Thomas Cristofoletti (Director), Chidapha Srai (Director), Lucia Torres (Story Producer), Sandy Watt (Video Producer), Thomas Cristofoletti (Director of Photography and Editor), Chidapa Srai (Story Producer and Translation), Karen Coates (Copy Editor). | 2025 | 6 min.
2026 Official Selection
The Moken, a nomadic sea tribe living in the Andaman Sea off the coast of Thailand and Myanmar, face an uncertain future. Their traditional, aquatic lifestyle is untenable in the face of climate change, tourism, fishing restrictions and natural disasters. Forced to settle on land, some have turned to an unlikely income source: plastic washed ashore on the remote islands they now call home. The plastic has become more reliable than the fish they used to catch, but many see it as a means to pass their traditional knowledge down to the next generation.
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Thomas Cristofoletti is an award-winning filmmaker and photojournalist based in Bangkok. His long-term work focuses on climate change and the environmental impacts of development across the Mekong region. His stories have appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, BBC, and The South China Morning Post, and he produces visual campaigns for NGOs such as USAID, WWF, The Obama Foundation, and UNICEF.
Chidapha Srai (Nok) is a Thai documentary producer with over a decade of experience in multimedia storytelling. She has produced more than 60 films across Asia and collaborated with clients including The Guardian, Financial Times, and Stern. Nok previously led production teams at Coconuts Media and worked as an integrated producer at WPP-Ford, specializing in complex field productions and character-driven stories.
