BANGKOK — 1 July 2026, ‘Of Veins and Wires’ has become the first Thai short film to be named a semifinalist at the 2026 Student Academy Awards, widely recognised as the “Student Oscars,” the student equivalent of the Academy Awards.
The film is among the final 61 entries selected from a total of 2,972 submissions worldwide. The competition will next move to a final round of voting to determine which films advance to the winners’ stage.
‘Of Veins and Wires’ is a short film produced as the thesis project of “Petch” Supakorn Kitwattanachai, with Tanbhiti Supatwanich serving as co-producer. The project was created under the Communication Design (CommDe) programme at the Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University.
Set in Bangkok in 2055, the film imagines a future in which artificial womb technology has made pregnancy a matter of choice rather than necessity. The breakthrough sparks hope, debate and existential questions across society.
Blending documentary and
fiction in a docu-fiction format, the film invites viewers to explore the ethical and social implications of reproductive technology through interviews with three women while taking audiences behind the scenes of a fictional artificial womb clinic, presenting perspectives on embracing—or resisting—the future of childbirth.