What is the film Unerasable! about?

Unerasable! is a poetic diary film by Socrates Saint-Wulfstan Drakos that chronicles an exiled filmmaker's escape from violent repression in Southeast Asia and his subsequent struggles with bureaucracy in the West.

Where did Unerasable! premiere?

The film Unerasable! premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) on February 4th, 2026.

What themes does the film Unerasable! explore?

Unerasable! explores themes of memory, censorship, civil liberties, and inner colonialism, using a fragmented aesthetic with found footage and recycled cinematic history.

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Filmmaker's Exile: A Diary of Survival and Bureaucracy

5 Feb

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Summary

A filmmaker escaped repression, only to face bureaucracy in the West.
The film 'Unerasable!' is a personal, poetic diary of survival.
The movie confronts civil liberties limits and inner colonialism issues.

Filmmaker's Exile: A Diary of Survival and Bureaucracy

The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is showcasing 'Unerasable!', a film by Socrates Saint-Wulfstan Drakos that serves as a refuge for cinematic voices. The movie details the journey of CP, an independent filmmaker who fled his Southeast Asian home in 2018 after being tortured for pro-democracy activism.

CP's escape led him to Thailand, where he lived undocumented for five years before seeking a more dignified life in the West. However, his relocation brought him into a new struggle with bureaucratic systems. The film is described as an urgent, courageous, and poetic bricolage diary.

Director Drakos described the film as a personal project, born from a deep emotional response to CP's story of survival and erased memory. Filmed across Thailand and Sweden, 'Unerasable!' utilizes found footage and recycled cinematic history to explore themes of memory, censorship, and rupture.