by Hugo Hamon
“Soil without land” is an intense dive into the harsh life of a young Shan, forced to join a guerrilla war in the heart of the Burmese jungle. This rich and intense documentary also provides keys to understanding his latest feature film presented at the Busan International Film Festival, “Doi Boy” (2023).
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Without denying its compassion for its main character, “Soil Without Land” avoids all the pitfalls, and offers an ethical, uncompromising look at the complexity of individual and collective destinies caught up in the intricacies of reality.
Jai Sang Lod, a young stateless Shan man, recalls his family's flight from the fighting between the Burmese army and the Shan minority in 2001. Having narrowly escaped the war, he is now compelled to join the Shan State Army for his mandatory military service, returning to a life of conflict and violence.
“Soil without land” is an intense dive into the harsh life of a young Shan, forced to join a guerrilla war in the heart of the Burmese jungle. This rich and intense documentary also provides keys to understanding his latest feature film presented at the Busan International Film Festival, “Doi Boy” (2023).
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Without denying its compassion for its main character, “Soil Without Land” avoids all the pitfalls, and offers an ethical, uncompromising look at the complexity of individual and collective destinies caught up in the intricacies of reality.
Jai Sang Lod, a young stateless Shan man, recalls his family's flight from the fighting between the Burmese army and the Shan minority in 2001. Having narrowly escaped the war, he is now compelled to join the Shan State Army for his mandatory military service, returning to a life of conflict and violence.
- 1/26/2024
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
By Hugo Hamon
After a long career as a documentary filmmaker, during which his movies won awards at several festivals, including Locarno and the Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival, Thai director Nontawat Numbenchapol presented his first feature film at the 2023 Busan International Film Festival. “Doi Boy” is a neo-noir feature that conceals a sharp documentary approach. Produced by Anti-Archive and distributed worldwide by Netflix, the film was highly anticipated and made a strong impression at its premiere.
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Sorn, a young man conscripted by the Shan army in eastern Myanmar, flees to Thailand. As an illegal immigrant living in poverty in Chiang Mai, he becomes a dancer and masseur at a gay club called Doi Boy, with the goal of saving up to buy a passport. However, the club closes due to Covid, leaving Sorn in an extremely precarious situation.
After a long career as a documentary filmmaker, during which his movies won awards at several festivals, including Locarno and the Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival, Thai director Nontawat Numbenchapol presented his first feature film at the 2023 Busan International Film Festival. “Doi Boy” is a neo-noir feature that conceals a sharp documentary approach. Produced by Anti-Archive and distributed worldwide by Netflix, the film was highly anticipated and made a strong impression at its premiere.
Follow our tribute to Netflix by clicking on the image below
Sorn, a young man conscripted by the Shan army in eastern Myanmar, flees to Thailand. As an illegal immigrant living in poverty in Chiang Mai, he becomes a dancer and masseur at a gay club called Doi Boy, with the goal of saving up to buy a passport. However, the club closes due to Covid, leaving Sorn in an extremely precarious situation.
- 1/22/2024
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
Male objectification hasn’t played that much of a role in the history of cinema. I mean, compared to the fairer sex, we haven’t seen many films where the physical appeal of a man has been put at the forefront and used as a storytelling tool. Netflix’s latest Thai drama, titled Doi Boy, does exactly that. Directed by Nontawat Numbenchapol, Doi Boy chronicles the journey of this young ethnic Shan man, named Sorn, in a world of sex, lies, scheming, and tenderness. In the neon-drenched city of Chiang Mai, Sorn struggles to make ends meet. He is an undocumented refugee from the land of Myanmar, so it is not possible for him to get a proper job in Thailand. As a result, he ends up turning himself into a Doi Boy, which basically means a male prostitute. The work keeps Sorn afloat, and he discovers a sense of belonging.
- 11/25/2023
- by Rohitavra Majumdar
- Film Fugitives
After making four documentary features about border conflicts, ethnicity, prostitution and human rights, Thai director Nontawat Numbenchapol picks up many of the same themes in his first fiction feature “Doi Boy.”
The film, which premieres this week in the Jiseok competition section of the Busan International Film Festival, is the story of three young men living on the margins of society in Thailand and their common quest for justice. The characters are an illegal immigrant from Myanmar working, despite his own heterosexuality, as a gay prostitute in Chiang Main, a customer and an on-the-run political activist he is trying to help.
The narrative takes in a large number of the social and political problems that have beset seemingly idyllic Thailand in recent years – undocumented workers, illegal immigrants fleeing the civil war in Myanmar, an oppressive political power structure, enforced ‘disappearance’ of those who the government’s political opponents and critics,...
The film, which premieres this week in the Jiseok competition section of the Busan International Film Festival, is the story of three young men living on the margins of society in Thailand and their common quest for justice. The characters are an illegal immigrant from Myanmar working, despite his own heterosexuality, as a gay prostitute in Chiang Main, a customer and an on-the-run political activist he is trying to help.
The narrative takes in a large number of the social and political problems that have beset seemingly idyllic Thailand in recent years – undocumented workers, illegal immigrants fleeing the civil war in Myanmar, an oppressive political power structure, enforced ‘disappearance’ of those who the government’s political opponents and critics,...
- 10/8/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
A theatrical release is planned for May 2024.
Time travel adventure Taklee Genesis will be distributed by Warner Bros in Thailand, making it the first Thai film handled by the Hollywood studio in the country.
Set for release on May 1 in Thailand, the title refers to a warp-speed teleporter left behind from the Cold War. A US military officer takes on a secret mission to investigate the matter but gets stuck in another time warp. The film spans different time periods, from the pre-historic Ban Chiang, now a Unesco world heritage site, to 100 years in the future.
”Taklee Genesis is a...
Time travel adventure Taklee Genesis will be distributed by Warner Bros in Thailand, making it the first Thai film handled by the Hollywood studio in the country.
Set for release on May 1 in Thailand, the title refers to a warp-speed teleporter left behind from the Cold War. A US military officer takes on a secret mission to investigate the matter but gets stuck in another time warp. The film spans different time periods, from the pre-historic Ban Chiang, now a Unesco world heritage site, to 100 years in the future.
”Taklee Genesis is a...
- 10/6/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Korea’s Busan International Film Festival has announced the ten films in this year’s New Currents competition line-up, along with ten films selected for its Jiseok Section. Both competition sections feature titles from Bangladesh’s vibrant young industry as well as from Japan.
New Currents, a section for first and second films by up-and-coming Asian filmmakers, features two films from Bangladesh – Biplob Sarkar’s The Stranger and Iqbal H. Chowdhury’s The Wrestler – which the festival noted showcase “the momentum of Bangladeshi cinema”.
The Stranger is described as a coming-of-age story navigating the journey of a family in which the young son grapples with questions about his gender identity. The Wrestler, a co-production between Bangladesh and Canada, tells the story of an elderly man from a fishing village who challenges a wrestling champion to combat.
Two Japanese titles have also been selected for New Currents – September 1923, about the Great...
New Currents, a section for first and second films by up-and-coming Asian filmmakers, features two films from Bangladesh – Biplob Sarkar’s The Stranger and Iqbal H. Chowdhury’s The Wrestler – which the festival noted showcase “the momentum of Bangladeshi cinema”.
The Stranger is described as a coming-of-age story navigating the journey of a family in which the young son grapples with questions about his gender identity. The Wrestler, a co-production between Bangladesh and Canada, tells the story of an elderly man from a fishing village who challenges a wrestling champion to combat.
Two Japanese titles have also been selected for New Currents – September 1923, about the Great...
- 8/30/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
The New Currents and Jiseok selections include features from Japan, China, South Korea and Bangladesh among others.
The 28th Busan International Film Festival has revealed the titles selected for its New Currents and Jiseok strands, the festival’s competitive sections for Asian films.
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New Currents is for films by directors making their first or second works of fiction and comprises 10 titles from Japan, China, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, India and Bangladesh.
They include September 1923, which marks the fiction feature debut of Japanese director Tatsuya Mori and centres on the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923. Mori is known as a documentary filmmaker,...
The 28th Busan International Film Festival has revealed the titles selected for its New Currents and Jiseok strands, the festival’s competitive sections for Asian films.
Scroll down for full list
New Currents is for films by directors making their first or second works of fiction and comprises 10 titles from Japan, China, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, India and Bangladesh.
They include September 1923, which marks the fiction feature debut of Japanese director Tatsuya Mori and centres on the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923. Mori is known as a documentary filmmaker,...
- 8/30/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
The main competition section of the Busan International Film Festival is set to showcase two new features from Bangladeshi directors, the feature debut of Japanese documentary maker Mori Tatsuya and ruminations on Hong Kong by mainland Chinese director Choi Ji.
The festival on Wednesday unveiled its New Currents competition section, reserved for films by directors making their first or second works of fiction, as well as its Jiseok section, a showcase for somewhat more established Asian auteurs.
In addition to the Bangladesh duo, New Currents includes two films from Japan, two from Korea and one each from China, Thailand, Malaysia and India.
From Bangladesh, Iqbal H. Chowdhury’s “The Wrestler” sees an old fisherman challenge a wrestling champion to combat, and in “The Stranger” Biplob Sarkar tells a coming-of-age, gender-identity tale.
From Japan, Mori recounts the events of the Great Kanto earthquake in “September 1923,” while Yamamoto Akira delves into profound...
The festival on Wednesday unveiled its New Currents competition section, reserved for films by directors making their first or second works of fiction, as well as its Jiseok section, a showcase for somewhat more established Asian auteurs.
In addition to the Bangladesh duo, New Currents includes two films from Japan, two from Korea and one each from China, Thailand, Malaysia and India.
From Bangladesh, Iqbal H. Chowdhury’s “The Wrestler” sees an old fisherman challenge a wrestling champion to combat, and in “The Stranger” Biplob Sarkar tells a coming-of-age, gender-identity tale.
From Japan, Mori recounts the events of the Great Kanto earthquake in “September 1923,” while Yamamoto Akira delves into profound...
- 8/30/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Adventures in the sex trade, ladyboys and Thai boxing feature prominently on the debut film slate being launched at the AFM by Hollywood (Thailand).
The company is currently handling its own rights sales at the American Film Market. It recently struck a first-look deal with Epic Pictures for North American rights to the slate. The two companies made their relationship official on Tuesday, the first day of the market, with an afternoon signing ceremony at the Loews Hotel.
Hollywood (Thailand) is a Bangkok-based distributor and producer that previously made creature feature “The Lake” back in 2019. At 5 million, the film had a budget significantly above the Thai average and involved significant animatronics. The film was financed through a combination of pre-sales at AFM and Chinese investment.
The slate launch includes four titles in different stages of readiness.
Closest to completion is “22,” a reference to an infamous traffic circle in Bangkok where drugs,...
The company is currently handling its own rights sales at the American Film Market. It recently struck a first-look deal with Epic Pictures for North American rights to the slate. The two companies made their relationship official on Tuesday, the first day of the market, with an afternoon signing ceremony at the Loews Hotel.
Hollywood (Thailand) is a Bangkok-based distributor and producer that previously made creature feature “The Lake” back in 2019. At 5 million, the film had a budget significantly above the Thai average and involved significant animatronics. The film was financed through a combination of pre-sales at AFM and Chinese investment.
The slate launch includes four titles in different stages of readiness.
Closest to completion is “22,” a reference to an infamous traffic circle in Bangkok where drugs,...
- 11/2/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
New Thai outfit to attend Busan’s Acfm for the first time.
New Thai production and sales outfit Neramitnung Film is attending Busan’s Acfm for the first time with a slate of four titles, including a sequel to box office hit 4 Kings and Davy Chou-produced Doi Boy.
4 Kings Part 2 sees the return of a young drug trafficker from the first film – played by Ukrit Willibrord Dongabriel, aka Thai rapper D Gerrard – who is determined to seek revenge from two rival gangs, unleashing a new war of violence.
Filmmaker Puttipong Nakthong also returns to direct the sequel, which is...
New Thai production and sales outfit Neramitnung Film is attending Busan’s Acfm for the first time with a slate of four titles, including a sequel to box office hit 4 Kings and Davy Chou-produced Doi Boy.
4 Kings Part 2 sees the return of a young drug trafficker from the first film – played by Ukrit Willibrord Dongabriel, aka Thai rapper D Gerrard – who is determined to seek revenge from two rival gangs, unleashing a new war of violence.
Filmmaker Puttipong Nakthong also returns to direct the sequel, which is...
- 10/8/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, Nontawat Numbenchapol and Sorayos Prapapan will bring projects to this year’s edition of Thai Pitch at Cannes.
Three internationally acclaimed Thai directors – Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, Nontawat Numbenchapol and Sorayos Prapapan – have been selectd to bring projects to this year’s edition of Thai Pitch at Cannes.
Organised by Thailand’s Ministry of Culture, the event aims to match the three filmmakers and their producers with prospective sales agents, distributors, funders and co-producers. The three projects are:
51 Faces Of Anne
Director: Kongdej Jaturanrasamee
Producer: Soros Sukhum (Mundane History)
Synopsis: Anne is an ordinary girl who wakes up alone on a mysterious island.
Three internationally acclaimed Thai directors – Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, Nontawat Numbenchapol and Sorayos Prapapan – have been selectd to bring projects to this year’s edition of Thai Pitch at Cannes.
Organised by Thailand’s Ministry of Culture, the event aims to match the three filmmakers and their producers with prospective sales agents, distributors, funders and co-producers. The three projects are:
51 Faces Of Anne
Director: Kongdej Jaturanrasamee
Producer: Soros Sukhum (Mundane History)
Synopsis: Anne is an ordinary girl who wakes up alone on a mysterious island.
- 4/17/2019
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Cambodian filmmaking collective Anti-Archive’s Echoes of Tomorrow initiative debuted in Busan’s Wide Angle shorts competition with the world premiere of Danech San’s “A Million Years.” Echoes of Tomorrow provides an opportunity to three first-time filmmakers to direct a short each.
“The film is not really like a story. My intention is to really talk about inner feelings,” San told Variety. “A Million Years” follows a woman taking a break in a riverside restaurant who talks about her past experiences with her server. The other two shorts, “Garden,” by Sreylin Meas, and “Intersection,” by Kanitha Tith, will be completed by the end of the year.
Anti-Archive was founded in 2014 by Davy Chou, Kavich Neang and Steve Chen, with Park Sungho joining in 2016. The collective has had considerable success around the world. “Dream Land” (2015), directed by Chen, was selected for the Locarno Film Festival; Chou’s “Diamond Island” was...
“The film is not really like a story. My intention is to really talk about inner feelings,” San told Variety. “A Million Years” follows a woman taking a break in a riverside restaurant who talks about her past experiences with her server. The other two shorts, “Garden,” by Sreylin Meas, and “Intersection,” by Kanitha Tith, will be completed by the end of the year.
Anti-Archive was founded in 2014 by Davy Chou, Kavich Neang and Steve Chen, with Park Sungho joining in 2016. The collective has had considerable success around the world. “Dream Land” (2015), directed by Chen, was selected for the Locarno Film Festival; Chou’s “Diamond Island” was...
- 10/8/2018
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
“There are so many dreams. So many.”
Describing the feeling of being young, or what it means to be young has been the source of many works of art, the inspiration for many nostalgic episodes when talking with friends, a moment in our lives captured in amber and old pictures. Paradoxically, even though one knows the feeling, the fact its definition is subject to change makes it also one of the most challenging topics one can think of. Everyone knows the kind of novel or film about young people using words which have been put in their mouths by someone obviously out of touch, with what it means to be young. At the same time, culture is one of the most important keys for many young people to find access to the world, to understand themselves and those around them.
In general, one could say the almost obligatory curiosity of...
Describing the feeling of being young, or what it means to be young has been the source of many works of art, the inspiration for many nostalgic episodes when talking with friends, a moment in our lives captured in amber and old pictures. Paradoxically, even though one knows the feeling, the fact its definition is subject to change makes it also one of the most challenging topics one can think of. Everyone knows the kind of novel or film about young people using words which have been put in their mouths by someone obviously out of touch, with what it means to be young. At the same time, culture is one of the most important keys for many young people to find access to the world, to understand themselves and those around them.
In general, one could say the almost obligatory curiosity of...
- 9/20/2018
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
“An impossible utopia. A hopeless dream.”
As most artists are aware, it is simply impossible not to make a statement with one’s work. Even though it seems strange to think of mainstream films – the sheer never-ending stream of superhero-movies or romantic comedies, to name two examples – as having some kind of agenda besides the obvious economic interests of production companies, there is not denying the paradox that no message is still some kind of message. Of course, we all know this theory relies on how much emphasis and attention an artist puts on these thematic layers of his or her work, especially since these issues, whether they are political, social or cultural, have become increasingly complex pits of quicksand for those treading carelessly.
Especially when these various layers are met with the panoptic oversight of censorship. After a 12-year-hiatus from narrative films, Thai director Pimpaka Towira chose to talk...
As most artists are aware, it is simply impossible not to make a statement with one’s work. Even though it seems strange to think of mainstream films – the sheer never-ending stream of superhero-movies or romantic comedies, to name two examples – as having some kind of agenda besides the obvious economic interests of production companies, there is not denying the paradox that no message is still some kind of message. Of course, we all know this theory relies on how much emphasis and attention an artist puts on these thematic layers of his or her work, especially since these issues, whether they are political, social or cultural, have become increasingly complex pits of quicksand for those treading carelessly.
Especially when these various layers are met with the panoptic oversight of censorship. After a 12-year-hiatus from narrative films, Thai director Pimpaka Towira chose to talk...
- 9/17/2018
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Thai director Nontawat Numbenchapol was born in 1983 in Bangkok. After graduating in Visual Communication at Rangsit University in Pathum Thani, Numbenchapol worked on numerous projects as still photographer and cinematographer. His work as a photographer was part of many exhibitions in his home country and abroad. In Thailand, he had worked with directors such as Paween Puritpanya and Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
Numbenchapol’s documentaries deal with issues such as history, identity and borders between people. “Boundary” and “By the River”, both released in 2013, were featured in international festivals and have received much praise. We speak with him about the path that led him to filmmaking, the conflict between Thailand and Cambodia, his approach to the medium, his motivation as an artist and his future projects.
How would you define your approach to filmmaking and documentaries?
I never dreamed of being a documentary filmmaker. But when I was young I went to...
Numbenchapol’s documentaries deal with issues such as history, identity and borders between people. “Boundary” and “By the River”, both released in 2013, were featured in international festivals and have received much praise. We speak with him about the path that led him to filmmaking, the conflict between Thailand and Cambodia, his approach to the medium, his motivation as an artist and his future projects.
How would you define your approach to filmmaking and documentaries?
I never dreamed of being a documentary filmmaker. But when I was young I went to...
- 9/4/2018
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
“I visited your village. It was such a pleasant time.”
(from a Karen song)
One of the most important themes within Thai cinema is the balance between humans and nature. Even though the waves of global politics and economics have done their part in changing the face of the country, nature still holds a promise or even a secret to those willing to accept it as part of their lives rather than exploit its resources. In the cinema of directors such as Apichatpong Weerasethakul, nature, religion and mysticism are closely related, intertwined even though their connection is never truly revealed, and endless sources of beauty and spiritual harmony.
While his previous feature explored the border conflicts with Cambodia and internal turmoils of the past, Thai director Nontawat Numbenchapol’s images in “Boundary” already indicated a close link between the individual and the environment. Following the case of lead pollution of...
(from a Karen song)
One of the most important themes within Thai cinema is the balance between humans and nature. Even though the waves of global politics and economics have done their part in changing the face of the country, nature still holds a promise or even a secret to those willing to accept it as part of their lives rather than exploit its resources. In the cinema of directors such as Apichatpong Weerasethakul, nature, religion and mysticism are closely related, intertwined even though their connection is never truly revealed, and endless sources of beauty and spiritual harmony.
While his previous feature explored the border conflicts with Cambodia and internal turmoils of the past, Thai director Nontawat Numbenchapol’s images in “Boundary” already indicated a close link between the individual and the environment. Following the case of lead pollution of...
- 8/23/2018
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
“My new journey is coming to an end. Sometimes, I wonder why I did it.”
Even though one might not have the specific oversight of the political and social upheavals in Thailand and Cambodia, the story of the red shirt/yellow shirt divide and the Preah Vihear Temple-debate are symbols of a growing divide. While the former has increased the chasm between rural and urban Thailand as well as its social classes, the latter has resulted in conflicts which have shaken the border region between the two states. By the end of 2010, only months after the red shirt protests opposing the government, the social and political fabric of Thailand could not have been more damaged.
It was during this time – more precisely during New Years Eve 2010 – when Thai filmmaker Nontawat Numbenchapol found the subject for his first documentary. In a statement to his debut feature “Boundary,” the director says he...
Even though one might not have the specific oversight of the political and social upheavals in Thailand and Cambodia, the story of the red shirt/yellow shirt divide and the Preah Vihear Temple-debate are symbols of a growing divide. While the former has increased the chasm between rural and urban Thailand as well as its social classes, the latter has resulted in conflicts which have shaken the border region between the two states. By the end of 2010, only months after the red shirt protests opposing the government, the social and political fabric of Thailand could not have been more damaged.
It was during this time – more precisely during New Years Eve 2010 – when Thai filmmaker Nontawat Numbenchapol found the subject for his first documentary. In a statement to his debut feature “Boundary,” the director says he...
- 8/22/2018
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Selection includes films from Siddiq Barmak, Yoon Gaeun and Min Bahadur Bham.
In South Korea, the Busan International Film Festival (Biff)’s Asian Project Market (Apm) has announced 28 titles from 17 countries for this year.
The 20th Apm’s selection includes projects from Golden Globe best foreign language film award winner Siddiq Barmak (Osama) and Berlinale Generation director Yoon Gaeun (The World Of Us).
Afghan filmmaker Barmak’s Georgia-France co-production The Pass is a wartime drama about two soldiers from opposite sides who are forced to cooperate in order to cross a dangerous mountain pass alongside refugees.
Korean director Yoon’s Sora is a drama about a middle school girl who finds out a secret about the new kid in the neighborhood.
According to organizers, the number of projects submitted to Apm this year went up “almost 25%” from the previous year to reach 317. In the 19 previous years, “a total of 499 projects have been selected with more than 220 of...
In South Korea, the Busan International Film Festival (Biff)’s Asian Project Market (Apm) has announced 28 titles from 17 countries for this year.
The 20th Apm’s selection includes projects from Golden Globe best foreign language film award winner Siddiq Barmak (Osama) and Berlinale Generation director Yoon Gaeun (The World Of Us).
Afghan filmmaker Barmak’s Georgia-France co-production The Pass is a wartime drama about two soldiers from opposite sides who are forced to cooperate in order to cross a dangerous mountain pass alongside refugees.
Korean director Yoon’s Sora is a drama about a middle school girl who finds out a secret about the new kid in the neighborhood.
According to organizers, the number of projects submitted to Apm this year went up “almost 25%” from the previous year to reach 317. In the 19 previous years, “a total of 499 projects have been selected with more than 220 of...
- 8/14/2017
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
You Are There, Doi Boy win awards.
The Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab (Seafic) has awarded prizes to projects from Singapore’s Nicole Midori Woodford (pictured) and Thailand’s Nontawat Numbenchapol in its first round of awards.
Midori Woodford’s You Are There won both the Seafic-tfl Award and the Open Sea Fund Award, presented by Vs Service and White Light Post, which came with $25,000 of in-kind services. Through the Seafic-tfl Award, the project’s producer Jeremy Chua will attend this year’s TorinoFilmLab Meeting Event (November 24-26).
Nontawat’s Doi Boy won the Purin Award, which came with a cash prize of $15,000. The award was presented by a jury comprising Cannes director of film department Christian Jeune, former Cj Entertainment executive Kini Kim and Hong Kong producer Nansun Shi.
Produced by Steve Chen and Supatcha Thipsena, Doi Boy is a Thai-Cambodian co-production that marks the first narrative feature from Nontawat whose first two documentaries, Boundary and By...
The Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab (Seafic) has awarded prizes to projects from Singapore’s Nicole Midori Woodford (pictured) and Thailand’s Nontawat Numbenchapol in its first round of awards.
Midori Woodford’s You Are There won both the Seafic-tfl Award and the Open Sea Fund Award, presented by Vs Service and White Light Post, which came with $25,000 of in-kind services. Through the Seafic-tfl Award, the project’s producer Jeremy Chua will attend this year’s TorinoFilmLab Meeting Event (November 24-26).
Nontawat’s Doi Boy won the Purin Award, which came with a cash prize of $15,000. The award was presented by a jury comprising Cannes director of film department Christian Jeune, former Cj Entertainment executive Kini Kim and Hong Kong producer Nansun Shi.
Produced by Steve Chen and Supatcha Thipsena, Doi Boy is a Thai-Cambodian co-production that marks the first narrative feature from Nontawat whose first two documentaries, Boundary and By...
- 7/4/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Line-up for first Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab includes debut fiction film from Nontawat Numbenchapol, whose documentary #Bkky is premiering at Busan.
The Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab (Seafic) has unveiled the five projects selected for its first edition, including the debut fiction film from Nontawat Numbenchapol, whose documentary #Bkky is currently premiering at Busan.
Nontawat’s first two documentaries, Boundary and By The River, premiered at the Berlinale Forum and Locarno Film Festival in 2013, respectively.
Seafic invites first second and third-time filmmakers to work with a script consultant and international experts for nine months to develop their projects. In total, Seafic received 57 applications from nearly every Southeast Asian country.
The inaugural line-up also includes the debut feature from Pham Ngoc Lan, to be produced by Vietnamese filmmaker Phan Dang Di (Bi, Don’t Be Afraid), and the second film from Sivaroj Kongsakul, to be produced by Thai director-producer Pimpaka Towira (The Island Funeral). See full project...
The Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab (Seafic) has unveiled the five projects selected for its first edition, including the debut fiction film from Nontawat Numbenchapol, whose documentary #Bkky is currently premiering at Busan.
Nontawat’s first two documentaries, Boundary and By The River, premiered at the Berlinale Forum and Locarno Film Festival in 2013, respectively.
Seafic invites first second and third-time filmmakers to work with a script consultant and international experts for nine months to develop their projects. In total, Seafic received 57 applications from nearly every Southeast Asian country.
The inaugural line-up also includes the debut feature from Pham Ngoc Lan, to be produced by Vietnamese filmmaker Phan Dang Di (Bi, Don’t Be Afraid), and the second film from Sivaroj Kongsakul, to be produced by Thai director-producer Pimpaka Towira (The Island Funeral). See full project...
- 10/9/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
UK-based streaming service FilmDoo is expanding its line-up with a focus on Southeast Asian cinema, including titles such as banned documentary Boundary and Tom Waller’s The Last Executioner [pictured].
Starting tomorrow (June 3), the platform (www.filmdoo.com/southeastasia) will stream 14 Southeast Asian films - 11 globally and three exclusive to Thailand - many of which have not been previously distributed on home video.
Nontawat Numbenchapol’s Boundary, set along the troubled Thailand-Cambodia border, premiered at Berlin in 2013, while The Last Executioner won best director and best actor at this year’s Dhaka International Film Festival.
FilmDoo’s Southeast Asian line-up also includes Woo Ming Jin’s The Second Life Of Thieves, Rooth Tang’s Sway and Tongpong Chantarangkul’s I Carried You Home, which won best actress and best cinematography at Thailand’s National Film Association Awards.
“The future of cinema is about innovating distribution, opening up channels for new ideas and voices to be heard. I’m grateful...
Starting tomorrow (June 3), the platform (www.filmdoo.com/southeastasia) will stream 14 Southeast Asian films - 11 globally and three exclusive to Thailand - many of which have not been previously distributed on home video.
Nontawat Numbenchapol’s Boundary, set along the troubled Thailand-Cambodia border, premiered at Berlin in 2013, while The Last Executioner won best director and best actor at this year’s Dhaka International Film Festival.
FilmDoo’s Southeast Asian line-up also includes Woo Ming Jin’s The Second Life Of Thieves, Rooth Tang’s Sway and Tongpong Chantarangkul’s I Carried You Home, which won best actress and best cinematography at Thailand’s National Film Association Awards.
“The future of cinema is about innovating distribution, opening up channels for new ideas and voices to be heard. I’m grateful...
- 6/2/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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Catalan director Albert Serra was the surprise winner of this year’s Golden Leopard in Locarno for a historical drama with a difference, Story Of My Death.
Described by Serra by as “a movie about the beauty of horror, and also about the horror of beauty,” Story Of My Death imagines an encounter between Casanova of 18th rationalism and Count Dracula from the romantic 19th century.
French co-producer Capricci Films is handling international sales on the Spanish-French co-production which will be screened in Toronto’s Wavelengths programme next month.
However, films tipped for Leopard statuettes such as Claire Simon’s Gare du Nord and David Wnendt’s Wetlands were passed over by the International Jury headed by Filipino director Lav Diaz. Moreover, local...
Catalan director Albert Serra was the surprise winner of this year’s Golden Leopard in Locarno for a historical drama with a difference, Story Of My Death.
Described by Serra by as “a movie about the beauty of horror, and also about the horror of beauty,” Story Of My Death imagines an encounter between Casanova of 18th rationalism and Count Dracula from the romantic 19th century.
French co-producer Capricci Films is handling international sales on the Spanish-French co-production which will be screened in Toronto’s Wavelengths programme next month.
However, films tipped for Leopard statuettes such as Claire Simon’s Gare du Nord and David Wnendt’s Wetlands were passed over by the International Jury headed by Filipino director Lav Diaz. Moreover, local...
- 8/18/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
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