ABOUT US
F.R.A.M.E.
Join the Fellowship of Revolutionary Art & Media Expression — or FRAME — a global network of artists and fans inspired by independent filmmakers and artists worldwide. Located in Chiang Mai, a city that has a rich cultural existence, FRAME is an active community dedicated to finding, appreciating, and celebrating film, art, and media of all forms.
From underground film and mainstream cinema to visual arts, experimental media, and cross-disciplinary productions, FRAME is a site for visionary thinking and impassioned dialogue. We offer ongoing screenings, performances, creative salons, and debates — often swapped while snacking and laughing — in which story, technique, culture, and imagination converge on and off screen.
Join us and become part of a dynamic, multi-platform community where everybody has a voice, every point of view matters, and every frame — in every medium — is an opportunity to connect and tell.
Upcoming
Thabyay: A Creative Resistance in Myanmar
A documentary showcasing four key figures—artist/minister Susanna Hla Hla Soe, poet Maung Saungkha, activist Thet Swe Win, and musician Phoe San—using art (painting, poetry, music, organizing) to fight Myanmar’s military junta, exploring the tension between non-violence and armed struggle and highlighting art as a powerful tool for democracy, hope, and reminding the world of their ongoing revolution.
Cinemata: Rising Waters, Raising Rights
Human Rights Through the Lens of Water
This decentralised film program uses water as a resource, metaphor, and lived environment to explore human rights stories across Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia (Maphilindo), and the wider Asia-Pacific. Through themes of climate vulnerability, displacement, youth, labour and livelihood, and community resistance, the program invites audiences to reflect on how water connects us all.
This programme is curated with care by Cinemata’s community curators-in-residence, Eunice Helera (Philippines) and Nadira Ilana (Borneo–Malaysia).
The films are divided into 3 sections:
i. Sinking Grounds — climate vulnerability, flooding, displacement, and the everyday survival of communities living at the edge of ecological collapse.
ii. Fisherfolk & Frontlines — coastal labor, maritime rights, ancestral waters, and the precarity of communities whose lives depend on the sea.
iii. Drifting States — home, fluid borders, statelessness, and migration
Fire (1996)
Directed by Deepa Mehta
The first film in her ‘Elements Trilogy’, it tells the story of two women, abandoned by their husbands who find love and solace in each other.
Introducing Our Newest Team Member
Nan
Nan is a Thai changemaker who is passionate about films. After 10 years in the development sector, she’s convinced that films (and art) can truly move the needle on social change: they reach people in ways that reports and policy papers never will. These days, she’s fighting for digital rights at EngageMedia, working with grassroots activists across SEA to push back against digital authoritarianism.
Core Team
Amélie
Filmmaker
Amélie Chen-Yen-Su is a filmmaker from Reunion island. Passionate about writing, directing and acting, she has made it a mission to represent diversity in her work and give a voice to those who have a hard time being heard. Currently living in Chiang Mai, Thailand, she’s exploring different ways to break Asian stereotypes in Western media.
Subhashani
Filmmaker, Teacher
Subhashani Dewada, currently an English Teacher in Chiang Mai, Thailand comes with a background in media. She started her profession journey in India with NDTV and Star News and has worked on various film and television projects like, Sesame Street, Unfreedom, Pappu Can’t Dance Sala, and Butterfly Wings. She was also active in theatre in Delhi and is currently involved in theatre in Chiang Mai. An individual with a variety of interests she enjoys being busy and juggling her time.
Nan
Changemaker
Nan is a Thai changemaker who is passionate about films. After 10 years in the development sector, she’s convinced that films (and art) can truly move the needle on social change: they reach people in ways that reports and policy papers never will. These days, she’s fighting for digital rights at EngageMedia, working with grassroots activists across SEA to push back against digital authoritarianism.
Maitreya
Film Editor & Sound Designer
Amidst other things, Maitreya Penkar is a Film Editor and Sound Designer hailing from Mumbai, India. From spinning tunes, making music to writing, producing, directing and editing videos, he has been a versatile freelancer for years now. With a background in art, journalism and then film studies from the Netherlands, his work revolves around the intersection of these.
Vinimay
Filmmaker, Artist, Musician & Techie
Vinimay Kaul is an Indian creative currently based in Chiang Mai, Thailand, working across indie filmmaking, software development, game development, graphic design, entrepreneurship, and music & art. Driven by a lifelong aspiration to bridge the realms of science and art, and inspired by figures like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Satyajit Ray, and Isaac Newton, he pursues a holistic and diverse approach to his creative endeavors.
Yugo
Filmmaker
Yugo Hattori – is a Brazilian filmmaker, animator, and educator whose work explores the intersections of documentary, animation, fiction and collective memory. Emancipatory pedagogies of Paulo Freire and Augusto Boal are big influences in his core philosophies.
Location
Fellowship Cafe & Co-working
326/3 Chiang Mai-Lamphun Road, Wat Ket,
Mueang Chiang Mai,
Chiang Mai – 50000
Book Your Seat Now!!
Our screening events fill up fast — and while entry is free, registration is mandatory. To ensure we can host everyone comfortably and fairly, we urge you to reserve your seat in advance. Unfortunately, walk-ins cannot be guaranteed entry if we’re fully booked.
Important Attendance Policy
If you register but don’t show up — and fail to cancel at least 4 hours in advance — you may lose booking privileges for future FRAME events.
We know life can be unpredictable, and we’re flexible when notified. But when seats are held and guests don’t arrive, others miss out — including walk-ins who were genuinely eager to join. Let’s respect the community and keep this space vibrant and accessible for all.
Thank you for being thoughtful and making space when you need to.