Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre, in collaboration with The Royal Thai Embassy, invite you to attend the screening of two Thai films on the 9th of November, followed by a discussion with the audience. Screening starts at 7pm after a welcome reception at 6pm

The screening is free of charge.

"Lemongrass Girl"
A FILM BY POM BUNSERMVICHA
17 MINUTES| 2021According
to Thai superstition, a virgin can ward off rain by planting lemongrass
upside-down underneath an open sky. This belief remains prevalent to
this day. As clouds begin to gather, a young production manager on a
film set is tasked to carry out this tradition. As her fellow female
co-workers shy away from the duty, she is left with no choice but to
take on the burden of becoming the lemongrass girl.

"By the Time It Gets Dark"
A FILM BY ANOCHA SUWICHAKORNPONG
105 MINUTES| 2016A
film director and her muse who was a student activist in the 1970s, a
waitress who keeps changing jobs, an actor and an actress, all live
loosely connected to each other by almost invisible threads. The
narrative sheds its skin several times to reveal layer upon layer of
the complexities that make up the characters’ lives.