Theatrical Screening
with By the Time It Gets Dark (Anocha Suwichakornpong, 2016)
Thursday, October 21, 6:00 p.m.
Gene Siskel Film Center
Wheelchair and mobility device accessible; hearing loop equipped
Free for SAIC students, $5 for SAIC/AIC faculty and staff, and $12 for the general public.
SAIC student and SAIC/AIC faculty and staff tickets are available from the Gene Siskel Film Center box office.
General audience tickets are available from the box office or here.
Virtual Screenings
Friday, October 29–November 4
Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema
Free for all audiences. Tickets
2021, Pom Bunsermvicha, Thailand, DCP, 17:34 minutes
According 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 with carrying out this tradition. Written by Anocha Suwichakornpong and shot on the set of Suwichakornpong’s Come Here (2021), Pom Bunsermvicha’s film seamlessly shifts between fiction and documentary in this subtle reflection on gender, power, and sexism. In Thai with English subtitles.
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RELATED EVENTS
Anocha Suwichakornpong, Tulapop Saenjaroen, and Pom Bunsermvicha in Conversation with Melika Bass
Virtual Event
Friday, October 21, 6:00 p.m.
Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema
Closed captions available
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ABOUT
Pom Bunsermvicha is an independent director and producer based in Bangkok, Thailand. Her work, which mostly combines documentary elements with fiction, has been shown at venues around the world including the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands; Museum of Modern Art, New York;, Hamburg International Short Film Festival; Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland; and SeaShorts Film Festival, Malaysia.
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For additional accessibility requests, including ASL interpretation or audio description, please visit saic.edu/access.
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GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER COVID-19 PROTOCOLS
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- Physical vaccination card
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Masks are required at all times. For more information, please visit the Film Center's COVID-19 page.
