I don't want to be just a memory

film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2024 runtime 20'00 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Stereo original-language English, Spanish subtitles German, English

Fellow members of the Berlin queer community together mourning the loss of their dead friends due to substance abuse and the mental health crisis as well as the loss of urban safe spaces in general. By sharing personal materials, stories, and honest criticism about the club scene, working on this film becomes a means of healing for this group of friends. Resembling glow-in-the-dark fungi, they radiate light together as a network of support into a collective structure that sustains future living.

director Sarnt Utamachote Production Klaus Salminen Script Sarnt Utamachote, Kareem Baholzer Editing Sarnt Utamachote DOP Julian Curico Original Score Kei Watanabe, Bráulio Bandeira
Festivals
2022 DOK.fest München – Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München, Germany (Composition Award)
2024 Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany
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Production
  • Klaus Salminen
Distribution
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Sarnt Utamachote

Sarnt Utamachote is a Southeast Asian non-binary filmmaker and curator based in Berlin. They are a co-founder of un.thai.tled, an artist collective from the German-Thai diaspora. They are a film programmer at XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin, Hamburg International Short Film Festival, and at Sİnema Transtopia Berlin.

Filmography
2020 I Am Not Your Mother
2021 Sonic Reverbs
2022 Soy Sauce
2024 I Don’t Want to Be Just a Memory