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2 young vendors working in a local market dream of bigger things, but everything must stop eight times a day to pull down the canopy and make way for passing trains.
Penappa wants only to return to Bangkok. Arthid wants to leave his fruit stall behind and become an actor. But change is hard to come by in their market, where the vendors have grown accustomed to their unusual routine -- eight times daily, they must abruptly halt business and pull in the market's low canopy to give way to the passing train…
Filmed in and around the famous Maeklong market in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, the short film features a surprising synthesis of documentary and narrative fiction to portray a slice of life in this extraordinary setting.
Sponsored by the Federation of National Film Associations of Thailand (Film Expo Asia 2010), and the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
Production: USA/Thailand, 19 mins
Writer/Director: Gary Yong
Producer: Vitsanurak Satsanapitak
DP/Co-producer: Raymond Pagnucco
Cast: Phagawadee Pongchay, Tanakrit Udomseththaworn, Namfon Sirimongkol
“its greatest feature; it is suffused with colour, saturated, possessed of a tremendous sense of place - not just Maeklong, but Thailand...a well judged spectacle - consider it a postcard of sorts - a bright picture, a brief sentiment, a pleasant moment, and away.”
-Andrew Robertson, Eye for Film, Glasgow.
Penappa wants only to return to Bangkok. Arthid wants to leave his fruit stall behind and become an actor. But change is hard to come by in their market, where the vendors have grown accustomed to their unusual routine -- eight times daily, they must abruptly halt business and pull in the market's low canopy to give way to the passing train…
Filmed in and around the famous Maeklong market in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, the short film features a surprising synthesis of documentary and narrative fiction to portray a slice of life in this extraordinary setting.
Sponsored by the Federation of National Film Associations of Thailand (Film Expo Asia 2010), and the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
Production: USA/Thailand, 19 mins
Writer/Director: Gary Yong
Producer: Vitsanurak Satsanapitak
DP/Co-producer: Raymond Pagnucco
Cast: Phagawadee Pongchay, Tanakrit Udomseththaworn, Namfon Sirimongkol
“its greatest feature; it is suffused with colour, saturated, possessed of a tremendous sense of place - not just Maeklong, but Thailand...a well judged spectacle - consider it a postcard of sorts - a bright picture, a brief sentiment, a pleasant moment, and away.”
-Andrew Robertson, Eye for Film, Glasgow.
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Cast:
Phagawadee Pongchay
Tanakrit Udomseththaworn
Namfon Sirimongkol
Featured subjects (in order of appearance):
Wiroj Ongprecha - Deputy Mayor, Maeklong
Warin Pankalub & Namfon Sirimongkol - Vendors
Tanphuying Samorn Phuminarong
Talthip Boonyasawat - Vendor
Rungnapha Sawingthong - Vendor
Writer/director/editor: Gary Yong
Producer/translator: Vitsanurak Satsanapitak
DP/co-producer: Raymond Pagnucco
Script translation: Raktin Uthai, Wiwat Chang
Sound recordist/boom operator: Raktin Uthai
Production assistant/translator: Apicha Apasilpa
Camera assistant/grip: Guillaume Ellis
Original music: Eakchai Mekpan
Color correction/graphics: Gary Yong
Phagawadee Pongchay
Tanakrit Udomseththaworn
Namfon Sirimongkol
Featured subjects (in order of appearance):
Wiroj Ongprecha - Deputy Mayor, Maeklong
Warin Pankalub & Namfon Sirimongkol - Vendors
Tanphuying Samorn Phuminarong
Talthip Boonyasawat - Vendor
Rungnapha Sawingthong - Vendor
Writer/director/editor: Gary Yong
Producer/translator: Vitsanurak Satsanapitak
DP/co-producer: Raymond Pagnucco
Script translation: Raktin Uthai, Wiwat Chang
Sound recordist/boom operator: Raktin Uthai
Production assistant/translator: Apicha Apasilpa
Camera assistant/grip: Guillaume Ellis
Original music: Eakchai Mekpan
Color correction/graphics: Gary Yong
Length: 19 min, short film
Language: Thai with English subtitles
Originating format: HD - 16:9
Distribution formats: Digibeta PAL/NTSC, HD digital file (1920x1080), MiniDV PAL, DVD PAL/NTSC
Production company: Fluidrace Films
Production: 2010, USA/Thailand
Release: 2011
Language: Thai with English subtitles
Originating format: HD - 16:9
Distribution formats: Digibeta PAL/NTSC, HD digital file (1920x1080), MiniDV PAL, DVD PAL/NTSC
Production company: Fluidrace Films
Production: 2010, USA/Thailand
Release: 2011
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Glasgow Film Festival - Feb 2011 (World premiere)
Tampere Film Festival, Finland - March 2011
International Film Festival of Uruguay, Montevideo - April 2011 (South American premiere)
International Short Film Festival of Oberhausen, Germany - May 2011
Timishort Film Festival, Timisoara, Romania - May 2011 (Special Jury Mention)
Southside Film Festival, Scotland - May 2011
Afro-Asian Institute, Graz, Austria - June 2011
Cine de Huesca International Film Festival, Spain - June 2011
Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Germany - June 2011
In the Palace International Short Film Festival, Balchik, Bulgaria - June 2011 (Best Documentary Nominee, Special Mention)
Asian American International Film Festival, New York - Aug 2011 (North American premiere)
FeSanCor International Short Film Festival of Santiago, Chile - Oct 2011
Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden - Oct 2011 (nominated for the Uppsala Award in Memory of Ingmar Bergman)
Vancouver Asian Film Festival - Nov 2011
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival - Nov 2011
Zinebi International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilboa, Spain - Nov 2011
Interfilm Berlin International Short Film Festival - Nov 2011
Tampere Film Festival, Finland - March 2011
International Film Festival of Uruguay, Montevideo - April 2011 (South American premiere)
International Short Film Festival of Oberhausen, Germany - May 2011
Timishort Film Festival, Timisoara, Romania - May 2011 (Special Jury Mention)
Southside Film Festival, Scotland - May 2011
Afro-Asian Institute, Graz, Austria - June 2011
Cine de Huesca International Film Festival, Spain - June 2011
Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Germany - June 2011
In the Palace International Short Film Festival, Balchik, Bulgaria - June 2011 (Best Documentary Nominee, Special Mention)
Asian American International Film Festival, New York - Aug 2011 (North American premiere)
FeSanCor International Short Film Festival of Santiago, Chile - Oct 2011
Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden - Oct 2011 (nominated for the Uppsala Award in Memory of Ingmar Bergman)
Vancouver Asian Film Festival - Nov 2011
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival - Nov 2011
Zinebi International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilboa, Spain - Nov 2011
Interfilm Berlin International Short Film Festival - Nov 2011
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Cloudy intentions upset a sunny afternoon..
10 year old Tommy and his Filipino maid Amber play a game of "hide and seek" in the Botanic Gardens, with hidden consequences for both.
Production: Singapore, 7 mins
Writer/Director: Gary Yong
DP/Producer: David Chua
Cast: Celeste Enriquez Dela Cruz, William Low
10 year old Tommy and his Filipino maid Amber play a game of "hide and seek" in the Botanic Gardens, with hidden consequences for both.
Production: Singapore, 7 mins
Writer/Director: Gary Yong
DP/Producer: David Chua
Cast: Celeste Enriquez Dela Cruz, William Low
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Cast:
Celeste Enriquez Dela Cruz
William Low
Also featuring:
Daniel C Geggie (voice)
Alecia Kim Chua
Allison Lillian Chua
Joshua C Geggie
Samuel Lim Rui Kai
Caleb C Geggie
Writer/director: Gary Yong
Producers: David Chua, Gary Yong
Shot by: David Chua
Sound recordist: Carla Sepúlveda
Sound designer, editor & mixer: Carla Sepúlveda
Camera assistant: Andre Boh
Production assistant: Kaixiang Yong
Editors: Gary Yong, Carla Sepúlveda
Catering: Angeline How
Transportation: Peter Yong
Casting assistance: Kids Performing
Equipment rental: Camwerkz
Celeste Enriquez Dela Cruz
William Low
Also featuring:
Daniel C Geggie (voice)
Alecia Kim Chua
Allison Lillian Chua
Joshua C Geggie
Samuel Lim Rui Kai
Caleb C Geggie
Writer/director: Gary Yong
Producers: David Chua, Gary Yong
Shot by: David Chua
Sound recordist: Carla Sepúlveda
Sound designer, editor & mixer: Carla Sepúlveda
Camera assistant: Andre Boh
Production assistant: Kaixiang Yong
Editors: Gary Yong, Carla Sepúlveda
Catering: Angeline How
Transportation: Peter Yong
Casting assistance: Kids Performing
Equipment rental: Camwerkz
Length: 7 min, short film
Language: English
Originating format: HD - 2:35:1
Distribution formats: HD digital file (1920x1080), MiniDV PAL/NTSC, DVD PAL/NTSC
Production company: Fluidrace Films, Filmic Media
Production: 2011, Singapore
Release: 2012
Language: English
Originating format: HD - 2:35:1
Distribution formats: HD digital file (1920x1080), MiniDV PAL/NTSC, DVD PAL/NTSC
Production company: Fluidrace Films, Filmic Media
Production: 2011, Singapore
Release: 2012
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On the morning that Ton is leaving for studies in the United States, he has one final task to make before catching his flight.
Faa, once a boy, now a beautiful woman, and still in love with her childhood best friend, has to face the reality that he may be leaving her life very shortly.
Meanwhile Grace, an Asian-American tourist, is having problems with her fiancé while on vacation.
status: in post-production
a co-production with Sibling Projects
in association with Hidden Rooster Films
Faa, once a boy, now a beautiful woman, and still in love with her childhood best friend, has to face the reality that he may be leaving her life very shortly.
Meanwhile Grace, an Asian-American tourist, is having problems with her fiancé while on vacation.
status: in post-production
a co-production with Sibling Projects
in association with Hidden Rooster Films
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Cast:
Athiwat (Katob) Theeranithitnanth
Thanyaput (Ball) Kungthitithawarat
Sasapin (Pupe) Siriwanji
Co-writers/Co-directors: Rini Yun Keagy, Gary Yong
Producers: Rawipas (Tew) Wetchapinan, Vitsanurak (Nu) Satsanapitak
Cinematographer: Chananun (JaEh) Chotrungroj
Script translation: Sasapin Siriwanji, Wowdow Poochareon
Script consultation: Grace Lee
more credits to follow
Athiwat (Katob) Theeranithitnanth
Thanyaput (Ball) Kungthitithawarat
Sasapin (Pupe) Siriwanji
Co-writers/Co-directors: Rini Yun Keagy, Gary Yong
Producers: Rawipas (Tew) Wetchapinan, Vitsanurak (Nu) Satsanapitak
Cinematographer: Chananun (JaEh) Chotrungroj
Script translation: Sasapin Siriwanji, Wowdow Poochareon
Script consultation: Grace Lee
more credits to follow
Length: 15~ min, short film
Language: Thai & English, with English subtitles
Originating format: HD - 2:35:1
Distribution formats: Digibeta PAL/NTSC, HD digital file (1920x1080), MiniDV PAL/NTSC, DVD PAL/NTSC
Production company: Sibling Projects, Fluidrace Films
in association with Hidden Rooster Films
Production: 2011, Thailand
Release: 2012
Language: Thai & English, with English subtitles
Originating format: HD - 2:35:1
Distribution formats: Digibeta PAL/NTSC, HD digital file (1920x1080), MiniDV PAL/NTSC, DVD PAL/NTSC
Production company: Sibling Projects, Fluidrace Films
in association with Hidden Rooster Films
Production: 2011, Thailand
Release: 2012
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In the year 2013, film director Bessem Labidi tries to revive his pet project - nicknamed the "Colony Project" because of its many past failed divergent incarnations. What began in 2007 as a social documentary on immigrant lives in the US, morphed into a doomed personal obsession with an Armenian-American subject he encountered, lived with, and fell for. With new Spanish funding, it was briefly resuscitated as a melodrama about two newly immigrant Colombian sisters in Philadelphia, then abandoned fully during the crash of the US economy. Now with fresh international partners, and on new emotional terrain, he finds the courage to reimagine his beloved "Colony Project" in a high concept, low-budget science-fiction setting.. more
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In Bessem's new film, a small band of outsiders relinquish their citizenship on Earth to colonize a recently discovered planet, but unforeseen climate conditions prevent them from landing in their new home. The stranded migrants are divided - some wish to return to Earth, yet others have already adapted to life away from the motherland, determined to start anew.
On the eve of the shoot, an unexpected visitor arrives on the busy set, forcing Bessem to confront his past..
Production: USA, feature-length (formerly known as "Years of Tears")
Status: work-in-progress, seeking funding & producers/executive-producers
Writer/Director: Gary Yong
Cast: Mehdi Labidi, Catalina Medina, Armina LaManna, Liliana Pina
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On the eve of the shoot, an unexpected visitor arrives on the busy set, forcing Bessem to confront his past..
Production: USA, feature-length (formerly known as "Years of Tears")
Status: work-in-progress, seeking funding & producers/executive-producers
Writer/Director: Gary Yong
Cast: Mehdi Labidi, Catalina Medina, Armina LaManna, Liliana Pina
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Clip: the Vagabond sequence
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photo credit: Joshua Pelta-Heller
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Cast:
Mehdi Labidi
Catalina Medina
Armina LaManna
Liliana Pina
Writer/Director: Gary Yong
Producers: -
Assistant Directors/Production Coordinators:
Shawn Caple, Brain Crawford, Katya Gorker, Damon King
Production Designers/Art Directors:
Gina Andreoli, Ariel Mookherji
Camera operators:
Sofian Saiah, David Miranda, Wei K. Pun
Camera assistants/grips/gaffers:
Roman Santacroce, Mike J. Fares, Hayden Blackmon
Stills Photographer: Joshua Pelta-Heller
Makeup Artist: Ruby Muro
more detailed credits to follow
Mehdi Labidi
Catalina Medina
Armina LaManna
Liliana Pina
Writer/Director: Gary Yong
Producers: -
Assistant Directors/Production Coordinators:
Shawn Caple, Brain Crawford, Katya Gorker, Damon King
Production Designers/Art Directors:
Gina Andreoli, Ariel Mookherji
Camera operators:
Sofian Saiah, David Miranda, Wei K. Pun
Camera assistants/grips/gaffers:
Roman Santacroce, Mike J. Fares, Hayden Blackmon
Stills Photographer: Joshua Pelta-Heller
Makeup Artist: Ruby Muro
more detailed credits to follow
Length: 70-90~ mins feature
Genre: Hybrid Narrative
Language: English, Spanish, Tunisian Arabic, Russian (English subtitles)
Originating formats: HD, Super 16mm (color), 16mm (B&W), Super 8mm.
Distribution formats: TBD
Production company: Fluidrace Films
Production: in-progress, USA
Release: -
Genre: Hybrid Narrative
Language: English, Spanish, Tunisian Arabic, Russian (English subtitles)
Originating formats: HD, Super 16mm (color), 16mm (B&W), Super 8mm.
Distribution formats: TBD
Production company: Fluidrace Films
Production: in-progress, USA
Release: -
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