eNEMIES (พี่ น้อง ศัตรู เพื่อน)

Film by Ekachai Uekrongtham

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

 “Thailand, 2003. The Thai Government officially declared war on drugs on 1^st of February. Quotas were set. Battles were fought. It was an all-out attempt to defeat the “Enemy of the Nation” - drugs and drug dealers.

     Ten months later, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra declared victory on the war that managed to seize more than 40 million methamphetamine tablets and “put the country out of danger from drugs”.

     There were heroes, villains, suspects, casualties and bystanders. There were achievements and there were mistakes. Four months after the war began, about 2,400 people were killed – according to official figures. No further statistics on the death toll were released after that. 

     It’s a chapter of my country’s history which I find difficult to forget and understand. Perhaps I never will. 

     Who are our saviors?

     Who are our enemies?

     Who do we trust?

     And what must we destroy?

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SYNOPSIS

From the internationally acclaimed director and writer of Beautiful Boxer (Berlin 2004, Rotterdam 2005), Pleasure Factory (Cannes & Pusan 2007) and The Coffin (Rotterdam 2009) comes eNEMIES, a new feature film inspired by true events during the controversial drug war in Thailand.

     Set in 2003, at the time when the Thaksin administration declares war on drugs and carries out widespread extrajudicial killings of alleged drug dealers, ENEMIES is a hard-hitting and impassioned film about two young brothers’ journey across the country after their father is brutally killed to “cut the link” and labeled an “Enemy of the Nation”.

     Terrified after witnessing his father’s horrific demise, 11-year-old boy Thon takes his 6-year-old brother Tor on a life-changing trip from Southern Thailand to Bangkok in the hope of finding their only relative Aunt Suda.

     Along the way, allies turn adversaries, truth becomes lies, sanctuaries transform into battle fields and killings are gleefully celebrated. Before their journey ends, the two innocent boys are forced to cut the link with their childhood and confront their true enemies.

PRODUCTION SCHEDULE

Secure financing         April - June 2011

Pre-Production         July – September 2011

Shooting                   October – December 2011

Post-Production        January – March 2012

Copy A Ready             April 2012

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

Total Production Budget: US$1 million (100%)

1) Funding secured from Thai Investor (tifa Company Ltd)   250,000* (25%*)

2) Institution Funding/Grants                                                  250,000   (25%*)

3) Equity Investment from Foreign Investor(s)                      500,000   (50%)

*Funding already secured

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Producer: Pantham Thongsang 
Director: Ekachai Uekrongtham
Format: 35mm

Color: Colour

Running time (in minutes): 105

CONTACT INFORMATION
Ekachai Uekrongtham
Pantham Thongsang
Tel: + 662 669 8554
Fax: + 662 669 8556
Email: tifa.bkk@gmail.com
Website: www.tifabkk.com