• Happy Birthday, Great Grandma

    Directed by Paphawee Jinnasith
    Thailand | 16 minutes |

For their great-grandmother's 100th birthday, two sisters visit their distant extended family's gathering.

In competition for the Young Cineastes Award

film synopsis

film details

Director: Paphawee Jinnasith
Producers: Atchara Mahayotsanun, Arunwan So, Littichai Siriprasitpong
Screenwriter: Paphawee Jinnasith
Cinematographers: Tatchai Eakkhattiyakorn
Editor: Asamaporn Samakphan
Music: Siwat Homkham
Cast: Chanicha Boonpanuvijitr, Lalita Boonpanuvijitr, Sanghuan Kanakul
Country: Thailand
Language: In Thai and Chinese with English subtitles.
Year: 2019
Running Time: 16 minutes
Awards: Honorable Mention for Best Women Short, Independent Shorts Awards
Primary Company: Unboxnow Co., Ltd.
Contact Email: hello@unboxnow.tv
Website: https://vimeo.com/paphaweejinnasith

director biography

Paphawee Jinnasith was first persuaded to still photography from the influence of her father when she was little. She then joined a photography short course at Saint Martin, which she was inspired to push the medium further and explore filmmaking. Her debut short film gathered numerous awards in Thailand – including Best Up-Rising Film Director of the 25th Bangkok Critique Assembly – as well as international recognition in the United States, Italy, Indonesia, and Hong Kong. Since then, she has expanded to direct commercials and music videos while staying true to her ambition of pushing each of her works. To her, the most important aspect of her filmmaking is to achieve intimacy: the right emotion to her images. More importantly, her scripts constantly derive from her own personal life experiences, resulting in her being emotionally invested and delicate to the subject matter. With a strong essence of female perspective present in her works, she is currently a film, commercial and music video director based in Bangkok.

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