EST N8 and BrandThink have launched B-EST Pictures, a joint venture for feature films and live experiences. The venture’s first title, “Tame,” a horror-suspense feature rooted in Thai folklore, will launch international sales at the Toronto Film Festival‘s market ahead of its Thailand theatrical release on Oct. 29. Set in a rural bullfighting village where animals are broken through fear and ritual, “Tame” follows a teenage girl trapped under her family’s control who turns an ancient spirit’s brutal methods back on the people who raised her.
The film marks the feature directorial debut of Thamuya Thasananukulkij. B-EST Pictures pairs EST N8’s sales, financing and distribution network with BrandThink’s editorial reach into Thai subcultures and creative communities. The companies will co-develop, co-finance and co-produce films and live experiences, starting in Southeast Asia before expanding into international markets.
Three additional titles under the venture will be announced in the coming months. Launching B-EST Pictures with ‘Tame’ at TIFF lets us turn our editorial instincts into globally distributable IP.” Thai horror carries a long track record of international appeal, said Sophie Changhui-Shi, head of studios at EST N8. Thamuya’s debut is haunting, provocative and uncompromising.” EST N8 operates across film financing, sales and distribution, bringing premium Asian cinema to the global marketplace while also distributing Hollywood and European titles across Asia.
Its slate includes Rezwan Shahriar Sumit’s Rotterdam Big Screen Award winner “Master”; Indonesia’s 2026 box office hit “Danur: The Last Chapter”; Kimo Stamboel’s “Janur Ireng”; Tetsuya Mariko’s “Dear Stranger,” starring Hidetoshi Nishijima and Gwei Lun-Mei; Raindance premiere “The Invisible Half”; Chan Chun-hao’s “Dead End”; and “Jaguar,” a Filipino thriller and SXSW Grand Jury Award nominee. BrandThink is a Bangkok-based content company spanning publishing, brand partnerships, IP experiences, community and cinema. Its film arm, BrandThink Cinema, produced the 2023 feature “Redlife” and the Netflix original series “Terror Tuesday: Extreme.”
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