The Last Breath of Sam Yan
Under the current of gentrification and the pressure from the university, an old Mazu shrine, the last member of the community, stands unwavering in the middle of the construction site, like candle light burning against a tempest. Only the caretaker of the shrine and a group of students stand in a way of this so-called “development”, in hope that the fragrance of incense and candle light will not fade from this Mazu shrine.
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Prempapat PlittapolkranpimDirector
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Prempapat PlittapolkranpimWriter
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Kulapat AimmanojWriter
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Pichagon DonsagulWriter
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Kanchai WattanawannakijWriter
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Netiwit ChotiphatphaisalProducer
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Settanant ThanakitkosesProducer
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Penprapa PloysrisuayKey Cast"Nok"
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Sulak SivaraksaKey Cast
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Wasana WongsurawatKey Cast
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Pansit TorsuwanKey Cast
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Paisarn HataiborvornpongKey Cast
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Puttipong Cheiar-oupthumpKey Cast
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Puritat HongwiwatKey Cast
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Narusiri JaowanaridhiKey Cast
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Natcha SinkereeKey Cast
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Settanant ThanakitkosesKey Cast
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Netiwit ChotiphatphaisalKey Cast
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Chayapon MalaniyomKey Cast
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Kanchai WattanawannakijKey Cast
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Nuthanicha PasithbhattarabhornKey Cast
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Boonlert VisetprichaKey Cast
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Nitipat JandaEditor
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Prachya PhetwisitDirector of Photography
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Kulapat AimmanojDirector of Photography
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Project Type:Documentary, Feature
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Runtime:1 hour 15 minutes
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Completion Date:May 17, 2023
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Country of Origin:Thailand
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Country of Filming:Thailand
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Language:Thai
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:21:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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House SamyanBangkok
Thailand
June 13, 2023
World Premiere -
House SamyanBangkok
Thailand
June 15, 2023 -
Doc Club & Pub.Bangkok
Thailand
June 15, 2023 -
The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand: FCCThaiBangkok
Thailand
June 29, 2023 -
a.e.y.space & Lorem IpsumSongkhla
Thailand
July 7, 2023 -
Chiang Mai Book Fair 2023Chiang Mai
Thailand
July 8, 2023 -
From SAMYAN to KORAT, Thao Suranaree (Ya Mo) MonumentNakhon Ratchasima
Thailand
July 16, 2023
Prempapat Plittapolkranpim is a film director and social entrepreneur who was born in Bangkok in 1994. He began his career in filmmaking as a director in 2006, where he received a special jury prize from Movie Mania Festival, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. In 2011, he was one of the founders of Young Filmmakers of Thailand (Public Benefit Organization), which started holding short film festivals for youths around Thailand and engaging with social issues. His film earned him the 1st prize in the Two Nations-One Mind Festival, in Busan, South Korea in 2014. He was a director of a research program for young people’s quality of life and also contributed to youth mental health issues. His project received the Best Social Change Maker Award of Thailand Influencer Awards in 2021. In 2022, he launched his first featured documentary film, which has been chosen to screen at Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions by Lift-Off Global Network, England, and Festival del Cinema di Cefalù, Italy as well as Challenge for the World film festival, Spain. Presently, he is a special lecturer in the Technology Program (International Program). He owns Young Film TH Production and Fongmek Company Limited based in Bangkok.
The film captures and conveys the struggle to preserve the Thapthim Shrine which is being demolished by the number 1 university in Thailand. Court administrators are under intense pressure from the legal process. The film presents the concept of gentrification which is becoming a concept in urban development in many places around the world until it becomes unequal.