Directing

Danaya Chulphuthiphong

Danaya Chulphuthiphong lives and works in Bangkok, Thailand. She holds a BA in Archaeology and MFA in Visual Arts. She started her career as a documentary photographer for a newspaper and a magazine. She is interested in lens-based arts and works with both still and moving images. In 2014, Danaya made her first short film 'Night Watch' which has been selected for participation in the International Competition of the 61st International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Experimenta India and won the Special Jury Prize from Fronteira, The International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival. In 2016, Danaya released her second short film, 'Demos' which has been selected for participation in Southeast Asian Short Film Competition of the 27th Singapore International Film Festival and won the BACC award from the 20th Thai Short Film and Video Festival.

Acting credits

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Film-maker Ann has an upcoming project about the 1976 massacre of Thai students. She interviews Taew, a survivor, at a mountain retreat only to have her perspective change as the project progresses.

By the Time It Gets Dark

2016

Behind the camera

By the time the zoo is closing, detained animals feeling frustrated and confused. The only thing they can do is retaining a slight degree of consciousness, waiting for the changing of time. Demos is a lyrical assemblage of observational footage collected from various places. The film is an attempt to depict the gloom, the oppression and the surreality that exists in Thailand since the military coup in 2014.

Demos

2016

Poetic and tactile, 'Microcosmic Orbit: Encased' presents containers of both plants and people, asking how such barriers might not only protect but stifle.

Microcosmic Orbit: Encased

2026

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Watching through an ordinary night, under the "situation normal", during the 2014 Thai coup d’etat.

Night Watch

2015