How to be a Ghost in Bangkok?
TITLE
How to be a Ghost in Bangkok?
DIRECTOR
Jing Zhao
COUNTRY
Thailand, UK
YEAR
2025
DURATION
10′
GENRE
Video Art
How to be a Ghost in Bangkok?
After being ghosted by a romantic partner during a trip to Bangkok, the artist situates a contemporary act within a timeless Southeast Asian ghost cultural gesture, transforming personal heartbreak into a surreal exploration of ghosthood while reimagining its embodiment through ten playful yet haunting guidelines.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Yuyan Wang
Jing Zhao is a filmmaker and video artist based between Beijing and London. She began her filmmaking journey at the London Film School, graduating with distinction in 2023. The same year, she became a BAFTA Connect member. Her work spans various visual-audio mediums, including fiction and non-fiction films, XR, and video installations. With a background in psychology, she views filmmaking as a form of exposure therapy. Her works, rooted in personal experience, centre on creating authentic, nuanced characters navigating intimate relationships, with an interest in femininity, cross-cultural identity, the contemporary reinterpretation of mythology, and theatricality in public spaces. The short films she has written, directed, or produced have been recognized internationally, including at Cannes La Cinéfondation, Slamdance, Palm Springs, Dok Leipzig, FEST NEW DIRECTORS/NEW FILMS, Durban International Film Festival, among others. She is the winner of the Prix Interculturel 2024, further amplifying her social impact.
- DirectorJing Zhao
- ScreenplayJing Zhao
- Cinematography
- Cast
- Editing
- Producer/s Jing Zhao
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleHow to be a Ghost in Bangkok?
- Project TypeVideo Art
- Completion Date1 January 2025
- Country of originThailand, UK
- Country of filmingThailand, UK
- LanguageEnglish
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Jing Zhao
Jing Zhao is a filmmaker and video artist based between Beijing and London. She began her filmmaking journey at the London Film School, graduating with distinction in 2023. The same year, she became a BAFTA Connect member. Her work spans various visual-audio mediums, including fiction and non-fiction films, XR, and video installations. With a background in psychology, she views filmmaking as a form of exposure therapy. Her works, rooted in personal experience, centre on creating authentic, nuanced characters navigating intimate relationships, with an interest in femininity, cross-cultural identity, the contemporary reinterpretation of mythology, and theatricality in public spaces. The short films she has written, directed, or produced have been recognized internationally, including at Cannes La Cinéfondation, Slamdance, Palm Springs, Dok Leipzig, FEST NEW DIRECTORS/NEW FILMS, Durban International Film Festival, among others. She is the winner of the Prix Interculturel 2024, further amplifying her social impact.
