We are a proud supporter of these films; who have been selected in our various platforms, completed, and reached various audience.
ABOUT LOVE
Dare to Dream Asia
Archana Phadke
PRODUCER
Archana Phadke, Abhay Kumar
SYNOPSIS
Three generations of the Phadke family live and work together in South Mumbai. As they prepare for a family wedding, director Archana Atul Phadke, who is not in any hurry to marry, observes the shifting, often very funny household dynamics, as both her mother and grandmother wonder how they have tolerated their husbands for so long.
DIARY OF CATTLE
IF/Then Southeast Asia 2018, Docs By The Sea 2018
David Darmadi, Lidia Afrilita
PRODUCER
David Darmadi, Lidia Afrilita
SYNOPSIS
Diary of Cattle is the story of a 24-hour life cycle of a herd of cows that live and graze on a landfill site in indonesia.
The Future Cries Beneath Our Soil
Dare to Dream Asia, Docs By The Sea 2017
Pham Thu Hang
PRODUCER
Jewel Maranan
SYNOPSIS
Five men enjoy an odd friendship in Vietnam’s Quảng Tri province, a site still bearing the scars of war.
God BLISS Our Home
Dare to Dream Asia
Nawruz Paguidopon
PRODUCER
Sinae Ha
SYNOPSIS
God BLISS Our Home is Nawruz’ self-portrait documenting his struggles to survive in Manila, his passion to pursue his dreams and continue making films, and his efforts to position himself in the vast socioeconomic and political sphere of a fast-paced city. But it is also his personal letter to his mother, an attempt to make her understand his sexuality and changing priorities in life.
How Far I'll Go
IF/Then 2018, Docs By The Sea 2018
Ucu Agustin
PRODUCER
Ucu Agustin
SYNOPSIS
Two visually impaired childhood friends, Andrea and Salsabila, who are now teenage girls, living with
their blindness in two different places—USA and Indonesia. At five years of age, Andrea’s family moved with her from Jakarta to Virginia, in the U.S. while Salsabila remained in Jakarta. Despite the distance, the friendship continues. With adulthood waiting around the corner, the two girls strive to be independent and seek strength in their childhood friendship as they prepare for adult life in two different worlds.
In the Claws of a Century Wanting
Docs By The Sea 2017
Jewel Maranan
PRODUCER
Jewel Maranan
SYNOPSIS
Anne gives birth to her third child. Akira learns reading and writing while foraging for scrap metal and coal. Eddie entertains himself to sleep with a broken TV before another night shift work at the port. Emelita prays over the funeral of her husband. Around them and their days, the global port is expanding to their living spaces. Anne’s midwife, Paning, brings the news. The film is a symphony of increasing everyday violence preceding the construction of today’s ideal city.
Last Night I Saw You Smiling
Docs By The Sea 2017
Kavich Neang
PRODUCER
Davy Chou, Daniel Mattes
SYNOPSIS
The White Building, an iconic structure home to 493 families in Phnom Penh, faces demolition. In the building’s final days, director Kavich Neang follows his own family and neighbors as they pack belongings, share memories and anxieties, and eventually move out before the building’s total destruction.
The Next Guardian
Dare to Dream Asia
Arun Bhattarai. Dorottya Zurbó
PRODUCER
Arun Bhattarai. Julianna Ugrin
SYNOPSIS
The contrasting dreams of two generations clash within the microcosm of an ancient Buddhist monastery in Bhutan, when Gyembo an ordinary teenager is chosen as the next guardian of their family monastery by his father.
Rising from Silence
Disappearing Sounds
Shalahuddin Siregar
PRODUCER
Amelia Hapsari
SYNOPSIS
Silenced for more than 50 years, survivors of a tragedy are now using music to tell their stories where arts take the centre stage in nation-building and foreign diplomacy.
The Silent Blues of the Ocean
Disappearing Sounds
Andi F. Azzahra, Arfan Sabran
PRODUCER
Andi F. Azzahra, Arfan Sabran
SYNOPSIS
A traditional fishing village lost their home and access to the sea due to the expending reclamation project on Makassar’s coastline. But now they have to survive in a city, without an ocean that was once both their field and backyard.
Soil Without Land
Docs By The Sea 2017
Nontawat Numbenchapol
PRODUCER
Komtouch "Dew" Napattaloong
SYNOPSIS
Jai Sang Lod recounts how in 2001 he arrived in a displacement camp at the Thai border with his family, fleeing the fighting between the Burmese army and the Shan minority, and had to join the Shan State Army to do his compulsory military service. Nontawat Numbenchapol filmed him in this crucial moment of his existence, as this peaceful young man must accept, shortly after the death of his mother, to leave his young brothers and sisters behind and learn the military profession.
Sunday Beauty Queen
Good Pitch² Southeast Asia 2017
Baby Ruth Villarama
PRODUCER
Chuck Gutierrez
SYNOPSIS
A Filipina maid dreams to become Hong Kong's most beautiful queen not for self worth but to save lives, change the abusive system and be happy inside out.
Turning 18
Dare to Dream Asia, Docs By The Sea 2017
Ho Chao-Ti
PRODUCER
Ho Chao-Ti, Liao Ching-Song
SYNOPSIS
Two indigenous Taiwanese girls on the cusp of adulthood are the focus of this moving documentary.
Unteachable
Docs By The Sea 2017, Good Pitch2 Southeast Asia 2017
Yong Shu Ling
PRODUCER
Yong Shu Ling, Lisa Teh
SYNOPSIS
Unteachable explores the question, ‘What could the joy of learning look like?’ through a young woman’s journey to bring empathy back into classrooms. She introduces a new teaching method aimed at empowering teenagers to rise above the negative labels assigned to them and rekindle their innate love for learning.