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SLR

Lertsiri BOONMEE / Vutichai WONGNOPHADOL

Thailand2022112min International Premiere

Synopsis

Dan, a photography major senior always has his graduation work rejected. His professor lends his SLR film camera, saying Dan needs to put more artistic value into his work. It subsequently gets better and better, but the camera brings death to the subjects, as if it is cursed. What choice will Dan make after discovering the evil force in the camera? SLR, invited to the NAFF Project Spotlight in 2014, has finally been completed. It is a collaboration of two directors, Mark & ED, a long time after their Lhong aka, Lost In Bangkok of 2012. Elements hard to find these days, such as a film camera, dark room, photo lab and a view finder give an aura to the myth of the camera, “the apparatus that take away a human soul”. A youth with such an uncertain future and a mentor willing to sell his soul for his art make the plot of this horror movie even more convincing. (Ellen Y. D. KIM)

Diretor

Lertsiri BOONMEE

Lertsiri Boonmee grew up as a New Yorker in the Bronx. Graduating from The New York Film Academy NYC campus with his thesis film The Other Half shot in 16mm, he screened it at various film festivals including the New York Film and Video Fest and Bangkok film festival. The first directorial feature debut was a drama indie film Lhong, LOST in BANGKOK (2012) dealing with the many facets of being lost in life. SLR was then developed and was even spotlighted at the 2014 NAFF project market at BIFAN as one of the big ideas coming out of Thailand.

Vutichai WONGNOPHADOL

Vutichai Wongnophadol is a Thai director, screenwriter and editor. Graduating from Rangsit University for Motion Picture and Video, he has worked as a producer at ‘MarkED Creativity’ with Lertsiri Boonmee, since 2005. His directorial feature debut with Mark was Lhong, aka Lost in Bangkok (2012). He was also a screenwriter for the feature film 3 AM (2012); a horror movie consisting of 3 short films.

Credit

Producer
Kongkiat KOMESIRI, Piyaluck MAHATANASAB
Screenplay
Lertsiri BOONMEE, Vutichai WONGNOPHADOL, Nophand BOONYAI
Cinematographer
Pramett CHANKRASSE
Editor
Weerapat TEMBUNDIT, Teerawat YAILUMYONG
Sound
Jirawat LAISAKORN, Warat PRASERTLAP, Traithep WONGPAIBOON
Music
Giant WAVE, Mongkol PONGWACHIRINT, Channasa MATTAPHAN
Production Design
Wuttikorn SRIPOTHONG