Ben Rivers signs as co-director of “Krabi 2562”, a fusion of documentary and fiction very typical for his films, and yet although the idea came from him – “ceci n’est pas un film de Ben Rivers”. Despite of Rivers’ trademark slow-cinema aesthetics, Anocha Suwichakornpong’s handwriting is far more recognizable, particularly in terms of the topic she has been dancing around since her debut feature “Mundane History” (2009); as a loose core of the story is the exploration of problems that Thai filmmakers are facing in their homeland.

Not easy to follow but beautiful to watch, “Krabi 2562” can undeniably be described as a directorial match made in heaven, with an insider and an outsider joining forces to take a look at the popular Thai tourist destination Krabi in the form of unconventional, non-scripted disruptive storytelling. Instead of showing the average tourist destinations and by serving only tiny pieces of information about local...