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Visible Silence

Price: $320.00
Filmmaker Name: Ruth Gumnit
Film Length: 43 min
Film Year: 2015
Duration: 21-45 min
Decade: 2010s
Color: color
Region: Asia
Subject: Gender
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ABOUT

Visible Silence is a rare glimpse into the unspoken lives of Thai toms, dees, and lesbians striving for recognition, authenticity, and acceptance in a traditional Buddhist society. It is an intimate story of self and family, love and sexuality, and self-determination where conformity is prized. The film highlights the experience of masculine women (toms) who visibly transgress gender norms, yet are bound to remain silent about who they really are. Visible Silence gives voice to their unspoken truths.
"Visible Silence helped instigate dialogues concerning lesbianism in Thailand. Some students felt safe enough to open up and share their experiences. They were able to relate themselves with some protagonists speaking in the film... they appreciated the true voices of the women being able to speak for themselves by themselves." 
-- Kosum Omphornuwat, Ph.D., Lecturer in the Master's Programme in Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Thammasat University
Selected Screenings
Krakow Film Festival, 2015 (world premiere)
Frameline 39: San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival, 2015 (US premiere)
Women Make Waves Film Festival, Taipei, Taiwan, 2015 (Asian premiere)
Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand, 2015 (Thai premiere)
5th Annual National Conference Sexuality Studies, Bangkok, Thailand, 2015 

CREDITS & INFO

SCREENINGS & AWARDS
World Premiere, Competition, Krakow Film Festival, 2015
U.S. Premiere, Frameline 39: San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival, 2015
Asian premiere, Women Make Waves Film Festival, Taipei, Taiwan, 2015
Thai Premiere, Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand, 2015
5th Annual National Conference Sexuality Studies, Bangkok, Thailand, 2015
Documentary Arts Asia, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2015
Gender Equality Across Culture Conference at Naresuan University, Thailand, 2015
Asia Pacific Forum on Women Law and Development Int'l Women's Day Festival, Thailand, 2016
International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP12), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2016
Salaya International Documentary Festival, Bangkok, Thailand, 2016
KYIV International Short Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine, 2016
Pink Apple Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, Zürich, Switzerland, 2016
Queer Across Cultures: Mini Film Festival, USA, 2016 

Visible Silence

Directed by 
Ruth Gumnit

Writing Credits 
Philly Archa
Elizabeth Finlayson
Ruth Gumnit
Marguerite Salmon

Produced by 
Philly Archa
Scott Ray Becker
Ruth Gumnit
Marguerite Salmon

Cinematography by 
Ruth Gumnit

Film Editing by 
Elizabeth Finlayson

Visual Effects by 
Lisa Yimm

Editorial Department 
Kristine Handwerk
Gail Huddleson
Anna-Lena Isaksson


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