Bangkok-based director, cinematographer, and photographer exploring identity, longing, and emotional presence through intimate, cinematic stories.
Noah Dolinsky is a Bangkok-based photographer and filmmaker whose work explores identity, longing, emotional presence, and lives lived at the edges of visibility.
Based in Thailand since 2014, Dolinsky’s visual language grew out of Bangkok’s street life, urban textures, intimate interiors, and fleeting encounters. His background in portrait and documentary photography informs his filmmaking, bringing a cinematic, human-centered approach to stories of desire, vulnerability, resilience, and connection.
His long-term portrait work has been recognized through three shortlist selections for 1854 Media’s Portrait of Humanity award, with publication in the annual photobook by Hoxton Mini Press. His editorial portraits have appeared in magazines in Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States, including a 2024 cover story for Forbes Asia, and his prints are held in private collections worldwide.
As a filmmaker, Dolinsky has directed a trilogy of LGBTQ+-themed short films: My Name is Bella (2021), Fallen Angel (2022), and Save the Last Dance for Me (2023). The films have won awards and screened at festivals across Europe, Asia, and beyond.
His first photobook, FALLEN ANGELS, brings together more than ten years of portraits of Thai transgender women in Bangkok. The title is not meant as judgment, but as a poetic reflection on beauty, fragility, resilience, and lives often misunderstood by society.
Official Selection
FALLEN ANGEL
TLVFest - The Tel Aviv LGBTQ Film Festival
Tel Aviv
2022
Official Selection
MY NAME IS BELLA
TLVFest - The Tel Aviv LGBTQ Film Festival
Tel Aviv
2021
Official Selection
Save The Last Dance For Me
Golden Bridge İstanbul Short Film Festival
Istanbul
Official Sellection
Save The Last Dance For Me
MegaFlix Film Awards
Gloucester
Official Selection
Save The Last Dance For Me
Anatolia International Film Festival
Istanbul
Official Selection
Save The Last Dance For Me
TLVFest - The International LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Tel Aviv
Finalist
Save The Last Dance For Me
RED Movie Awards
Reims
Award Winner
Save The Last Dance For Me
The Gladiator Film Festival
Istanbul
Award winner
Save The Last Dance For Me
Bomarzo Soulplace Film Festival
Bomarzo
Award Winner
Save The Last Dance For Me
Colossus Film Festival
Paris
Award Winner
Save The Last Dance For Me
Roma Short Film Festival
Rome
Official Selection
FALLEN ANGEL
International queer film festival Merlinka
Belgrade
Honorable Mention
FALLEN ANGEL
T.I.F.A. - Tietê International Film Awards
São Paulo
Award Winner for Best LGBT Film
FALLEN ANGEL
Roma Short Film Festival
Rome
Award Winner - Best LGBTQ Film
FALLEN ANGEL
Cannes World Film Festival
Cannes
Award winner
MY NAME IS BELLA
World Film Carnival Singapore
Singapore
Current City
Bangkok
Gender
Male
Bangkok-based director, cinematographer, and photographer exploring identity, longing, and emotional presence through intimate, cinematic stories.
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