About the FestivalThe Unfolding Kafka Festival is a biennial platform for outstanding international artistic exchanges founded and directed by Jitti Chompee that enriches the arts and culture ecosystem in Thailand. The 5th edition of the festival, which not only celebrates its ten-year anniversary but also commemorates the centennial anniversary of Franz Kafka&rsquo;s death, will be the most ambitious yet.The Unfolding Kafka Festival of 2024 hopes to continue to advance the Thai performing arts landscape by enriching artistic, cultural and economic ties between participating individuals and countries. In doing so, we will continue to be a driving force in the Thai performing arts industry and bring international attention and support to institutions, agencies and event venues, such as theaters, museums and galleries, in the field of Thai arts and culture. Our imported international performing art productions will also boost local businesses such as performing art makers, hotels, theaters, museums or private galleries. We believe that by reviving the inner essence of the Thai arts through international collaboration, new possibilities for cross-cultural dialogue will emerge that stimulate the Thai arts and culture ecosystem. &nbsp; Movie ProgramThe Glory of Life (DIe Herrlichkeit des Lebens)Germany | 2024&nbsp;Directors:&nbsp;Judith Kaufmann, Georg Maas&nbsp;Genre:&nbsp;Drama-Romance,&nbsp;Biography:&nbsp;Based on a true story in 1920s&nbsp;Running time:&nbsp;98 MinutesSynopsisBecause of the power of love, the last year of Franz Kafka&#39;s life becomes his happiest. He has never before been able to allow himself to experience intimacy, he suffers from tuberculosis and is dependent on his overbearing family. But the worldly-wise Dora Diamant accepts him as he is. And he accepts her. The two meet in 1923 on the Baltic Sea coast, where he is convalescing, and she is working in a Jewish Volksheim. Together they go to Berlin and, when Franz&#39;s health deteriorates rapidly, to a sanatorium in Austria. Barely a year after they meet, he dies. The memory of their time together will shape Dora for the rest of her life.&nbsp; **** Screening Time1. 6th November 2024, 7 PM, Goethe-Institut Thailand2. 13th November 2024, 7 PM, Neilson Hays Library