國影電影編號：M202203001

放映規格：DCP

級別：普遍級

片長：80分鐘

發音：撣語、泰語

字幕：中英文

無地之壤Soil without Land

南塔瓦．努班查邦Nontawat NUMBENCHAPOL｜泰國Thailand｜2019｜DCP｜Colour｜80 min

2021 TIDF台灣國際紀錄片影展｜亞洲視野競賽評審團特別獎

2019 Visions du Réel瑞士真實影展

2019 DMZ Docs 南韓DMZ國際紀錄片影展

1962年緬甸軍政府成立，強制各少數民族緬族化，自此緬北陷入五十餘年的內戰。本片記錄一位緬甸撣族青年的故事，他與家人住在泰緬邊境一個主權未定的爭議地區，因為生活窮困又沒有身分，曾偷渡到泰國非法打工。母親過世後，他選擇加入撣邦軍，但不是為獨立而戰，而是為了自己的生活和一張軍人證。

南塔瓦．努班查邦：「我認為未來應該越來越少界限，不只是地理上的國界，更包含性別的界限，或是接受彼此不同想法的界限。有些國家為了把持權力、統治人民，常阻礙人民的言論自由、媒體自由，讓人民與外面的世界隔絕，因為那些外界的事物會讓國家失去民心、人民創造出自己的身分認同，與能夠各自選擇的個體性。我希望未來人人都能掙脫掌權者框架在大家身上的界限，選擇自己的身份認同，並且接受彼此之間不同的認同。」

For over 50 years, a civil war has been waged between the Shan people, the largest ethnic minority group in Burma, and the Burmese military. Jai Sang Lod, a young stateless Shan man living in the disputed borderlands between Burma and Northern Thailand, reluctantly submits himself to become a soldier for the Shan State Army. Trained to fight for Shan sovereignty as a lifetime duty, he yearns for a piece of identification and a steady living.

Nontawat NUMBENCHAPOL: 'I think that in the future, borders should become less and less—not just the geographic boundaries, but also the boundaries on sexuality, on the mutual acceptance of different ideas… In order to maintain power and rule their people, some countries ban freedom of speech, restrict freedom of the press, and block their citizens from the outside world, because these things will lead people to create their own identities and individuality, encouraging them to make choices for themselves. I hope in the future, everyone will be able to break free from the boundaries enforced by the authorities for the ease of ruling, get to choose one's own identity, and accept the differences in other people's identity in turn.'