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Parasite Family film image, director Prapat Jiwarangsan

Parasite Family

North American Premiere

Re-discovered film negatives represent families of affluence who absorbed Thailand’s wealth, like parasites. The journey from analog to digital, and finally to AI-generated images, gradually evolves these captured faces into a new species of monster.

Director
Credits
Country of Origin

Thailand

Year

2022

Language

No Dialogue

Film Contact
6 min

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Parasite Family film image, director Prapat Jiwarangsan

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Looking closer at archival images and stories from the past, these artists re-examine and re-create to establish history anew. A daring mix of approaches that excavate new ways of seeing old perspectives.

 

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Credits

Producer

Graiwoot Chulphongsathorn

Cinematography

Prapat Jiwarangsan

ANIM

Prapat Jiwarangsan

Editor

Prapat Jiwarangsan

Director

Prapat Jiwarangsan headshot, Parasite Family director

Prapat Jiwarangsan

Prapat Jiwarangsan is a visual artist and film director from Thailand. In his creative explorations, he incorporates a variety of media, especially photography, slides, and videos, to investigate and represent the relationships between history, memory, and politics in Thailand—particularly in relation to the theme of migration. Jiwarangsan has spent the last six years researching and making artwork that tackles the issues faced by migrant workers in Southeast Asia.