The Burning Giants
Drama Thai
Follows an environmental and Indigenous rights activist from the Karen group who is killed after protesting the forced eviction of his village from a protected forest.
| Cast: | Awat Ratanapintha, Pakapol Srirongmuang, Waywiree Ittianunkul, Tanatwut Rodpai, |
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| Director: | Phuttiphong Aroonpheng |
| Editor: | Daniel Hui |
| Camera: | Emo Weemhoff |
All Guild Reviews of "The Burning Giants"
Phuttiphong Aroonpheng Casts a Country’s History in a Bracing New Light
Venice Film Festival 2026 | After Manta Ray, the Thai filmmaker returns to Orizzonti competition with a formally disruptive skewering of State-backed violence.
Phuttiphong Aroonpheng is among the most aesthetically committed, politically cogent filmmakers working today. The Thai filmmaker who broke out with Manta Ray (2018) is back at Venice Film Festival, competing in Orizzonti with The Burning Giants. A mysterious virus cloaks a population in fear and uncertainty. There have been forceful evacuation, disappearances and uprooting of a community from their homes. When the film opens, we are placed right in its peculiar setting. Smoke envelops. The forest is manned by officers who have cordoned off entire sections.
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