DOI BOY

Directed by NONTAWAT NUMBENCHAPOL

Sorn, an ethnic Shan sex worker, copes with his bitter reality in Chiang Mai, Thailand by
imagining himself in his clients’ lives. He is drawn into a complex relationship with one client, a police officer investigating a political activist, even as he tries to build a future of his own as a refugee far from home.

Thailand/Cambodia | Fiction | Color | DCP | 1:1.85 | 90 min

Director and Writer: Nontawat Numbenchapol

Starring: (Pae) Arak Amornsupasiri

Delegate Producers: Supatcha Thipsena (Bow), Steve Chen, Daniel Mattes, Davy Chou
Production Companies: Neramitnung Pictures, Mobile Lab Project, Anti-Archive
Associate Producers: Kavich Neang, Park Sung-Ho

Currently in pre-production, shooting to take place by end of 2022.

awards, financing, and events

press

Winner - 2019 Lovers Goes Industry - Lovers Film Festival, Torino, Italy
Purin Prize (top prize) - 2017 Southeast Asian Fiction Film Lab (SEAFIC) / Produire Au Sud
Special Mention Award - 2017 Talents Tokyo - Supatcha Thipsena, Producer

2019 Cannes Thai Pitch
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

Neramitnung Adds '4 Kings' Sequel and Davy Chou-produced 'Doi Boy' to Busan Slate (Exclusive) / ScreenDaily / 8 Oct 2022

Cannes: Thai Pitch Returns to Launch Three Titles / Variety / 17 Apr 2019

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