Error Brothers is an independent film production company based in Chiang Rai, Northern Thailand, founded by filmmaker and producer Itt Patiparn Boontarig. The company develops auteur-driven fiction and documentary films, supporting emerging filmmakers beyond Thailand’s traditional film centers and focusing on distinctive voices, socially engaged stories, and international co-production.
Its productions include SOLIDS BY THE SEASHORE (2023), co-produced with Diversion and Mit Out Sound Films, which premiered at Busan International Film Festival and won the LG OLED New Currents Award and NETPAC Award, followed by awards at Vesoul. CRYSTALLIZED MEMORY (2022), directed by Chonchanok Thanatteepwong, premiered at IFFR and screened at New Directors/New Films in New York.
Error Brothers is currently developing SO LONG, MAESALONG and GHOST OF THE CURRENTS, with support from Thailand’s Department of Cultural Promotion, while seeking international co-production and financing partners, as well as sales and distribution relationships, to bring Northern Thai stories to wider international audiences.
Error Brothers also runs CR Film Club and CORNER independent cinema, supporting local film culture in Northern Thailand.
Itt Patiparn Boontarig
Founder / Director
Itt Patiparn Boontarig, a Thai filmmaker, has worked on numerous short films and documentaries focused on themes of equality and the impact of man-made dams. His first feature film, ‘SOLIDS BY THE SEASHORE (2023)’, won two awards at the Busan International Film Festival: the LG OLED New Currents Award and the NETPAC Award. Additionally, the film won Prix du Jury Award and Coup de Coeur INALCO Award at the 30th Festival International des Cinemas d’Asie de Vesoul. He also served as an assistant director for ‘MANTA RAY (2018)’, which premiered and won the Orizzonti Award for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival.
Napakarn Boontarig
Producer
Napakarn Boontarig collaborated with director Patiparn Boontarig on the feature film Solids by the Seashore (2023) and as a producer on the award-winning short documentary Multiverse of Mekong (2023). In addition to her work in film, she produced a performance art project presented at the Thailand Biennale 2023 and currently serves as a curator with the Chiang Rai–based art community Mitr-Pap. She was born in Chiang Rai province, the same location where “Ghost of the Currents” will be shot. She has a deep connection to the local community and its folklore, having engaged with the villagers throughout her life.