Hope Frozen
| Hope Frozen | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Pailin Wedel |
| Written by |
|
Production company | 2050 Productions |
| Distributed by | Netflix |
Release date |
|
Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | Thailand |
| Languages |
|
Hope Frozen is a 2019 Thai documentary film directed and co-written by Pailin Wedel, together with Nina Ijäs, and released by 2050 Productions. It follows a Thai couple who, after their three-year-old daughter dies of brain cancer in 2015, decide to have her body cryogenically preserved. Hope Frozen premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2019, where it won the Best International Feature Documentary award, and was shown at several documentary film festivals.[1][2]
The documentary was picked up for distribution by Netflix under the title Hope Frozen: A Quest to Live Twice, and was released on the platform on September 15, 2020.[3][4] It won the 49th International Emmy Award for Best Documentary in 2021, becoming the first Thai production to win an International Emmy.[5]
Cast
[edit]- Max More
- Matrix Naovaratpong
- Nareerat Naovaratpong
- Sahatorn Naovaratpong
References
[edit]- ^ Mullen, Pat (April 29, 2019). "Review: 'Hope Frozen'". POV Magazine. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- ^ Bunnag, Tatat (July 2, 2019). "Defeating death". Bangkok Post. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- ^ "'Hope Frozen: A Quest to Live Twice': Release date, plot, trailer and all you need to know about the Netflix documentary". Meaww. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ "The Netflix documentary 'Hope Frozen: A Quest to Live Twice' is here, 'Antebellum' heads straight to VOD and more of this week's best in pop culture". Yahoo. 14 September 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ Pedersen, Erik (23 November 2021). "International Emmys: 'Masked Singer', 'Tehran', 'Call My Agent!' Among Winners – Complete List". Deadline. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
External links
[edit]- Hope Frozen on Netflix
- Hope Frozen at IMDb
 | This article related to Thai film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |