Chris Neilan is a screenwriter, author and filmmaker who is interested in unconventional storytelling, counter-cultural approaches, intimacy, tenderness and truth.
Chris Neilan is a screenwriter, author and filmmaker who is interested in unconventional storytelling, counter-cultural approaches, intimacy, tenderness and truth.
Chris Neilan is a screenwriter, author and filmmaker who is interested in unconventional storytelling, counter-cultural approaches, intimacy, tenderness and truth.
Chris Neilan is a screenwriter, author and filmmaker who is interested in unconventional storytelling, counter-cultural approaches, intimacy, tenderness and truth.
Chris Neilan is a screenwriter, author and filmmaker who is interested in unconventional storytelling, counter-cultural approaches, intimacy, tenderness and truth.
Chris Neilan is a screenwriter, author and filmmaker who is interested in unconventional storytelling, counter-cultural approaches, intimacy, tenderness and truth.
Chris Neilan is a screenwriter, author and filmmaker who is interested in unconventional storytelling, counter-cultural approaches, intimacy, tenderness and truth.
Chris Neilan is a screenwriter, author and filmmaker who is interested in unconventional storytelling, counter-cultural approaches, intimacy, tenderness and truth.
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CHRIS NEILAN
Gor Gai Films trailer reel
Upcoming films: REFUGE | HALF-LIFE | POEKOKO'S SONG | SOME TIME IN PHRAE | GHOSTS OF BANGKOK
WELCOME TO THOO MWEH KHEE (2020)
25min documentary about a school for Karen refugees in northwestern Thailand near the border with Myanmar. The Karen, one of the largest ethnic minority groups in Myanmar, have been fighting for their independence since 1949 - the longest-running civil war in the world.
Cambridge Short Film Festival 2024, Official Selection
Mind the Indie Film Festival 2024, Official Selection
Prague International Film Awards 2024, Nominated Best Short Documentary
Pune Short Film Festival 2024, Official Selection
Luleå International Film Festival, May 2024, Best Short Documentary
Stockholm City Film Festival, May 2024, Semi-Finalist
Political Film Festival, April 2024, Best Humanitarian Film
Alternative Film Festival, Spring 2024, Best Documentary Short
Demetera International Film Festival 2021, Best Documentary Short
Manchester Film Festival 2021, Official Selection [BAFTA QUALIFYING]
Bellaria International Film Festival 2020, Official Selection
Bucharest ShortCuts Cinefest 2020, Best Documentary
Sydney Lift-Off Film Festival, Nov 2020, Official Selection
Long Story Shorts International Film Festival, Nov 2020, Nominated for Best Documentary
Kosice Monthly International Film Festival, May 2020, Honourable Mention
CIRCLE IN THE ROCK (2015)
10min neo-noir short about an amnesia-sufferer who encounters two strange surfers and an unsettling repetition of events as he tries to remember who he is. Directed by Ellis Bahl.
Received $20,000 funding from O'Neill Sportswear's online Unreasonable Film Festival. Selected for Vimeo's curated Narrative section.
LOVE & BORDER (2020)
7min documentary about a group of women migrants from Myanmar living and working in Mae Sot, a border city in northwestern Thailand.
British Association of Film and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) Times In-Between Film Festival 2024, Official Selection
Hard Cases study group special screening, Antonio Meneghetti College, Recanto Maestro, Brazil, April 2023
Austin Indie Fest 2020, Finalist: Best Documentary
Sunday Shorts Film Festival 2020, Semi-Finalist
London X4 Seasonal Short Festival, Spring 2020, Special Mention
MOTHER & DAUGHTERS (2020)
7min documentary. In a Lahu village in northern Thailand a Lahu mother and her two daughters try to describe their lives and their hopes for the future.
British Association of Film and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) Times In-Between Film Festival 2024, Official Selection
Hard Cases study group special screening, Antonio Meneghetti College, Recanto Maestro, Brazil, April 2023
MEET BIG BIRD (2019)
6min documentary. Toh Pah Doh, aka Big Bird, makes self-produced hip-hop music in a refugee camp in western Thailand. He explains why hip-hop has become popular with young Karens.
British Association of Film and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) Times In-Between Film Festival 2024, Official Selection
Hard Cases study group special screening, Antonio Meneghetti College, Recanto Maestro, Brazil, April 2023
Buenos Aires Film Festival 2019, Official Selection
Frostbite International Online Film Festival 2019, Official Selection
London X4 Seasonal Short Film Festival, Spring 2019, Commendation
YOUNGSINNERS, 'NAKED NIGHT' [MUSIC VIDEO] (2019)
YoungSinners, fronted by Toh Pah Doh aka Big Bird, are a self-producing hip-hop collective formed of Karen refugees.
This song was recorded in a refugee camp in Thailand. The zero-budget video was shot using guerilla filmmaking techniques on location by the Thai-Myanmar border with a single camera and found light. It has been viewed over 250,000 times on YouTube.
GHOSTS OF BANGKOK (2024)
15min documentary. Three men from Bangkok - a hostel owner, a musician and a male model - discuss their relationships with love and ghosts.
SOME TIME IN PHRAE (2024)
15min documentary. A heartbroken man from Bangkok spends time in a forest temple and accompanies the resident monk on a visit to a family in need, and both reflect on love, need and attachment.
MYANMAR AFTER THE COUP: DOCTOR (2024)
17min documentary. A doctor from Mandalay who joined the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) in Myanmar after the Feb 1st 2021 coup talks about his experiences as a field surgeon on the frontline of the resistance.