DOI BOY

Directed by NONTAWAT NUMBENCHAPOL

Sorn, an ethnic Shan sex worker, escapes his bitter reality in Chiang Mai by projecting himself into his clients’ lives.

Thailand/Cambodia | Fiction | Color | DCP | 16:9 | 90 min

Director and Writer: Nontawat Numbenchapol

Delegate Producers: Steve Chen, Supatcha Thipsena (Bow)
Production Companies: Anti-Archive, Mobile Lab Project
Associate Producer: Davy Chou

Currently in script development, research, and financing.

awards, financing, and events

press

Purin Prize (top prize) - 2017 Southeast Asian Fiction Film Lab (SEAFIC) / Produire Au Sud
Special Mention Award - 2017 Talents Tokyo - Supatcha Thipsena, Producer

2018 Cannes Cinéfondation l'Atelier - Official Selection, invitation only
2018 Berlinale Co-Production Market (with support from Goethe-Institut Thailand)
2018 Busan Asian Film School (AFiS) - Supatcha Thipsena, Producer
2017 Luang Prabang Film Lab - Nontawat Numbenchapol, Director
2017 Busan Festival Asian Project Market
2017 EAVE Ties That Bind - Steve Chen, Producer

Cannes Cinéfondation Atelier unveils 15 titles for 2018 edition / ScreenDaily / 2 Mar 2018

The Thai Filmmaker Documenting Life at the Margins / OZY / 20 Feb 2018

Berlinale Co-Production Market Line-Up Announced / Cineuropa / 15 Jan 2018

Southeast Asia's SEAFIC lab hands out inaugural prizes / ScreenDaily / 4 Jul 2017

Busan: SEAFIC Picks Projects for First Production Lab / Variety / 8 Oct 2016