part of the Berlin International Film Festival. His short film Red Aninsri; Or, Tiptoeing on the Still Trembling Berlin Wall was selected to be in Pardi di Domani at Locarno 2020 which was awarded by Junior Jury, the Best International Short Film award.