QCinema International Film Festival

This is a banner for an interview with Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke. Image courtesy of the filmmakers.

The Ghost in the Machine: Interview with Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke of ‘A Useful Ghost’

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Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s debut feature A Useful Ghost exhibits a hooky high concept, one that’s centered on a woman who dies of dust pollution and gets reunited with her grieving husband by possessing a vacuum cleaner, much to the chagrin of her in-laws. The director dresses this concept, essentially a loose …

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This is a banner for an interview with Morgan Knibbe of A Garden of Earthly Delights. Image courtesy of the filmmakers.

Neon Nightmare: Interview with Morgan Knibbe of ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’

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Screening in the Before Midnight section of the 2025 QCinema International Film Festival, Dutch filmmaker Morgan Knibbe’s sophomore feature The Garden of Earthly Delights portrays a gritty, neon-tinged Manila inferno centered on a young queer protagonist played by first-time actor JP Rodriguez. A teenager named Ginto descends deep into the …

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