The Open Doors Lab aims to forge a new generation of creative producers who are equipped to thrive in often under-resourced territories. The fifth edition of the Open Doors Lab brings together an eclectic group of budding cinema professionals with producing aspirations from across the focus territories of Southeast Asia and Mongolia. Film professionals in our focus territories often end up wearing a number of hats.
This exceptional online edition has been designed by Open Doors consultant Hayet Benkara. It will cover topics such as development and post-production — which, according to Bourdon, is where independent productions in the region often fall short — as well as how to develop and manage talent.
The participants bring projects but hooking them up with partners is not the main aim. Supatcha is also producing compatriot filmmaker Nontawat Numbenchapol upcoming fiction feature Doi Boy , about a refugee who turns to sex work to survive.
She has collaborated with Nontawat since , working on his projects such as the award-winning hybrid docu-drama BKKY.
A number of participants are embarking on their first feature productions but come with solid track records in the production field. Malaysian producer Choo Mun Bel, who goes by the professional name of Belz, is co-founder of Kuala Lumpur-based commercials and short film company Sixtymac Production.
