Thai studio GDH has teamed with Dangerous Genius director Baz Poonpiriya to type a manufacturing home, BASK.
GDH stated that BASK will work alongside U.S.-based producers to “provide a recent perspective
on Thai and Asian tradition for international audiences.”
By means of BASK, Poonpiriya will work with GDH to co-develop, co-finance and co-produce tasks with U.S.-based studios and producers. Some upcoming collaborators have already been named, together with Quick & Livid movies director Justin Lin, and Anita Gou from Kindred Spirit (The Farewell).
Partnering with Poonpiriya, high Thai producer Vanridee Pongsittisak will spearhead the three way partnership from GDH’s aspect.
“Not solely will we carry quite a lot of genres and narratives we goal to discover to the world, however we’re additionally dedicated to empowering voices which were neglected however are deeply passionate,” stated Vanridee Pongsittisak. “We wish to provide them a platform to share their private but universally resonant tales on display screen.”
Pongsittisak produced Dangerous Genius, the nicely acquired Thai hit from 2017, in addition to this 12 months’s field workplace breakout hit Easy methods to Make Hundreds of thousands Earlier than Grandma Dies.
Poonpiriya stated: “My purpose is to be the worldwide voice that speaks louder. With a louder and
genuine voice, it signifies that I can communicate for extra folks and to extra folks.”
Following Dangerous Genius, which was a thriller in regards to the machinations of examination dishonest, Poonpiriya went on to direct for Hong Kong-based auteur Wong Kar-Wai on a street journey drama shot in Thailand and New York, One For the Highway in 2022. The movie gained a Particular Jury Award within the World Cinema Dramatic competitors on the Sundance Movie Pageant.
