Private Project

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.

  • Prempapat Plittapolkranpim
    Director
  • Prempapat Plittapolkranpim
    Writer
  • Kulapat Aimmanoj
    Writer
  • Pichagon Donsagul
    Writer
  • Kanchai Wattanawannakij
    Writer
  • Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal
    Producer
  • Settanant Thanakitkoses
    Producer
  • Penprapa Ploysrisuay
    Key Cast
    "Nok"
  • Sulak Sivaraksa
    Key Cast
  • Wasana Wongsurawat
    Key Cast
  • Pansit Torsuwan
    Key Cast
  • Paisarn Hataiborvornpong
    Key Cast
  • Puttipong Cheiar-oupthump
    Key Cast
  • Puritat Hongwiwat
    Key Cast
  • Narusiri Jaowanaridhi
    Key Cast
  • Natcha Sinkeree
    Key Cast
  • Settanant Thanakitkoses
    Key Cast
  • Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal
    Key Cast
  • Chayapon Malaniyom
    Key Cast
  • Kanchai Wattanawannakij
    Key Cast
  • Nuthanicha Pasithbhattarabhorn
    Key Cast
  • Boonlert Visetpricha
    Key Cast
  • Nitipat Janda
    Editor
  • Prachya Phetwisit
    Director of Photography
  • Kulapat Aimmanoj
    Director of Photography
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 15 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 17, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Thailand
  • Country of Filming:
    Thailand
  • Language:
    Thai
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    21:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • House Samyan
    Bangkok
    Thailand
    June 13, 2023
    World Premiere
  • House Samyan
    Bangkok
    Thailand
    June 15, 2023
  • Doc Club & Pub.
    Bangkok
    Thailand
    June 15, 2023
  • The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand: FCCThai
    Bangkok
    Thailand
    June 29, 2023
  • a.e.y.space & Lorem Ipsum
    Songkhla
    Thailand
    July 7, 2023
  • Chiang Mai Book Fair 2023
    Chiang Mai
    Thailand
    July 8, 2023
  • From SAMYAN to KORAT, Thao Suranaree (Ya Mo) Monument
    Nakhon Ratchasima
    Thailand
    July 16, 2023
Director Biography - Prempapat Plittapolkranpim

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.

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Director Statement

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.