Leading Thai production and sales company GDH 559 is introducing comedy drama Not Friends and twin sister story You & Me & Me to buyers at Filmart, produced respectively by award-winning directors Baz Poonpiriya and Banjong Pisanthanakun.
The new films mark the first time both renowned filmmakers have acted as producer for other directors.
Baz is the director of Thai box office hit Bad Genius and Sundance award-winning One For The Road, while Banjong is the filmmaker behind acclaimed horror The Medium and Pee Mak, which became Thailand’s highest grossing-film of all time when it was released in 2013.
Not Friends marks the feature debut of Atta Hemwadee and stars Anthony Buisseret (You & Me & Me) and Pisitpol Ekaphongpisit (TV series Why You…Y Me?). Delivery is expected in November.
The coming-of-age comedy drama is about a teenage boy who decides to submit a short film rather than studying for the university entrance exam, only to find that the filmmaking experience has its twists and turns.
You & Me & Me is the story of two inseparable twin sisters as told by real-life twin sister filmmakers Wanwaew and Weawwan Hongvivatana in their feature debut. In the film, the twins share every aspect of life with each other until a boy mixes up their identities and unwittingly makes both fall for him as their first love.
The cast features Thitiya Jirapornsilp as both twin sisters alongside Buisseret. The film was released in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Singapore last month and has been pre-sold for Japan, South Korea and other Southeast Asian countries.
At Filmart in Hong Kong, GDH is also promoting horror Home For Rent by Laddaland director Sophon Sakdaphisit, which will open in April.
GDH has a strong track record of delivering box office hits, with the most recent being Love Destiny The Movie, which became the biggest film at the Thai box office since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic when it was released in July 2022.
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