Monday, September 30, 2013

The Guardians takes top prize in 9FilmFest

A scene from The Guardian.

The Style by Toyota 9FilmFest was held over the weekend of September 21-22 at Bangkok's Paragon Cineplex, showing the latest crop of nine-minute films made especially for the festival. Each film had to incorporate this year's "9 signature item", which was "waterway".

Top prize was a brand-new Toyota Vios, which went to The Guardians, a drama about a river village's "crazy man", who is in mourning over the drowning of his young son. He's determined to learn to swim. It also won best actor. A winner of several other awards was Lie, the tale of a middle-aged man who poses on the Internet as a handsome pop singer.

Here's the winners:

  • Screenwriter – Lie, Narongchai Parthumsuwan
  • Costume design – The Great River, Steven Rouse
  • Leadership Award – Distortion, Thana Chairatanasil
  • Best editor – Teppanyaki Kamakazi, Jeremy Zag and Raymond Lewin
  • Best producer – Clueless?, Byron Bishop, Sahajak Boonthanakit and Peter Alan Lloyd
  • Special jury prize – Lie, Narongchai Parthumsuwan
  • Best actor – The Guardians, Supachai Gertsuwan
  • Best actress – Clueless?, Joy Villanueva
  • Best cinematography – Bangkruai Pradesh, Pathara Buranadilok
  • Best director – Clock Blocked, Robert Peters
  • Best creativity – The Cream, Naruphon Punphairoj and Satit Ngerntong
  • Best film – The Guardians, Disspong Sampattavanich


Prizes were handed out by jury that included Prachya Pinkaew, MR Chalermchatri "Adam" Yukol, Tanwarin Sukkhapisit (Golf), Ananda Everingham, "Pop" Areeya Sirisopa adn "Ted" Yuthana Boon-orm, with other celebrities in attendance including "Poo" Vithaya Pansringarm, Jill Roger and Cindy Bishop.


2 comments:

  1. Missing from the list is Best Director, Robert Peters, for Clocked Blocked.

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    1. Thanks for your comment. Apologies for the omission. That's now corrected.

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