Purin Pictures is a film fund that supports independent cinema in Southeast Asia. Started in 2017 under the Purin Foundation, we look for artists and organizations that are doing unique and essential work in a region that lacks adequate governmental support. Managed by Anocha Suwichakornpong and Aditya Assarat, our funding programs cover film production, film post-production, and film-related activities.
Anocha Suwichakornpong is a film director and producer from Thailand. Her first feature, Mundane History, won numerous awards including the Tiger Award from Rotterdam. Her second feature, By the Time It Gets Dark, which received support from the Ministry of Culture (Thailand), the Hubert Bals Fund and Doha Film Institute, premiered at Locarno and is Thailand's submission to the Oscars. The film has received distribution deals in UK, U.S., Canada, and France. Also active as a producer, Anocha has produced In April the Following Year,There Was a Fire by Wichanon Somumjarn, Concrete Clouds by Lee Chatametikool, and How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) by Josh Kim.
Aditya Assarat is a film director and producer from Thailand. His films include Hi-So and Wonderful Town, which won the New Currents Award from Busan and the Tiger Award from Rotterdam. In addition, Aditya is also the producer of many Thai independent films including Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit which premiered at Venice, Eternity by Sivaroj Kongsakul which won a Tiger Award from Rotterdam and W by Chonlasit Upanigkit which premiered at Busan. He recently produced and co-directed Ten Years Thailand, which premiered at Cannes. Aditya is the recipient of the national Silpathorn Award, given annually to an individual for contributions to Thai cinema.
Visra Vichit-Vadakan is a filmmaker based in California and Bangkok. She makes social-issue films that combine both documentary and fiction. Her first feature film, Karaoke Girl, was based on the life of a young sex worker in Bangkok. It premiered in competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and traveled to various festivals around the world. She is currently working on her second feature film which will also be based in Thailand. Visra is the co-founder of Purin Pictures.
Primrin Puarat graduated from the Faculty of Mass Communication of Chulalongkorn University with a major in Film. Off the strength of her thesis film Sod Sai Wan Buaban, she was one of five graduates sponsored by Purin Pictures to attend Platform Busan at the 2017 Busan Film Festival. Her student short Pae-In won Second Prize for documentary at the 2016 Thai Short Film & Video Festival. Her latest short documentary ‘Mountain of Trash’ (2020) received the honorable mention award at the IF/Then Global Shorts Pitching at IDFA 2019. Primrin is developing her short film into her first feature documentary.
Prima Sirivasuntra graduated from the Faculty of Mass Communication of Chulalongkorn University with a major in Film. During her student years, she worked on many of her friend's films in the role of producer and assistant director. In her final year, she interned at Purin Pictures and played a key role in organizing the inaugural Short Film Camp (SFC). Currently, she is working as associate producer on The Nature of Dogs, Pom Bunsermvicha’s upcoming short film and as assistant director on Dear You, Muendaw Kamontum’s upcoming short film, which was one of the three winners of the SFC.