DOI BOYDirected by NONTAWAT NUMBENCHAPOLSorn, an ethnic Shan sex worker, tries to build a future in Chiang Mai, Thailand, as a refugee far from home, but he is drawn into a complex relationship with one client, a police officer investigating a political activist.
Thailand/Cambodia | Fiction | Color | DCP | 2.35 | 99 min
Director and Writer: Nontawat Numbenchapol Starring: Awat Ratanapintha ("Sorn") Arak Amornsupasiri ("Ji") Aim Thavornsiri ("Wuth") Panisara Rikulsurakan ("Bee") Ornjira Lamwilai ("Som") Delegate Producers: Supatcha Thipsena (Bow), Steve Chen, Daniel Mattes, Davy Chou Production Companies: Neramitnung Pictures, Mobile Lab Project, Anti-Archive Director of Photography: Rimvydas LEIPUS, LAC Editor: Harin PAESONGTHAI Production Designer: Akekarat HOMLAOR Sound: Nopawat Likitwong, Kaikangwol Rungsakorn Music: Katenan Juntimathorn Currently in post-production. |
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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 |
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