Living with the Tiger is a feature length film that explores the lives of the children in Baan Gerda.  The story is principally told through two of the children over a period of 3 years. The highs and lows are captured from the children’s perspective and shows their doubts and uncertainties as well as moments of joy and happiness.

The film highlights the difficulties they face due to discrimination and their attempts at re-integration back into the communities that had abandoned them. They make journeys back to their hometowns where they are re-united with their relatives. Will they be accepted or will the families still be afraid of the children?

They are given a sense of purpose when  American composer Bruce Gaston starts teaching music to a group of the children. Although they are more used to karaoke sessions with Thai pop bands, Gaston is committed to helping them develop and begins writing an opera for the children to perform.

As the project develops, children from other schools and organisations are invited to participate, demonstrating not only their abilities but their integration with non-infected children. The plan is to organise a series of performances in Bangkok followed by a show in the middle of the countryside. It is a chance for them to send an important message to the region where many of the children came from.

The film is much more than a story about how music can benefit people's lives. It is about issues which are important to everyone; identity family and belonging. The underlying message also highlights the problems that HIV sufferers around the world have to deal with, and how society continues to shun those who are infected due to a lack of understanding.

Essentially, this is a film about acceptance and how children that had been given up on deserve to be treated like anyone else.