SARNT UTAMACHOTE

Sarnt UTAMACHOTE (1992, Thailand, he/they) is a queer filmmaker, photographer and curator, who have interests in postcolonial urban studies, cold war narratives, Southeast Asian diaspora and cinema, music and mental health. He co-founded collective “un.thai.tled” (of Thai-German diasporic critical creatives), through which he curates critical cultural exhibitions such as “Beyond the kitchen: Stories from the Thai Park” (2020) as well as film screenings “un.thai.tled Film Festival Berlin” (2019-annual). He is part of the selected participants at Young Curators Workshop for 11th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art 2020 and currently collects the archive of Thai migrations and movements in Berlin/Germany. Being involved with local queer/BIPoC communities in Berlin, his audiovisual work (as director/editor) represents collaboration and mutual care. His video installation “I Am Not Your Mother” was exhibited at International Rotterdam Film Festival 2020 and nominated for “R.D. Pestonji Award” for best Thai short film Bangkok 2020. He is the 2020 recipient of Xposed Short Film Fund.