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Doi Boy

A young ethnic Shan man moves from the war-torn Shan State buffering Thailand and Myanmar to Chiang Mai, Thailand. Refusing to return home to fight for the military yet undocumented as a refugee in the new country, he survives through sex work. To escape this bitter reality he projects himself into the colorful lives of his clients.

Director: Nontawat Numbenchapol
Screenwriter: Nontawat Numbenchapol
Producers: Supatcha Thipsena, Steve Chen
Co-producers: Thierry Lenouvel (Cine-Sud, France), Urs Frey (Contrast Film, Switzerland)
Country of Production: Thailand/Cambodia/France/Germany/Switzerland
Language(s): Thai, Shan
Total budget: USD 581,305
Production Company: Mobile Lab Project and ANTI-ARCHIVE

 

Awards

SEAFIC Award Winner 2017
Special Mention Award, Talents Tokyo 2017
Next Master Supports Program Development Fund, Talents Tokyo 2018

Official Selection 

Busan Asian Project Market 2017
Talents Tokyo 2017
Luang Prabang Film Festival Talent Lab 2017
Ties That Bind 2017
Busan Asian Film School 2018
Berlinale Talents 2018
Berlinale Co-Production Market 2018: "Berlinale Directors" projects
Cannes Atelier 2018
Thai Pitch at Cannes 2019
Far East in Progress at udine FAR EAST FILM festival's Focus Asia project market 2023

World Premiere at Busan International Film Festival (Jiseok)

Team: Doi Boy
NONTAWAT NUMBENCHAPOL Director Nontawat Numbenchapol’s first two documentaries, BOUNDARY and BY THE RIVER, premiered at the Berlinale Forum and Locarno Film Festival in 2013, respectively. His latest documentary #BKKY premieres at the Busan Film

NONTAWAT NUMBENCHAPOL
Director

Nontawat Numbenchapol’s first two documentaries, BOUNDARY and BY THE RIVER, premiered at the Berlinale Forum and Locarno Film Festival in 2013, respectively. His latest documentary #BKKY premieres at the Busan Film Festival 2016.

SUPATCHA THIPSENA Producer Supatcha THIPSENA (Thailand) started her career as a film writer and became Managing Editor of the influential BIOSCOPE magazine. In 2014 she became General Manager of Mosquito Films Distribution, a distributor of award

SUPATCHA THIPSENA
Producer

Supatcha THIPSENA (Thailand) started her career as a film writer and became Managing Editor of the influential BIOSCOPE magazine. In 2014 she became General Manager of Mosquito Films Distribution, a distributor of award-winning Southeast Asian cinema. She has also worked as festival coordinator for the Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival.

STEVE CHEN Producer Steve CHEN (USA) assisted on feature films by directors Lee Issac Chung and Davy Chou before making his directorial debut with DREAM LAND (2015), which had its world premiere at Locarno’s Cineaste of the Present section. With

STEVE CHEN
Producer

Steve CHEN (USA) assisted on feature films by directors Lee Issac Chung and Davy Chou before making his directorial debut with DREAM LAND (2015), which had its world premiere at Locarno’s Cineaste of the Present section. With Davy Chou, he created the Cambodian production company Anti-Archive, which co-produced Chou’s Cannes Critics’ Week entry DIAMOND ISLAND (2016).