FILMS

A Selection of Feature & Short Film Projects

Working in the film industry for over a decade, Edward completed over 25 feature films and short projects as a screenwriter, producer, actor, and/or director.

Feature Films

  • As Executive Producer

    • Film selected as Thai’s representative for best foreign-language film to the Academy Awards

    • World premiere: Locarno International Film Festival

    • Filmexplorer: “This is a cinema that is far from the idea of the documentary, a cinema that exalts its proper essence: imagination”

    • The Observerr: “[M]esmerizing... a kaleidoscopic meditation on the shifting relationship between past and present, truth and fiction, movies and memory… dizzying, dazzling work ”

    • The Guardian: “This fascinating, enigmatic feature confidently leaps down the conceptual rabbit hole to mix a historic massacre with transcendent forests and telekinesis”

    • Winner of 11 awards

      • Best Film (New Talent Award): Hong Kong Asian Film Festival

      • Special Citation: QCinema

      • Special Mention: Osaka Asian Film Festival

      • Best Picture: Lucca Film Festival

      • Grand Jury Prize: First International Film Festival Xining

      • Best Picture, Best Director, Best Editing: Suphannahong (Thailand National Film Awards)

      • Best Picture & Best Director: Bangkok Critics Assembly Awards

      • Best Picture & Best Director: Thai Film Directors Association Awards

      • Best Picture & Best Director: Kom Chad Luek Awards

      • Best Director: Starpics Awards

      • Thai Film of the Year: Bioscope Awards

  • As Producer

    • Film selected as Thai’s representative for best foreign-language film to the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes

    • World premiere: Berlin International Film Festival 2015 (Panorama)

    • Film is now available on DVD, iTunes, Amazon Video, Vimeo on Demand, and Netflix

    • Variety: “Deeply felt tale of fraternal bonds splintered by social inequality”

    • The Nation: “One of the year’s best Thai movies… Heart-warming, bittersweet tale of orphaned brothers growing up”

    • The Hollywood Reporter: “A winning drama about loss of innocence”

    • Winner of 25 awards

      • Best Picture: Starpics Thai Film Awards

      • Best Screenplay: Starpics Thai Film Awards

      • Film of the Year: Bioscope Awards

      • Best Newcomer (Director): Bioscope Awards

      • Best Supporting Actor (Ingkarat Damrongsakkul): Thailand National Film Association Awards

      • Best Supporting Actor (Thira Chutikul): Bangkok Critics Assembly Awards

      • Best Supporting Actor (Thira Chutikul): Kom Chad Leuk Film Awards

      • Best Film: Attitude Thailand Film Awards

      • Audience Award for Best Narrative: Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

      • Special Jury Mention: Torino LGBT Film Festival

      • Best First Feature: Toronto LGBT Film Festival

      • Best International Feature: Film Out San Diego

      • Opening Film: Bangkok Gay Lesbian Film Festival

      • Audience Award: Tel Aviv LGBT Film Festival

      • Showcase Film: San Francisco Frameline Film Festival

      • Opening Film: Q! Film Festival, Jakarta

      • Youth Jury Award for Best Film: Oslo Fusion International Film Festival

      • Best Narrative Feature: Long Beach QFilm Festival

      • Best Feature Film & Best Director: Out On Film, Atlanta

      • Audience Award: Ljubljana Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Slovenia

      • Best Narrative Feature & Best Leading Role: Kashish Mumbai Intl. Queer Film Festival

      • Jury Prize: Nara International Film Festival

      • Best Narrative Feature: Korean-American Film Festival New York

  • As Actor

    • Theatrical release in Indonesia

    • Multiple nominations for Indonesian Movie Awards and Maya Awards

  • As Actor & Executive Producer

    • Winner of 3 Maya Awards and multiple nominations at Indonesia Movie Awards

    • Best Newcomer nomination (Edward Gunawan): Maya Awards

    • Theatrical release in Indonesia

Short Projects

  • As Screenwriter, Director & Producer

    • Featured Film Artist: Kearny Street Workshop’s APAture Multi-Disciplinary Arts Festival

    • Recipient of City of Oakland’s Neighborhood Voices & East Bay Funds for Artist Grant

  • As Executive Producer

    • Jury Award for Best Documentary Short: Polari Film Festival

    • Best Short Documentary: San Diego Asian Film Festival

    • Nomination for Iris Prize

    • HuffPost: “Draft Day investigates the journey of transgender women in Thailand.”

  • As Screenwriter, Director & Producer

    • Best Short Film: Europe On Screen Film Festival

    • Best Short Film: Maya Awards

    • Nomination for Best Short Film: Festival Film Indonesia

  • As Co-Producer

    • Best Drama in a Short Film: New York City Independent Film Festival

  • As Screenwriter, Co-Director & Producer

    • Best Asian Short Film: Screen Singapore

    • Best Short Film (Ladrang Award): Festival Film Solo

    • Nomination for Best Short Film: Festival Film Indonesia

  • As Screenwriter, Director & Producer

    • Audience Award for Best Short Film: Fresno Reel Pride Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

    • Jury Award for Best Director of Short Film: CLIP Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

    • SF Bay Area Chronicle: “[Director] Edward Gunawan serves up an emotional sucker punch.”

  • As Co-Screenwriter, Actor & Producer

    • World Premiere: Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

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