Thanut Rujitanont
Thanut Rujitanont (Founder of Graphy Animation) was born in Bangkok, Thailand, in 1993. Invited as a visiting scholar in 2023, he is currently working on his PhD research at Griffith Film School in Brisbane, Australia. He holds his master’s degree in animation from RE:ANIMA European Joint Master. His first animated short film TEUN (Shallow), a BFA graduation film at KMITL, won the Golden prize at 18th Digicon6 Asia Thailand. He won Nef Animation Prize and Ciclic Animation Prize at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2017. His second animated short film Jongsawat (The Announced Tragedy), a Emjmd graduation film, won a Honorary Mention from the Animation Competition at 27th Thai Short Film & Video Festival in 2023. His first professional animated short film Peun-Ku-Larp (Rose Rash) has its world premiere in Perspectives Films Competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2024.
EDUCATION
Present-2024 PhD candidate at Griffith Film School, Brisbane Australia
2023 Visiting scholar at Griffith Film School, Brisbane Australia
2023-2021 European Joint Master in Animation
Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
LUCA School of Arts, Genk, Belgium
Lusófona University, Lisbon, Portugal
2016 Bachelor of Fine and Applied Art, Film and Digital Media, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand
FILMOGRAPHIES
2024 ผื่นกุหลาบ, PEUN-KU-LARP (Rose Rash), Duration: 10 min.
2023 จงสวัสดิ์, JONGSAWAT (The Announced Tragedy), Duration: 10 min.
2016 ตื้น, TEUN (Shallow), Duration: 4 min.
ANIMATED WORKS
2023 There Are Not Mine, nor the Apple’s, Duration: 2 min.
2023 Rock and Fish, Duration: 3 min.
2022 Kinetography, Duration: 1 min.
2022 A Magical Deer, Duration: 1 min.
2022 Lights, Shadows and Reflections, Duration: 1 min.
2022 RE NA NA, Duration: 2 min., directed with Natali Padilla and Renato Duque
2022 Homesite, Duration: 7 min., directed with David Habchy and Renato Duque
2021 A Migration of Experience, Duration: 1 min.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Liberation Through Hearing: In-Processing Animation with Live Sound Performance, a live screening and performance, Bangkok, Thailand
2021 Going Public, Bangkok, Thailand
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 The Announced Tragedy, FilmEU-RIT Expanded memories, Luca School of Arts, Brussel, Belgium
2023 Unlost Memory, V2 Gallery, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
2023 The Announced Tragedy, FilmEU-RIT Expanded memories, Lusófona University, Lisbon, Portugal
2022 Bumblebee Apocalypse: Calibration between Human Motion Capture and Bumblebees, Virtual Rituals, Oodi Central Library, Helsinki, Finland
2022 Come & Play, Luca School of Arts, Genk, Belgium
2020 Encounters, Project to Support Emerging Media Arts and Creators, Tokyo, Japan
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Expanded Memories: Artistic Animation into Hybrid Analogue-Digital Animation, Animation Journal Volume 19, 2024.
2024 GoCritic! Feature: Korean prize-winners at Animafest Zagreb: Inju Park’s Reborn with You and Yumi Joung’s Circle
2024 GoCritic! Review: On Hold
2024 GoCritic! Review: To Be a Seed
RESIDENCE ARTIST
2019 Project to Support Emerging Media Arts and Creators, Tokyo, Japan
2019 Atelier de l’Enclume, Brussel, Belgium
2018 ANIME-ASEAN, Japan
2018 Ciclic Animation Residency, Vendôme, France
2018 Folimage Studio, Valence, France
2017 Fontervraud Abbey Residency, Fontevrault-l’Abbaye, France
GUEST SPEAKER AND LECTURER
2023 FilmEU-RIT Expanded memories, Luca School of Arts, Brussel, Belgium
2022 Experimental and Expanded Animation: Exploring Artistic Possibilities, SIGGRAPH
2021 Digital Art, Rangsit University, Thailand
2021 Animation du Monde Alumni, Beyond Animation Festival, Thailand
2018 New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Anime-Asean, Hokkaido, Japan
2018 Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Anime-Asean, Hiroshima, Japan
2018 32nd Image Forum Festival, Anime-Asean, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Experimental Film/Video, Lumen gallery, Anime-Asean, Kyoto, Japan
2017 Film and Digital Media, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand
WORKSHOPS AND PITCHINGS
2024 GoCritic! Participants at Animafest Zagreb 2024, Croatia
2024 Southeast Asia Annecy, MIFA Pitching Partners, France
2023 Annecy Animation Pitching Workshop, Thailand
2017 Animation du Monde at Annecy Festival, MIFA Pitch, France
2016 Annecy Animation Pitching Workshop, Thailand
CURATORIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
2024 Co-organiser for The Flavours of Thai Independent Animation, Thailand
2022 Co-organiser for A Playground of Sound and Images, Beyond Animation Festival, Thailand
2022 Co-organiser for Intensive Animation Workshop, Beyond Animation Festival, Thailand
2022 Consultant for Animation in the Other Way Round, Klowerº, Thailand
2022 Co-ordinator of Making Moving Image Tells, Thailand Creative & Design Center
2022 Co-ordinator of Reanimating the Archives: Thai Labour Museum, The Progressive Labour Movement, Thailand
2021 Co-ordinator of the workshop Animation Therapy: Scratch Your Anger and Flip it!, Thai Health Promotion Foundation, Thailand
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
- RTP (Research Training Program) Scholarship (2027, 2026, 2025, 2024)
- Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters (2023, 2022, 2021)
- Thailand Ministry of Culture (2017)
AWARDS
- Award Winner (Finalist, Animation), Rising Star Awards, 10th Bangkok International Digital Content Festival, Thailand (2024)(Rose Rash)
- Nomination, Best Short Film Competition, 32nd Bangkok Critics Assembly, Thailand (2024)(The Announced Tragedy)
- Honourable Mention Prize, Best Animation Competition, 27th Thai Short Film & Video Festival (2023) (The Announced Tragedy)
- NEF Animation Prize, France (2017) (Flânerie)
- Ciclic Animation Prize, France (2017) (Flânerie)
- Golden Prize Digicon6 (Thailand), Digicon6 ASIA (2016) (Shallow)
MEMBERSHIPS
2024-Present CARI Creative Arts Research Institute, Griffith University
2017-Present SACD Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers, France
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