Sarnt Utamachote

Sarnt Utamachote (they) is a Southeast Asian nonbinary filmmaker and curator based in Berlin. They believe that cinema can be a tool for social engagement and collective healing. Their video installation I AM NOT YOUR MOTHER (2020) was exhibited at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and their short film SOY SAUCE (2020) was screened at OutFest Fusion LA, Xposed Berlin, and Queer East London 2021, among others. They are a co-founder of un.thai.tled, an artist collective from the German-Thai diaspora, with whom they curated the un.thai.tled Film Festival Berlin (2019 until now) and BEYOND THE KITCHEN: STORIES FROM THE TAI PARK Beyond (2020). Currently, they work as a programmer/selection committee for Xposed Queer Film Festival Berlin and Short Film Festival Hamburg (2022 ongoing).