/

The Announced Tragedy

Information
2023 | Short Film | 10:20
Film
Student Film
Technique
2D, Others
Language
English
Subtitle
English
Country
Finland, Belgium, Portugal, Australia, Thailand
Flavours
Bitter, Sweet
Credits
Thanut Rujitanont (Screen writer) | Methas Chantawongs (Music/Sound)

A time-space conservation of a house.

Director Statement

“The Announced Tragedy” uses animation production as a process of memory consolidation. The work can be seen as a personal memory extension that preserves the irrational and incomplete memories of the director towards the house where he grew up.

Awards & Selections

Awards

2023

  • Honourable Mention Award, Animation Competition, 27th Thai Short Video & Film Festival, Thailand

2024

  • Nomination, The Best Short Film Competition, 32nd Bangkok Critics Assembly, Thailand
  • Nomination, The Best Animation Competition, South Taiwan Film Festival, Taiwan
  • Student Experimental Animation Finalist, New York Short Animation Festival, USA

2025

  • Best Screenplay Award – Animated Short Film, Picasso International Film Festival, India

Official Selection

2023

  • Beyond Animation, Thailand
  • 27th Thai Short Video & Film Festival, Thailand
  • Wildtype, Thailand
  • MAPOR 3 Film Festival, Thailand

2024

  • Beijing International Short Film Festival, International Competition, China
  • XEC Interplay – International Experimental Media Showcase, In Flux: An Avant-Garde Collection of Experimental Works, China
  • PÖFF Shorts, SHORTS NEW TALENTS: ANIMATION Competition, Estonia
  • European Young Talents Competition Programme, Slovenia
  • South Taiwan Film Festival, South Award Competition, Taiwan
  • T-Short Animated Film Festival, Student Bizarre Animation Competition, Germany
  • 10th Taichung International Animation Festival, Student Short Films and Taiwanese Student Short Films Nominees, Taiwan
  • 17th Edition of The CINETORO EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL, Spectral Beings / International Official Competition, Colombia
  • ANNY Animation Nights New York, October Program “PIECED TOGETHER”, USA
  • KLEX Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film, Video & Music Festival, Finalist, Malaysia
  • Neosfest, Encuentro Internacional de Experimentación, Mexico
  • LENScape, Documentary Shorts From Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Singapore
  • 32nd Bangkok Critics Assembly, Thailand
  • Doc Club Festival, Selection 3, Thailand
  • มุ่งมั่น นำร่อง สังคม, Programme 1: Beauty in Decay, Thailand
  • Lan Film, Bangsaen Film Festival, Thailand
  • 6th Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival,
  • International Competition of Student Film, Greece
  • HACER una Escuela de Cine Comunitario, Animation, Argentina

2025

  • Kangparb, ODE TO OUR ADOLESCENCE Program 2, Collective Memories, Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Center, Thailand
  • Open Call Program of The 7th Bangkok Experimental Film Festival Bangkok, Thailand
  • The Poetic Lens, Millennium Film Workshop, USA
  • 6th Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival, Experimental Animation 1 Hope Alcazar, Turkey
  • Sydney Film Festival, SFF TV Programme, Australia
Thanut Rujitanont

Thanut Rujitanont, born in 1993 in Bangkok, founded Graphy Animation in 2021, a company dedicated to fostering animation culture in Thailand.

Flavours of Thai Independent Animation (FOTA)

About FOTADrop Us A Message