SANPEET (Poison)

Sanpeet Petnonnoi is a small, beautiful, unblemished, bronzed boy of seven years of age.  As is not uncommon in the poor region of northeast Thailand - the ‘Golden Triangle’ - where he grows up, he makes a contribution to the housekeeping money.  Sanpeet earns an income, and like him many other boys of his age, by kickboxing.  The Thai government turns a blind eye to the matches in improvised boxing venues.  Kickboxing was encouraged as a way of hardening young people against the temptations of opium and heroin, drugs that are produced and consumed in large quantities in this area.  But the sport is pervaded by the odour of another addiction: gambling.  The lower the weight of a boxer, the higher the stakes; this makes Sanpeet, with his sixteen kilos, an interesting opponent.

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  Sport Movies & TV 2004 - 22nd International Festival - Milano - 29 October - 3 November 2004 Mention d'honneur

  23rd Uppsala International Short Film Festival - Uppsala, Sweden -  21-23 October 2004

  Human Rights Watch International Film Festival - London - 19-21 March 2004

  On  Canal+ Spain - 10 December 2003 on Documania

  Festival Internacional de cine y Derechos Humanos - Barcelona, 27-28-29/30 October 2003 Special Mention of the Jury

  Human Rights Watch International Film Festival - New York - 21-25-26 June 2003

  Tampere Film Festival  International Competition   5 - 9 Mar. 2003

  Genova Film Festival 2002   Winner of the Daunbailo Award

  R.I.F.F. Rome Indipendent Film Festival 2002   Winner of the UNICEF Award

  IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2001   Silver Wolf Competition

  F.I.C.M.A. International Environmental Film Festival 2002   International Competition

  TORINO FILM FESTIVAL   DOC 2001 Competition

  Libero Bizzarri Film Festival 2002    Doc Competition

  ARCIPELAGO Film Festival - Rome 2002   Official Competition

  Ai confini del mondo dentro l'Occidente 2002 - Cinema dei Piccoli - Rome

      Sanpeet (Poison)

       Production: Karousel films - ab51 filmmaking

       Executive Producers: Giuseppe Petitto - Antonello Ponzio

       Directors: Giuseppe Petitto - Enrico Pitzianti - Gianluca Pulcini

       Camera: Giuseppe Petitto

       Sound recording: Enrico Pitzianti

       Editing: Giuseppe Petitto - Antonello Ponzio

       Distribution in Italy, and North America: Karousel films

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