Lemongrass Girl
Thailand / Fiction / 18’ / HD / Color / 2021
According to Thai superstition, a virgin can ward off rain by planting lemongrass upside-down underneath an open sky. A young production manager on a film set is tasked to carry out this tradition.
Director: Pom Bunsermvicha
Script: Anocha Suwichakornpong
Director of Photography: Parinee Buthrasri, Pom Bunsermvicha
Producer: Pom Bunsermvicha, Parinee Buthrasri, Anocha Suwichakornpong
Editing: Aacharee Ungsriwong
Sound: Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr
Cast: Primrin Puarat
CV
Pom Bunsermvicha graduated from Brown University with a BA degree in Modern Culture & Media. Her work, which mostly combines documentary elements with fiction, has been shown at several festivals in Southeast Asia and abroad, including BFI Flare, LAAPFF, Inside Out Toronto, Hamburg International Short Film Festival & SeaShorts.
Filmography
10:10 – 2015
Graduation Speech – 2015
Coach - 2016
E-po (A Second Chance) - 2018
Lemongrass Girl – 2021
Festivals Attended
International Film Festival Rotterdam
MoMA's Doc Fortnight, Las Palmas International Film Festival
True/False, Hamburg Short Film Festival
The Norwegian Short Film Festival
Palm Springs ShortFest
Festival ECRÃ
Seoul International Women’s Film Festival
Silhouette Short Film Festival
Encounters Film Festival
FICBUEU International Short Film Festival
Camden International Film Festival
Guanajuato International Film Festival
BFI London Film Festival
Awards
FICBUEU International Short Film Festival 2021 - Best Cinematography