10 Years Thailand will be a collection of short films by five Thai directors imagining their country ten years into the future.  The project is a continuation of 10 Years, a Hong Kong film produced in 2015 that posed the same question to five Hong Kong directors.  The film was very successful at the box office and created a dialogue among audiences about the future of Hong Kong.  The original creators wanted to continue the "mission" of the film to other Asian countries.  Currently, besides Thailand, they are in discussion with directors in other countries to produce their own versions.    

"I had been feeling dejected for years about the lack of a future for Hong Kong.  I wanted to make a film to flesh out possible scenarios so people might be goaded into thinking about the future path that Hong Kong could take."

Ng Ka Leung, creator of 10 Years

10 Years was produced with a budget of 500,000 Hong Kong dollars (around 65,000 US Dollars or 2,300,000 Thai Baht).  Upon release in cinemas, it became more successful than anyone predicted.  It grossed ten times its budget and became a talking point among Hong Kong audiences. After the cinema release, the film was screened in schools, churches, and community centers, allowing the message of the film to reach many audiences who don't have access to the cinema at all. 

10 Years Thailand

10 Years Thailand will be a collection of short films by five Thai directors imagining their country ten years into the future. Our hope is that 10 Years Thailand will create dialog and reflection in a Thailand currently in the midst of great change and uncertainty.

The five Thai directors are:

Wisit Sasanatieng is a film director, producer and screenwriter, best known for his debut film Tears of the Black Tiger.  It was the first Thai film to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival and won several awards including the Dragon and Tigers Award from the Vancouver Film Festival.  Following this success, Wisit directed Citizen Dog, adapted from a novel written by Siripun Taechachindawong.  His other films include The Unseeable (2006), Red Eagle (2010) and Senior (2015). He is also well-known as the screenwriter for two seminal films of the Thai New Wave, Dang Bireley and the Young Gangsters and Nang Nak.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul is a filmmaker, producer, and artist based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Often non-linear, with a strong sense of dislocation, his works deal with memory, subtly addressing personal politics and social issues. They have won him widespread international recognition and numerous festival prizes, including a Palme d’Or from the Cannes Film Festival. His latest works, Cemetery of Splendour (feature film) and Invisibility (art installation), focus on dream states and delusion. He recently embarked on a live performance, Fever Room, with video projections and theatrical mechanisms.

Aditya Assarat is a film director and producer.  His debut film Wonderful Town won the New Currents Award from Busan Film Festival and the Tiger Award from Rotterdam Film Festival.  His other films include Hi-So (2010) and the omnibus Letters from the South (2013).  Aditya is also the producer of Eternity, the debut film of Sivaroj Kongsakul, which won the Tiger Award from Rotterdam, and 36, the debut film of Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, which won the New Currents Award from Busan.  He most recently produced Road to Mandalay by Midi Z, which was an award-winner at the 2016 Venice Film Festival.

Chookiat Sakveerakul is a director, producer and screenwriter. His debut horror feature film was Pisaj in 2004. His reputation grew with the thriller 13 Beloved in 2006.  It was remade in Hollywood as '13 Sins'.  In 2007, his Love of Siam won many domestic and international awards and became a huge hit in Thailand, China, Taiwan, Singapore, and the Philippines.  His film Home in 2011 won him Best Picture and Best Director of the year. His latest films include Grean Fictions (2013), The Eyes Diary (2014), many short films, music video and TV series.

Chulayarnnon Siriphol is a filmmaker and visual artist. Experimenting with video installation, short film, and documentary, Siriphol captures human behavior as both absurd and wondrous, drawn to collective myths that are blindly enforced and followed. His short film Vanishing Horizon of the Sea won Special Mention from the 2014 Singapore International Film Festival.  His other short films have been screened in many film festivals and exhibitions. Hua-Lam-Pong (Rotterdam Film Festival 2005), A Brief History of Memory (Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2011), Planking (Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2014) Myth of Modernity (Contemporary Art Festival Videobrasil, 2015)

Executive Producers

Andrew Choi

Ng Ka Leung

Chalemson Kiatsrichart

Chan Nilgianskul

Siripas Yomchinda

Suksit Srichomkwan

Teerawat Rujenatham

Producers 

Aditya Assarat

Cattleya Paosrijareon

Soros Sukhum

Felix Tsang

Lorraine Ma

Production Company

Films For Free

Ten Years Studio 

Our hope is that 10 Years Thailand will create dialog and reflection in a Thailand currently in the midst of great change and uncertainty. 

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