The Goethe-Institut Thailand commemorates 90 years since the death of iconic author Franz Kafka, best known for novels like The Trial, The Castle and Metamorphosis, with a three-day festival from Jun 3-5, screening three selected films inspired by the Jewish author at the auditorium.
The opening ceremony (Jun 3, 6pm) will feature a reading, a skit and a speech by Prof. Thanomnuan O’charoen on the perception of Kafka in Thailand. Screenings in original language, with English subtitles, starting at 6pm.
Jun 4.
The Castle (1997)
Based on Kafka’s novel of the same name, the mystery drama by Michael Haneke follows land surveyor K. who arrives at a small rural parish and is stopped by the local bureaucratic authorities from getting to a nearby castle.
Jun 5.
Joseph Kilian (1965)
This 40-minute satirical film by Pavel Jurácek and Jan Schmidt allegorizes Franz Kafka’s primary theme of individual alienation through a lonely man who gets a cat from a cat-rental agency.
Who was Kafka? (2006)
The Swiss documentary by Richard Dindo explores Franz Kafka through narration by some of his best friends (played by actors) and a photograph archive of Prague.
