Pop Aye
Directed by Kirsten Tan
On a chance encounter, a disenchanted architect bumps into his long-lost elephant on the streets of Bangkok. Excited, he takes his elephant on a journey across Thailand, in search of the farm where they grew up together.
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BONG (Popeye), THANETH WARAKULNUKROH (Thana), PENPAK SIRIKUL (Bo), CHAIWAT KHUMDEE (Dee), YUKONTORN SUKKIJJA (Jenny), NARONG PONGPAB (Peak)
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Thai / 2017 / 102’
Pop Aye
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FICTION - Drama
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Director & Scriptwriter KIRSTEN TAN Executive Producer ANTHONY CHEN Producer LAI WEIJIE Producers DENG LI, ZHANG JIANBIN, HUANG WENHONG Co-Producer SOROS SUKHUM Line Producer CATTLEEYA PAOSRIJAREON Production Manager PARINEE BUTHRASRI 1st Assistant Director PIPAT JOMKOTT, GAYLE HARIFF Director of Photography CHANANUN CHOTRUNGROJ Production Designer RASIGUET SOOKKARN Art Director MANOP CHAENGSAWANG Assistant Art Director MONKUM KHUKHUNTIN Costume Designer VISA KONGKA Editor LEE CHATAMETIKOOL Composer MATTHEW JAMES KELLY Supervising Sound Editor LIM TING LI
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DCP | 1:2.35 | Colour | 5.1
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Academy Awards Entry 2018
Sundance Film Festival 2017 - Opening Film - World Dramatic Competition - Special Jury Award Screenwriting
Rotterdam Film Festival 2017 - VPRO Big Screen Award
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"Tan’s crowdpleasing film should eye up the audience-friendly space previously occupied by titles such as The Lunchbox" SCREEN
"Like the journey it depicts, the first feature by writer-director Kirsten Tan is unhurried and unforgettable” THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"Warm yet unsentimental, graced with the lightest touch of surrealism, this opening-night offering from Sundance’s world cinema dramatic competition is a joy” VARIETY -
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