27/09/2024
Arriving!
MAEW2024's "The Young Day"
28 September 2024
Performances;
• Violin and visual performance by Phoe San, a violinist from Myanmar
• Music by “Samanchon” (The Ordinary People)
Discussion: “Behind the Lens - Meet the Photographers of the Exhibitions”
• Rerngrit Kongmuang, photographer of the photo exhibition “Echoes from the Mekong River: Communities in Transition”
• Janjira Ditcharoen, photographer of a photo series comparing the fishing community in Khong Chiam District, Ubon Ratchathani Province
• Thananchai Kaewsowattana, photographer of a photo series of the people living in the Tonle Sap Lake area
• Naphasorn Thawila, photographer of Had Pai community, Chiang Khong District, Chiang Rai Province, a Tai Lue ethnic community who live along the Mekong River
• Pimpakaporn Pornpeng, the member of GMT+ Collective Art and narrator of the exhibition “Art and Environment, Living in the Anthropocene”
Moderator: Chanang Umpharak, The Mekong Butterfly
Introduction: “Board Game - Impacts of Dam Construction on Animals
and Plants in the Mekong River'
• Jiran Fuengnak
• Wiraya Wichayaprasertkul and;
• Napat Chantalun
Introduce the team by Hadsawat Rattanakachen, Project SEVANA South-East Asia and Lalita Waisinittham
Board Game session (1) (Four people in each group. All three groups)
With Sitha music by Napon Phatham, The Silence House, Ubon Ratchathani Province
“Writing Environmental Stories”
• Short story “Vern Pla” by Kittipop Kaewsuwan
• Article “How dams disrupting lives along the Mekong River in Northeastern Thailand” By Thannaree Promsiri
Commentator: Witayakara Sowattara, Writer and the owner of Philadephia Bookshop, Ubon Ratchathani
Moderator: Janjira Ditcharoen
Series of Documentary Films and a Discussion with the Filmmakers
• Short film “Tonle Sap — A Sound of Dying Lake” by Kawin Sirichanthakul
• A series of short films by EcoCupid “What the Young is trying to do for environment,” about groups in Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand
• Short film about the Kaeng Sua Ten Dam by Naphasorn Thawila
Moderator: Chalermchai Watjang, Land Watch Thai
Film Screening and discussion with the filmmakers of “Stories from the Mekong,” a project empowering young filmmakers in Thailand to produce documentaries that bring visibility to the lives of local communities.
• “Moving Sand” by Mind Media Team, Laos PDR
• “The State of the Powerless”, A film by Cat on the Rooftop Team about Tamui village in Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand
• “Light of the Mekong”, A film by Kratibbai Home Studio Team from Udorn Thani province, Thailand. It is about the Kok Wow community, located along the Mekong River at the Pak Chom Dam project site.
A discussion with the filmmakers;
• Yingyong Wongtakhi, winner of the Best Documentary Award from the Entertainment Critics Association, 2023 director of the documentary film “The State of the Powerless”
• Athidxay Bouandaoheuang, a filmmaker from Lao PDR, director of the documentary film “Moving Sand”
• Mingkwan Thuat, a female documentary director who drives public communication work in the Northeast, director of the documentary film “Light of the Mekong”
• Urupong Raksasat, production consultant for the project “From the Middle of the Mekong to the City” and a well-known film director
• Ormboon Thipsuna, content consultant for the project “From the Middle of the Mekong to the City”, president of the Mekong Community Organization Network Association, 7 Northeastern Provinces
Moderator: Thirayut Wirakham, The documentary film production project manager
