Taiki Sakpisit is a Thai filmmaker and visual artist working in Bangkok. His works explore the underlying tensions, conflicts and the sense of anticipation in contemporary
Thailand, through precise and sensorially overwhelming audio-visual assemblage. He uses the techniques and history of cinema to unpack Thailand’s troubled past, using those to embed a resounding political commitment in his films. His works have been presented at numerous exhibitions and film festivals, including the 14th Gwangju Biennale, International Film Festival Oberhausen, Images Festival, Les Rencontres Internationales, Dallas Contemporary and Kunstverein Gottingen. His feature film The Edge of Daybreak is premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam and won FIPRESCI award for its “Mysterious atmosphere and rich imagery in depicting trauma and violence, for its capacity of dealing with 40 years of political turmoil through a powerful and hypnotic cinematic journey, and for its compromise with the past in order to confront the present and the next future.”