Krung Thep (2026)
Director: Eduardo Laucas
Cast: Eduardo Laucas, Pol Pot, Norodom Sihanouk, Norodom Sihamoni, Vajiralongkorn
In the shadow of conflict and the promise of a new dawn, *Krung Thep* unfolds as a powerful short film exploring the collision of light and darkness. It serves as a symbolic prelude to the 2025 border tensions between Thailand and Cambodia—a bitter territorial clash that uprooted thousands of families and claimed over a hundred lives.
More About This Film
Krung Thep is a 2026 Thai-language horror war short directed and edited by Eduardo Laucas. Described as a dualistic journey from death toward the hope of dawn, the film uses symbolic imagery to reflect on the beginning of the 2025 Thailand-Cambodia border conflict and its devastating human consequences.
The film combines historical references with experimental horror imagery rather than presenting a conventional military narrative. Barbara Hershey appears as The Woman, while Laucas plays The Man, with historical figures including Pol Pot, Norodom Sihanouk, Norodom Sihamoni, and Vajiralongkorn represented in the cast.
- Eduardo Laucas directed, edited, and appears in the film.
- E. Elias Merhige and Peter Tscherkassky are credited as co-directors.
- The film runs approximately ten minutes.
- Its genres are horror and war.
- It was released digitally on March 30, 2026 in the United States and Brazil.