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The Convert

Wide Angle

Family · Coming of Age · True Story · Women · Spirituality

CountryThailand
Production Year2008
Running Time83min
FormatDV
ColorCOLOR

Program Note

June, a carefree Thai woman, converts to Islam in order to marry Ake, a Muslim. Although it is not an easy decision, she submerges herself in her new life. How will June adapt? The documentary tracks the journey of June with an anxious perspective. This anxiousness stands out because of the friendship between the filmmaker and June. Rather than an interview, June chats in front of the camera and the filmmaker who listens to her stories, responds and giggles along. The film is an introspection on religion, love, and life. (LEE Seung Min)

Director

Kong Rithdee

Kong Rithdee has spent 12 years as a writer, film critic and Op-ed columnist at the Bangkok Post, Thailand’s leading English-language newspaper. His articles have appeared in Variety, Film Comment and various film festival publications. He is also guest lecturer at universities on the subjects of Thai film industry and film criticism. In 2006, he conceived and co-directed the short documentary [In Between], which won the runner-up prize for Best Documentary at the Thai Short Film Festival.

Kaweenipon Ketprasit

Kaweenipon Ketprasit graduated from the department of mass communications at Ramkamhaeng University. He founded S. Screenhead in 2001. He edited the feature films, [Three Friends] by director Aditya Assarat and [True Mom] by Mingmongkol Sonakul. His company also does editing work for music videos of several Thai singers, as well as video presentations. In 2006, he conceived and co-directed the short documentary [In Between], which won the runner-up prize for Best Documentary at the Thai Short Film Festival.

Panu Aree

Born in 1973, Panu Aree graduated from the Film and Photography department of Thammasat University in 1995. He began his career as a sound recordist for Thai film productions. In 2000, Panu made his first short film called [Once Upon a Time]. He later made 9 more films, including [Destiny](2001), which won the Jury Prize at the Bangkok International Film Festival, [The Magic Water](2001), [Parallel](2002) and [In Between](2006) .

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