มอริสัน

MORRISON

2023, 106 minutes, Thailand/France, 1.85, Color, 5.1 Sound, in Thai and English with English subtitles

Sales/Festivals: Neramitnungfilm (Thailand)

Jimmy, a 40-year-old former popstar turned engineer, is sent to the region of his childhood to supervise the renovation of an old hotel. Once settled, Jimmy finds out the once flamboyant hotel has become a ruin, a maze of narrow corridors and a relic of a bygone era.

Phuttiphong Aroonpheng studied fine arts at Bangkok’s Silpakorn University. His short films have screened in festivals including Busan, Rotterdam, Hamburg, and Singapore. His latest short, FERRIS WHEEL, screened in over 20 festivals and received 10 awards. He participated in the 2009 Asian Film Academy at Busan and was also selected as one of the Asian Public Intellectuals fellows by the Nippon Foundation. He also works extensively as a cinematographer, with credits including VANISHING POINT (dir. Jakrawal Nilthamrong), THE ISLAND FUNERAL (dir. Pimpaka Towira), and DOLPHINS (dir. Waleed Al-Shehhi). MANTA RAY is his debut feature film.

MORRISON is Phuttiphong's latest film, further showcasing his unique storytelling and visual style. The film explores themes of identity and displacement, continuing his tradition of deeply human and visually poetic cinema.