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In the charming slice-of-life teen drama, “Flat Girls“, director Jirassaya Wongsutin from Thailand creates a delicate portrayal of life in the tenements of police officers of the Bangkok Metropolitan Police, their daily struggles with teenagers coming-of-age, the pain of love and loss in a person’s formative years and how ambition clashes with socio-economic realities in modern Thailand. It is the same country which presents a picture of beauty, development and hospitality to the millions of people who go there, while the people living there live squalid, and often hopeless lives. There is a lot of beauty and wonder, but there is a torrent of emotions running beneath. The same goes for the film.

Flat Girls is screening at New York Asian Film Festival

There is enough veiled commentary regarding the social dynamics in Bangkok police families – the family of an officer who died in the line of duty having...

Gdh, the Thai studio behind 2024’s record-breaking box office hit How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, has set a February 6 theatrical release date for its new film, Flat Girls.

The coming-of-age film tells the story of Jane and Ann, two teenage daughters of police officers living in the same police flat complex where hundreds of police families reside. Despite their vastly different socioeconomic backgrounds, their bond has always been unshakable — until one day, their friendship is tested, which forces Jane and Ann to confront the meaning of love, growth and adulthood.

Flat Girls stars lead actresses Earnearn Fatima Dechawaleekul and Fairy Kirana Pipityakorn, alongside Pakorn ‘Boy’ Chatborirak and Namfon Pakdee.

The film is directed by Jirassaya ‘Claire’ Wongsutin (One Year) and produced by Jira ‘Keng’ Maligool and Vanridee ‘One’ Pongsittisak, who both also produced How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies.

Riding high on the box office success of How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, Thai production house Gdh 559 has unveiled details of five upcoming features as part of 10-strong film slate.

Billkin Putthipong Assaratanakul, the breakout star of box office phenomenon How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, will head the cast of comedy Project Red alongside Pp Krit Amnuaydechkorn. It reunites the two actors for the first time since hit Bl (boys’ love) TV series I Told Sunset About You and sequel I Promised You The Moon.

Both stars are also partnering with Gdh through their respective...