Uruphong Raksasad's Agrarian Utopia continues to gather accolades on the festival circuit, harvesting a NETPAC Jury Award from the Brisbane International Film Festival, which wrapped up on Sunday.It was the only Thai film in the festival. Here's the synopsis:
Apart from filmmaking, what interests me to an equal extent is agriculture. I feel it is among mankind’s most noble professions. I wonder whether all these professions we have in the world (including filmmaking) are really necessary.—Uruphong Raksasad, Director
Thai filmmaker Uruphong Raksasad knows the challenges of farming. The son of a rice farmer, Raksasad portrays the hardships of working the land in his docudrama Agrarian Utopia. The production was set on a plot of land actually farmed by the actors, and, although fictional, the film tackles the issues of environmental sustainability with the same provocative impact as traditional cinéma vérité.The narrative follows two families whose debts force them to farm the same land. The impossibility of the situation is realised when the question ’How can we dream of utopia while our stomach is still grumbling?’ is raised.
The 13th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday, with Uruphong Raksasad's Agrarian Utopia winning the Best Narrative Feature Film or Video Award (with an honorable mention to Nakamura Yoshihiro's Fish Story). Uruphong was present for the closing gala and awards ceremony.It continues to be a busy year on the festival circuit for this beautiful experimental documentary. Other recent festival appearances include the Mumbai Film Festival, the AsiaticaFilmMediale in Rome, CPH:DOX in Copenhagen and the Mar del Plata International Film Festival. It is screening in the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, which runs until November 26. Coming up, Agrarian Utopia will be in the Festival of 3 Continents in Nantes, France from November 24 to December 1. And it's a nominee for the Asia-Pacific Screen Awards that will be handed out on November 26 in Gold Coast, Australia.
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