Baytong

Thailand 2003, 103 min, English subtitles

The film uses the backdrop of ethnic and religious tensions in Thailand’s predominantly Muslim town of Baytong, which borders Malaysia, as its main context. "Baytong" tells the tale of a 27-year-old Buddhist monk, who has to leave his monastery and become surrogate parent to his seven-year-old niece who is orphaned by an Islamist terrorist attack.

Within the framework of the Asia-Pacific Weeks, which are supported by the Stiftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin (DKLB).