won the Purin Award at the close of Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab (SEAFIC).
Dear all,
To think about the first day I started to make films until these days, it is about 10 years already. I look around my circle and see some friends at the same age had families and houses already. As for me, at this age, I wanted to buy health insurance and fix the house for my mom. The thing is when I look back, I feel like I have nothing, but only the films I made.
I feel so grateful to be able to participate the SEAFIC script lab. Those deadlines help push the project to be developed with good pace. Having such a good mentor like Franz Rodenkirchen , who always tries to understand our script deeply and gives an advice in the way that focuses on our main idea, makes it much more easier to improve our script dramatically. When I read the script and shared opinions with talented friends like Chris Yeo, Sivaroj Karn Kongsakul, Pham Ngoc Lan, and Nicole Midori Woodford, they are very open-minded that we can review each other’s work more freely. They point out things that I’ve never seen in the script before. Besides sharing ideas, our friendship can also heal my loneliness and make me realise that I’m not alone in this journey. We all share the same dream of making films.
In terms of producing, we received professional consolation and eventually found solutions to the problems that we’re always curious about. This process makes our team, Steve Chen and Bow Supatcha, clearly see the path that we are walking forward to. And we always feel the love and friendship from Anti-Archive, which is Chou Davy, Park Sungho, Daniel Mattes, Kavich Neang, Danech San, Kanitha Tith, and Douglas Seok. They’re always be there through all good times and bad times, with lots of hugs and smiles.
Last but not least. I wanted to thank you Raymond Phathanavirangoon and Visra Vichit-Vadakan that makes the SEAFIC lab happened. For the past 8 months, it was such a precious experience for me and gave me strength to walk this path further. We really appreciated to receive the Purin award, and will definitely keep on pushing this project. And we hope that SEAFIC will continue to give us strength and hope for ASEAN filmmakers like I used to receive before. I feel like I can escape from the current situation that when I make a film, people in my country would not understand, believe, or give supports that much.
Love