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Both Wanweaw Hongvivatana and Weawwan Hongvivatana are directors, producers and screenwriters from Thailand. They are also twin sisters and have worked together to write and direct the TV series Great Men Academy (2019) and the documentary Wish Us Luck (2013).

On the occasion of their debut feature screening at the Osaka Asian Film Festival, we speak with both Wanweaw and Weawwan Hongvivatana about their filmmaking experience as twins, sisterhood and the Thai movie industry.

You & Me & Me screened at Osaka Asian Film Festival

How was it as an experience, being twins and shooting a film about twins? Was it something you always had in mind to do?

Each and every twin seems to have an interest in the wonders of being twins and conveys it from different angles. The feature film is the tool that we chose to tell this story. We can say that we have always been interested...

Thitiya (Baipor) Jirapornsilp is an actress and model from Thailand. “You & Me & Me” is her debut.

On the occasion of “You & Me & Me” screening at the Osaka Asian Film Festival, we speak with her about her first movie role, the challenges of playing twins and working with twin directors.

You & Me & Me is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival

What drew you in the particular role, and how would you describe the two sisters?

What drew me to audition for the role was that it's a Gdh movie. I've always wanted to work with Gdh. Also, it'd be my first movie, so I thought it was going to be a great start for my career getting to work with Gdh. Moreover, the role I auditioned for is for twin characters. It's very challenging. I never thought I'd win the role. But after I got it,...

Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023 (Oaff 2023) held its Special Opening Ceremony today, March 15, with stage greetings featuring filmmakers attending the festival and the World Premiere of the Hong Kong film “Over My Dead Body” (死屍死時四十四).

Oaff 2023 started on March 10, but “Over My Dead Body” was the first title to play at the festival's main venue of ABC Hall. Taking place at ABC Hall, the special event marked the first time since Oaff 2020, and the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, that the festival was able to host guests for Q&As and more. Waiting to meet them was a full audience made up of enthusiastic filmgoers who welcomed an array of stars drawn from 16 films from Japan and abroad.

Among their number were

Hong Kong

“Over My Dead Body”

Director Ho Cheuk Tin (Competition Jury) and Actor Wong You Nam

“Hong Kong Family”

Director Tsang Hing Weng Eric

“Lost Love”

Director Ka Sing Fung...

Leading Thai production and sales company Gdh 559 is introducing comedy drama Not Friends and twin sister story You & Me & Me to buyers at Filmart, produced respectively by award-winning directors Baz Poonpiriya and Banjong Pisanthanakun.

The new films mark the first time both renowned filmmakers have acted as producer for other directors.

Baz is the director of Thai box office hit Bad Genius and Sundance award-winning One For The Road, while Banjong is the filmmaker behind acclaimed horror The Medium and Pee Mak, which became Thailand’s highest grossing-film of all time when it was released in 2013.

Not...