Anucha Boonyawatana

Directing

Anucha Boonyawatana

Born 1981-05-04 · Nakhon Phanom Province, Thailand

Anucha Boonyawatana (Thai: อนุชา บุญยวรรธนะ) is a Thai independent filmmaker. Her thesis film, Down the River, won the Young Thai Artist Award and has been shown at several film festivals. Her first feature film, The Blue Hour, premiered at Berlinale Panorama in 2015. In 2017, she won the Best Director award at the Singapore International Film Festival for her second feature film Malila: The Farewell Flower.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Down the River poster
4.1

Krit is openly gay, but his closest friend, Win, is questioning. As they grow older, their love is tested when the two finally explore their passion. Down the River is a daring exploration of friendship and intimacy.

Down the River

2004

Down the River poster
4.1

Krit is openly gay, but his closest friend, Win, is questioning. As they grow older, their love is tested when the two finally explore their passion. Down the River is a daring exploration of friendship and intimacy.

Down the River

2004

The Blue Hour poster
6.1

A bullied loner finds solace in another boy's arms when they meet at a haunted swimming pool.

The Blue Hour

2015

The Blue Hour poster
6.1

A bullied loner finds solace in another boy's arms when they meet at a haunted swimming pool.

The Blue Hour

2015

Halabala poster
6.0

Inspector Dan leads the team of infirm police officers to hunt down the brutal escaped prisoner in the Halabala forest down south, only to discover that the dark secret inside the forest is turning against them.

Halabala

2025

Tame poster
NR

Set in a rural bullfighting village where animals are broken through fear and ritual, Tame follows a teenage girl trapped under her family's control who turns an ancient spirit's brutal methods back on the people who raised her.

Tame

2026

Malila: The Farewell Flower poster
5.0

Former lovers Pich and Shane reconnect through Thai floral art, but Pich’s illness leads Shane to seek peace by becoming a monk.

Malila: The Farewell Flower

2018

Malila: The Farewell Flower poster
5.0

Former lovers Pich and Shane reconnect through Thai floral art, but Pich’s illness leads Shane to seek peace by becoming a monk.

Malila: The Farewell Flower

2018

Malila: The Farewell Flower poster
5.0

Former lovers Pich and Shane reconnect through Thai floral art, but Pich’s illness leads Shane to seek peace by becoming a monk.

Malila: The Farewell Flower

2018

Not a Time to Celebrate poster
NR

A young filmmaker has just unsatisfyingly captured the last shot for her film. While the crew encourages her to celebrate, she fears that the battle has just begun. Thankfully, she knows that worrying is never the answer. Instead, she turns to a traditional, evil-warding, garland-scattering ritual to direct all misfortune away from her film.

Not a Time to Celebrate

2019

Erotic Fragments No. 1, 2, 3 poster
NR

Three is the rule. The film has three parts. Each part has three shots and each shot is thirty seconds in length. Three characters share their erotic desires from the point of view of a third class citizen in contemporary Thai society.

Erotic Fragments No. 1, 2, 3

2012

Erotic Fragments No. 1, 2, 3 poster
NR

Three is the rule. The film has three parts. Each part has three shots and each shot is thirty seconds in length. Three characters share their erotic desires from the point of view of a third class citizen in contemporary Thai society.

Erotic Fragments No. 1, 2, 3

2012

Erotic Fragments No. 1, 2, 3 poster
NR

Three is the rule. The film has three parts. Each part has three shots and each shot is thirty seconds in length. Three characters share their erotic desires from the point of view of a third class citizen in contemporary Thai society.

Erotic Fragments No. 1, 2, 3

2012