The projects of the Open Doors Hub 2021 – Co-production platform
9 Temples to Heaven, by Sompot Chidgasornpongse – produced by Kissada Kamyoung, Kick the Machine Films – Thailand
A Useful Ghost, by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke – produced by Cattleya Paosrijaroen and Soros Sukhum, 185 Films Co., Ltd – Thailand
Don’t Cry Butterflies, by Dieu Linh Duong – produced by Si En Tan, Momo Film Co. – Vietnam/Singapore
Our Son, by Luhki Herwanayogi – produced by Iqbal Hamdan, Catchlight Pictures –Indonesia
SAM, by E Del Mundo – produced by Pamela Reyes, Create Cinema – Philippines
The Beer Girl in Yangon, by Sein Lyan Tun – produced by John Badalu, PS Film Production – Myanmar/Philippines/Indonesia
The Water Garden, by Ikhbayar Urchuud – produced by Nomintuya Baasankhuu, No Wonder Films – Mongolia
Who Created Human Beings, by Binh Giang Le – produced by Le Quynh Anh, DNY Productions – Vietnam/Singapore
Numerous Hub participants have been discovered and accompanied in their growth thanks to the work of Open Doors and the Locarno Film Festival over the past three years, during the Locarno event and beyond. Among the participants who present their first feature films projects, we ought to mention Dieu Linh Duong (Vietnam), awarded in the Pardi di domani competition 2020 for the short Thiên đường gọi tên (A Trip to Heaven) and already selected for the 2019 Open Doors Screenings with Mẹ, Con Gái Và Những Giấc Mơ (Mother, Daughter, Dreams). Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’ short Aninsri Daeng (Red Aninsri; Or, Tiptoeing on the Still Trembling Berlin Wall) from Thailand won Locarno’s Cinema & Gioventù Award for best international short film in the Pardi di domani 2020 competition, Filipino female director E Del Mundo participated in the Open Doors Screenings 2020 with Manong ng Pa-Aling (Man of Pa-Aling), as well as Luhki Herwanayogi who screened On Friday Noon.