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Anocha Suwichakornpong’s films have been the subject of special focus screenings at the Museum of the Moving Image, New York,TIFF Cinematheque, Toronto, and Harvard Film Archive. Mundane History, her first feature film, won numerous awards, including the Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. By the Time It Gets Dark, Anocha’s second feature, which centers around a student massacre that took place in 1976 by Thai state forces has been screened in numerous festivals. The film won Best Picture and Best Director at Thailand National Film Awards and was chosen as Thailand’s Oscar entry for Best Foreign Language Film.
Anocha founded the Bangkok-based production house, Electric Eel Films, and co-founded the non-profit Purin Pictures. Through these organizations, she supports emerging voices in independent Southeast Asian Cinema.