Congratulations
to all 2021 Nominees

Members of the Selection Committee and International Jury have screened and reviewed over 200 submissions
from 20 countries!

and the Nominees are...

BKKDOC all official selection 2021

BKK DOC
Bangkok International Documentary Awards
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2021


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Feature - Series - Short
First Time Director - First Time Producer
Archive - All Time Classic - VR
Thai - Chinese - Asian
Woman - Minority
Sport - Music - Travel - Food 





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BKKDOC Feature official selection 2021


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NOMINATED FOR BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

Ha Dong Chae Bok: A Song of Two Humans
by Seung-suk NAM
South Korea
https://youtu.be/kUInxRJQu5k


River Tales
by Julie Schroell
Luxembourg
https://youtu.be/lNeu4-XhSDs

Tooi & Masato
by Kisei Kobayashi
Japan
https://youtu.be/syN1n3fBkI0


Gaika (Songs of Triumph)
by Katsumi Sakaguchi
Japan
https://youtu.be/W_PhLBYeGlE


The Six 《六人》
by Arthur Jones
China
https://youtu.be/vyQteanTEUg


Lost Course
by Jill Li
Hong Kong
https://youtu.be/0cNDmQqrlms





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BKKDOC series official selection 2021


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NOMINATED FOR BEST SERIES DOCUMENTARY

Moo! The epic horns
by Xavier Lefebvre
France
https://youtu.be/8iIxNVu6jNc


Belly of a Nation 2
by Soh Kiak Chang
Singapore
https://youtu.be/bNnPqf0kkfg





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BKKDOC short official selection 2021


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NOMINATED FOR BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY


Ang Meron Sa Wala (Beyond Nothing)
by Arby Laraño and Christine Laraño
Philippines
https://youtu.be/RswBDXKj_-I


Mountain of Trash
by Primrin Puarat
Thailand
https://youtu.be/q4kbALabP8w


North Korean Poachers : the Ghostly Armada
by Elena Volochine
France
https://youtu.be/hN1E9Uq2dbo


An Old Prostitute
by Suphisara Kittikunarak
Thailand
https://youtu.be/LFnE6G4D6Gw


Indotravelogue - Tana Toraja, Southeast Sulawesi
by Irham Acho
Indonesia
https://youtu.be/fbbXkECTqBA


Between these bones
by Joyce Ng and Pranamika Subhalaxmi
Singapore
https://youtu.be/fk7hyGooq6o


Highland - How to live in a land of monopoly
by Rawee Piriyapongsak
Thailand
https://youtu.be/wpQZzSDgJEU


In Plain View
by Luis Palomino Benítez
Thailand
https://youtu.be/k2s1Q6427dk




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BKKDOC first time producer official selection 2021


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NOMINATED FOR BEST FIRST TIME PRODUCER OF A DOCUMENTARY

The Traveling Taoist Priest
by Neo Kan
Taiwan
https://youtu.be/8W4iC5OKwHE


Cirque du Cambodia
by Joel Gershon
USA
https://youtu.be/sXNjm9gAXK0





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BKKDOC first time director official selection 2021


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NOMINATED FOR BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR OF A DOCUMENTARY

Ugoku Tokai - Moving City
by Lars Ostmann
Germany
https://youtu.be/jq8QgrhbecE


Tooi & Masato
by Kisei Kobayashi
Japan
https://youtu.be/syN1n3fBkI0




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BKKDOC archive official selection 2021


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NOMINATED FOR BEST ARCHIVE-BASED DOCUMENTARY

Empress Michiko, The Strength of the Reed
by Anne-Sophie Chaumier Le Comte
France
https://youtu.be/pcnXT5ZR4Hw


The Six 《六人》
by Arthur Jones
China
https://youtu.be/vyQteanTEUg




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BKKDOC all time classic official selection 2021


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NOMINATED FOR BEST ALL TIME CLASSIC DOCUMENTARY

Post Modern Korea
By Tae Woong Lee
South Korea
https://youtu.be/ehnWxih9NVM


An Elegy to Forgetting
by Kristoffer Brugada
Philippines
https://youtu.be/XF8x3nZyof0





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BKKDOC vr official selection 2021


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NOMINATED FOR BEST VR DOCUMENTARY

The Martha Street Experience
by Peter Collis
England
https://youtu.be/nFrSvmDSLQg


Day One
By Katsutoshi Machiba
Japan
https://youtu.be/nAm8QY-xbrs





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BKKDOC thai official selection 2021


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NOMINATED FOR BEST THAI DOCUMENTARY

The Hornbill Lady
by Yupa Petcharit
Thailand
https://youtu.be/zdB39Y7LT1w


Secret of the Indigo
by Bun Kosalwat
Thailand
https://youtu.be/tMoTag6wZl0


My Big Boy
by Yodmanu Pamornmontri
Thailand
https://youtu.be/EfGmzgZsecc




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BKKDOC chinese official selection 2021


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NOMINATED FOR BEST CHINESE DOCUMENTARY

Phil's Journey
by Yeong R. Chen
Taiwan
https://youtu.be/mnobB-im6tQ


Inside the Red Brick Wall
by Ying E Chi
Hong Kong
https://youtu.be/Kv9puYs1oJM


You Are the Days to Come
by Yang Yang
Sweden
https://youtu.be/t7BLhoT-io4



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BKKDOC asian official selection 2021


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NOMINATED FOR BEST ASIAN DOCUMENTARY

We Are No Different
by Bak Chee Hong and Low Xin Yu
Malaysia
https://youtu.be/VdA5S1fEIoQ


The Chinese Footprint
by Bonaventure Tain and Chua Li Li
Singapore
https://youtu.be/BuG9pBsXC8M


An Elegy to Forgetting
by Kristoffer Brugada
Philippines
https://youtu.be/XF8x3nZyof0



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BKKDOC woman official selection 2021


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NOMINATED FOR BEST WOMAN DIRECTOR DOCUMENTARY

Once Upon a Village
by Srishti Lakhera
India
https://youtu.be/Ny8ens2dRJ0


You Are the Days to Come
by Yang Yang
Sweden
https://youtu.be/t7BLhoT-io4




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BKKDOC minority official selection 2021


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NOMINATED FOR BEST MINORITY-RELATED DOCUMENTARY

The low lives of Osaka
by Ho Kyung Lee
South Korea
https://youtu.be/fRqy3MwEdHk


Living without a country, the Rohingya exile
by Alberto Martos
Spain
https://youtu.be/eH-IuGM_s0E




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BKKDOC sport official selection 2021


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NOMINATED FOR BEST SPORT DOCUMENTARY

Fixed
by Karel van den Berg
Netherlands
https://youtu.be/HfklV8Cc4kI


Surviving Bokator
by Mark Bochsler
Canada
https://youtu.be/KSGqNj5HWgQ



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BKKDOC music official selection 2021


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NOMINATED FOR BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY

A Shanghai Symphony
by Shuyun Sun
England
https://youtu.be/Ynxnlyk4J4k


The Sound of Us
by Chris Gero
USA
https://youtu.be/Xh-ZEFq488o


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BKKDOC travel official selection 2021


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NOMINATED FOR BEST TRAVEL DOCUMENTARY

Musoon, Across the Universe
by Seung-suk NAM
South Korea
https://youtu.be/3BUJpfZsM9A


Return to the lost eden
by Adriano Zecca
Switzerland
https://youtu.be/F4yAoJvoGwk



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BKKDOC food official selection 2021


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NOMINATED FOR BEST FOOD DOCUMENTARY

Feeding A City
by Sumitra Gopal
Singapore
https://youtu.be/fKmKCPjnqyU


Hot!
by Heimo Aga
Austria
https://youtu.be/jr5Z6PJT2yg




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