Hours of Ours
Synopsis
A young Sudanese family flees their country and arrives in Bangkok to seek asylum. They meet a young Thai filmmaker who has just returned home after a decade abroad. Despite the uncertain future facing the family, they form a deep connection and decide to make a film together. Hours of Ours follows the Ibrahim family’s journey as they navigate the challenges of living in an indefinite transitory state while they wait for approval to be resettled into a third country.
Schedule
1st Screening
4 December 2023, 19:00 GMT+7
2nd Screening
7 December 2023, 16:30 GMT+7
Credits
Komtouch Napattaloong
Thai artist filmmaker Komtouch Dew Napattaloong’s latest video piece, No Exorcism Film (2024) competed at CPH:DOX 2024 for the NEW:VISION award. His debut feature documentary, Hours of Ours (2023), premiered at the Visions du Réel 2023 International Competition and SGIFF 2023. Napattaloong also produced Nontawat Numbenchapol’s 2019 Thai doc, Soul Without Land (2019), which premiered at Visions du Réel Film Festival and later received the Special Jury Prize at the Taiwan International Documentary Festival.
Details
2023 - SGIFF | Official Selection
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