Written & directed by Cedric Arnold 31:16” Colour, 7.1 surround sound
Screening followed by an Q&A

Not T/here is an experimental documentary, reflecting on memory, self-narrative, materiality, mythmaking and our increasingly complex relationship with reality.
Drawing on documentary footage made over several years, archival material and ongoing research, the film traces our paths from the COVID-19 pandemic towards a speculative near future, set in 2035. A narrator attempts to piece together an archive left behind by a friend, an archivist who disappeared after documenting a world undergoing rapid technological and environmental change. As fragments of the archive intersect with personal memories, historical traces and the increasingly automated systems that shape what can be seen and remembered, the film moves between the physical traces of the past and the systems being built to replace them.
It considers what we choose to preserve, what disappears, and how easily the stories we inherit can be rewritten. It questions whether a future haunted by endlessly rewritten, hyper-personalized approximations of our pasts is as inevitable as it seems.

Cinematography & Editing CEDRIC ARNOLD
Sound Design Composition & Mix YUKI SUWANSOPA
Cello Performer SAOWAKHON CHOTIKASETH
Piano Performer DHORN TAKSINWARAJAN
Foley Artist & Recording Engineer CHATCHRWAN JITTANUPAT
Surround Sound Mixing Engineer SUPAT KITTAWORNRAT
Surround Sound Mixing Coordinator KORN VARASARIN
May 1968 Photographs & Recordings JOHN ARNOLD