Telling our own stories about our cultures from our perspective. What our people have gone through over the years, with genocide and slavery, is a common theme and similarity we have in terms of what we try to tackle in films. It was really important to him because he wanted to bring that representation and uplift people of color. I’d ask him things like, “How do you deal with working with non-actors in your work?” It was definitely a learning curve for me.įor this Rolex mentorship and protégé arts initiative, he told me he wanted to work with a Native Indigenous filmmaker. I would show it to Spike and get his feedback to see what he thought, especially since it’s my first narrative film.
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I actually just shot that short film a few months before the pandemic hit, so during the start of the pandemic, I had all this free time to edit because there wasn’t much to do. So I was still working when we could, safely, and that also showed just Tribeca recently, this past year so that was cool.Īlso, I got into the Sundance Indigenous Labs back in 2019, and they funded me to make a short film. We were just really just talking about what I wanted to do, brainstorming ideas, and had a lot of artistic conversations about our lives and our experiences making films. We would meet every few weeks, because we were all still working. But that didn’t happen, so just being able to see each other’s faces felt really good.
It was all through Zoom originally, I was supposed to move to New York and spend time with. What was it like adapting to the pandemic during this program? How did you two navigate working together and staying in touch? And then from there, Spike decided to work with me, and to be a mentor to me. brought us out to New York to meet Spike who was going to be the new mentor for this cycle we showed him our work, you know, what we’ve done. Then there was a process of different stages of interviews, and I was in the running with other filmmakers from around the U.S. Rolex reached out to me, I think I was nominated by other advisors. How did you become acquainted with the Rolex mentorship program? What was your experience as a protégé like over the last two years? Bell spoke to THR about how he and Lee bonded over their passion for telling culturally specific stories, the importance of Indigenous representation in film, his plans to finish his first feature film script, and film a short he developed with the mentorship of Lee. Native American filmmaker Kyle Bell, of the Thlopthlocco tribal town in Oklahoma (part of the Muscogee Creek Reservation), worked with Lee over the last two years, refining several short film projects, two of which were screened for guests who attended the arts weekend. Many of our mentors and protégés in this cycle have deep connections to New York City and to Brooklyn.” Stay tuned for updates.Rebecca Irvin, head of the Rolex Arts Initiative, said in a statement: “After several years of holding the Rolex Arts Weekend in great artistic centres from Mexico City to Berlin to Cape Town, we are delighted to return this year to New York, where the programme was first presented to the public.
It's still seeking international distribution and is slated for release in Thailand sometime this year. The film hasn't premiered at any festivals or elsewhere just yet. It's produced by Korean filmmaker Na Hong-jin ( The Chaser, The Yellow Sea, The Wailing). The Medium, originally known as Rang Zong in Thai, is written and directed by acclaimed Thai filmmaker Banjong Pisanthanakun, director of the films Shutter, Alone, Hello Stranger, Pee Mak, and One Day previously as well as a segment for The ABCs of Death. What could be possessing a family member might not be the Goddess they make it out to be. Here's the promo trailer (+ poster) for Banjong Pisanthanakun's The Medium, from YouTube (via B-D):Ī horrifying story of a shaman's inheritance in the Isan region of Thailand. Horror fans definitely need to keep an eye out for this. No cast is announced yet, but the film is being produced by fellow Korean filmmaker Na Hong-jin (of The Chaser, The Yellow Sea, The Wailing).
"The spirit that appears to be possessing a family member might not be the benevolent Goddess they believe it to be." Ohh that sounds very freaky. The Medium is a rural horror thriller telling the story of a shaman's inheritance in the poor Isan region of Thailand. The film is being sold at the Cannes Market this year and is looking to get some extra buzz with this early trailer drop. "A story about shamanism in Thailand…" An early promo trailer has debuted for a new supernatural horror film from Thailand titled The Medium, the latest from acclaimed Thai filmmaker Banjong Pisanthanakun ( Shutter, Alone, Pee Mak, One Day).
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