POM BUNSERMVICHA FILMMAKER / ARTIST
ABOUT / SHORTS / PRESS


Pom BUNSERMVICHA (b. 1993, Thailand) is a non-binary filmmaker based in Bangkok, Thailand.

Their work, which mostly combines documentary elements with fiction, has been shown at festivals in Southeast Asia and abroad, including Locarno Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, MoMA’s Doc Fortnight, Hamburg International Short Film Festival, and SeaShorts.

Since 2015, Pom has concentrated their efforts in aiding the growth of independent cinema in Southeast Asia through their work with SEAFIC and Purin Pictures. As a producer, Pom has developed and co-produced projects by established and emerging filmmakers from Thailand at Electric Eel Films, Pop Pictures, and Vertical Films.

Pom is an alumni of Berlinale Talents and Open Doors Lab.

pom.sirada@gmail.com


Education

  • Bachelor of Arts, Modern Culture & Media with Honors, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA, 2012 - 2016;

  • Experimental Film & Lighting for Photography, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA, 2014 - 2015;

  • 35mm Film Production, Exchange Program, Film & TV School of The Academy of Performing Arts, Prague, CZ, 2014;

  • World Cinema Studies, Summer Program, Cineteca of Bologna & University of Bologna, Bologna, IT, 2013.


Training

  • Directing Workshop, Autumn Meeting, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, July 2023;

  • Open Doors Lab, Locarno Film Festival, Locarno, Switzerland, Aug 2021;

  • Berlinale Talents, Berlinale International Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, Feb 2019.


Selected Filmography

The Nature of Dogs / หมา-ป่า
Fiction · 2024 · 27’ · Thailand, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong

Awards
  • 2024 Singapore International Film Festival (SG), Won: Best Screenplay

Festival Selections

  • 2024 Locarno Film Festival (CH), Pardi di Domani
  • 2024 Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (CA), International Competition
  • 2024 Stockholm International Film Festival (SE), Short Film Competition
  • 2024 ZINEBI - International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao (ES), Official Selection
  • 2024 Laceno d'Oro International Film Festival (IT), “Gli occhi sulla città“ Official Contest
  • 2024 Singapore International Film Festival (SG), Southeast Asian Short Film Competition
  • 2024 Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival (ID), Light of Asia
  • 2024 Hainan Island International Film Festival (CN), Golden Coconut Award Competition

Special Screenings

  • 2024 Thai Short Film & Video Film Festival (TH), Special Screening


Lemongrass Girl / สาวไล่ฝน
Hybrid · 2021 · 17’ · Thailand

Awards
  • 2021 FICBUEU International Short Film Festival (ES), Won: Best Cinematography
  • 2021 New Holland Island International Debut Film Festival (RU), Special Mention
  • 2021 San Diego Asian Film Festival (US), Won: Best International Short
  • 2021 Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival (TH), Won: Jury Prize
  • 2021 Calcutta International Short Film Festival (IN), Won: Best Director & Best Cinematography
  • 2021 Thai Short Film & Video Film Festival (TH), Special Mention
  • 2022 Working Title Film Festival (IT), Special Mention

Festival Selections
  • 2021 International Film Festival Rotterdam (NL), Ammodo Tiger Short Competition
  • 2021 MoMA’s Doc Fortnight: International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media (US)
  • 2021 Las Palmas De Gran Canaria International Film Festival (ES), Short Film Competition
  • 2021 True/False Film Fest (US), Teleported Selection
  • 2021 Hamburg International Short Film Festival (DE), International Competition
  • 2021 The Norwegian Short Film Festival (NO), International Competition
  • 2021 Palm Springs International ShortFest (US), Official Selection
  • 2021 Festival ECRÃ (BR), Official Selection
  • 2021 Seoul International Women’s Film Festival (KR), Asian Shorts Competition
  • 2021 Silhouette Short Film Festival (FR), Official Selection
  • 2021 Encounters Film Festival (UK), Competition
  • 2021 FICBUEU International Short Film Festival (ES), International Section
  • 2021 Camden International Film Festival (US), Official Selection
  • 2021 Guanajuato International Film Festival (MX), Official Selection, Festival Prize Nominee
  • 2021 Visionär Film Festival (DE), Panorama
  • 2021 Filmfest Sundsvall (SE), International Short Film Competition, Stone City Award Nominee
  • 2021 Bolton International Film Festival (UK), Competition
  • 2021 BFI London Film Festival (UK), Official Selection, Short Film Award Nominee
  • 2021 Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (CA), Short Film International Competition
  • 2021 New Holland Island International Debut Film Festival (RU), Short Film Competition
  • 2021 Cormorán Film Fest (ES), Official Selection
  • 2021 Chicago International Film Festival (US), Live-Action Short Film Competition
  • 2021 Women Make Waves Film Festival (TW), Official Selection
  • 2021 Bosphorus Film Festival (TR), International Competition
  • 2021 Uppsala Short Film Festival (SE), International Competition, Grand Prix Nominee
  • 2021 San Diego Asian Film Festival (US), Competition
  • 2021 Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival (DE), Competition, Golden Key Nominee
  • 2021 Singapore International Film Festival (SG), Southeast Asian Short Film Competition
  • 2021 Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival (TH), ASEAN Short Film Competition
  • 2021 Hishorts! Xiamen Short Film Festival (CN)
  • 2021 Calcutta International Short Film Festival (IN), Competition
  • 2021 Thai Short Film & Video Film Festival (TH), Short Film Competition
  • 2022 London Short Film Festival (UK), The Empathic Gaze
  • 2022 Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival (FR), Lab Competition
  • 2022 Dhaka International Short and Independent Film Festival (BD), Official Selection
  • 2022 Pendance Film Festival (CA)
  • 2022 Akbank Short Film Festival (TR), Perspective
  • 2022 Filmfest Dresden (DE), International Competition
  • 2022 International Film Festival of Uruguay (UY), International Competition
  • 2022 Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival (DE), Short Film Competition
  • 2022 Working Title Film Festival (IT), Short Films Competition
  • 2022 International Changing Perspectives Film Festival (TR), Competition
  • 2022 LICHTER Filmfest Frankfurt (DE), International Short Film Program
  • 2022 Raddur Art - International Short Film Festival (IN)
  • 2022 Festival International du Film Oriental de Genève (CH)
  • 2022 Lago Film Fest - International Festival of Independent Cinema (IT), International Competition
  • 2022 Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art (UA)
  • 2022 Drim Short Film Festival (MK), International Competition
  • 2022 La Guarimba International Film Festival (IT), Fiction Category
  • 2022 Minikino – Bali International Short Film Festival (ID), International Competition
  • 2022 DC Shorts Film Festival (US), Official Selection
  • 2022 Lille International Short Film Festival (FR), International Competition
  • 2022 Heart Of Gold International Short Film Festival (AU), Competition
  • 2022 Smita Patil International Short Film Festival (IN), International Competition
  • 2023 Pramana Asian Film Festival (IT), Competition
  • 2023 Kotabaru Heritage Film Festival (IN), SEA Perspective x Objectifs Singapore
  • 2023 Overshare Video Festival (AU), Electric Eel Films Film Showcase

Special Screenings
  • 2021 Conversations at Edge, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (US)
  • 2021 Asian Film Joint, Screening in Fukuoka (JP)
  • 2021 Women in Film and Photography: Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film (SG)
  • 2022 SEAfest – Vassar College (US)
  • 2022 SGIFF Film Immersion Programme for Schools (SG)
  • 2022 Maqamāt, Egypt (EG)
  • 2022 Rotterdam Pride at LantarenVenster (NL)
  • 2022 Asian Art Platform (JP)
  • 2022 National University of Singapore Museum (SG)
  • 2022 Experimental Shorts, University of Chicago – Film Studies Center (US)
  • 2023 Amazing Thai Film Day, Asian Film Joint, Screening in Fukuoka (JP)
  • 2023 Carte Blanche to Wouter Jansen, Le Fresnoy – National Studio of Contemporary Arts (FR)
  • 2023 Royal Thai Embassy – Cairo, Film Screenings (EG)
  • 2024 Unsettling Landscape, UCLA Film and Television Archive & Center for the Study of Women (US)
  • 2024 Rebels Portraits of Defiant Women, Clermont-Ferrand ISFF at Thai Film Archives (TH)
  • 2024 Special Screenings: Southeast Asian Film Week 2024, Cinematheque Takasaki (JP)
  • 2024 Dreams and Rituals, ArtScience Museum (SG)
  • 2024 Collection (Spell): An Evening of Short Films - Naarm (AU)
  • 2024 AWID 15th Forum, Screening Room Program (TH)
  • 2024 Barbican Centre, Sine Screen - Precarious Landscapes 02 (UK)

Local Screenings
  • 2022 Local Premiere & Theatrial Release of “Come Here” (2021), House Samyan (TH)
  • 2022 Screening with “Come Here” (2021), Lido Connect (TH)
  • 2022 Q&A Screening with “Come Here” (2021), Doc Club & Pub (TH)
  • 2022 Exclusive Screening with “Come Here” (2021) in Chiang Mai, Hangarr (TH)


E-po (A Second Chance) / อีโป๋
Documentary · 2018 · 18’ · Thailand

Festival Selections
  • 2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (US), International Competition
  • 2018 Hamburg International Short Film Festival (DE), International Competition
  • 2018 SeaShorts Film Festival (MY), Competition
  • 2018 Thai Short Film & Video Festival (TH), Documentary Film Competition
  • 2021 Locarno Film Festival (CH), Open Doors Screenings


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