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Showing posts with label Pan-Asian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pan-Asian. Show all posts
Saturday, June 25, 2016

Festival, festival (and awards)! Here be dragons for The Forest; Heart Attack and Grace in NYAFF

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The Forest producer David Cluck cradles the Golden Dragon. The Forest , the new thriller from Paul Spurrier, the Bangkok-based British...
Thursday, June 23, 2016

Extra Virgin unlocks indies with Distance, Rice Trilogy and Island Funeral

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Extra Virgin, the indie production and distribution shingle run by producer-director Pimpaka Towira, has a new initiative with SF cinemas...
Friday, June 17, 2016

I gave FilmDoo a whirl

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Finally, we can forget about DVDs. Streaming video is the future for independent films from Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries,...
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Friday, May 6, 2016

Review: Buppha Arigato

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Written and directed by Yuthlert Sippapak Starring Supassara Thanachat, Charlie Potjes, Chalermpon Thikampornteerawong, Yok Teeranitaya...
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Sunday, April 24, 2016

Bangkok Asean Film Festival review: Manila in the Claws of Light, Bitcoins Heist

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The titan of Filipino cinema, Lino Brocka, always focused on the unfairly exploited working class. His gripping 1975 picture, Manila in t...
Friday, April 15, 2016

Festival, festival (and awards)! The Forest in Udine, Thai Pitch in Cannes, honor for Patong Girl

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Paul Spurrier, the Bangkok-based British filmmaker who makes Thai films, has been making the rounds of the festival circuit with his new ...
Monday, April 11, 2016

On DVD: Zero Tolerance

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I saw the action thriller Zero Tolerance more than a year ago as part of the very unique Thailand International Film Destination Festival...
Sunday, April 3, 2016

Guest post: Pimpaka Towira a double winner in Hong Kong

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Pimpaka Towira, second from left, at the HKIFF Awards Gala with, from left, Lam Kam‐po, Anita Piotrowska and Stephen Teo. Keith Barclay...
Friday, April 1, 2016

Salaya Doc review: The Scala

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Note: An encore screening of The Scala  has just been added to the Salaya International Documentary Film Festival. It's at  noon on S...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Guest post: Wrapping up Filmart 2016

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Booths at Filmart. Photo by Keith Barclay. Keith Barclay is editor of the New Zealand film industry publication Screenz . A sponsored jo...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Guest post: Catching up with Rooth Tang at HAF

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Rooth Tang on the hunt for backers at HAF. Photo by Keith Barclay. Keith Barclay is editor of the New Zealand film industry publication...
Monday, March 28, 2016

Luang Prabang fest set for December 2-7 with Philippines in the Spotlight

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Big crowd for films in the Handicraft Market. LPFF photo. The dates have been set for the seventh edition of the Luang Prabang Film Fes...
Friday, March 25, 2016

Freelance wins at Bangkok Critics, KCL Awards

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Actor Jason Young from F. Hilaire presents the Best Documentary award for The Songs of Rice to producer Pimpaka Towira and director-cine...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Sixth Salaya Doc to open with The Scala

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The Thai Film Archive's sixth annual  Salaya International Documentary Film Festival   opens at 1pm on Saturday with The Scala , a 50...
Friday, March 18, 2016

Guest post: Assassin strikes nine times at Asian Film Awards

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Shu Qui won best actress for The Assassin , which won nine prizes in all. Keith Barclay is editor of the New Zealand film industry publ...
Thursday, March 17, 2016

Guest post: White Light, G2D present post-production awards at HAF

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Lee Chatametikool, right, hands over the White Light Post-Production Award to makers of the Vietnamese film The Third Wife . Keith Barcl...
Thursday, February 11, 2016

In Thai cinemas: Luk Thung Signature and the return of The Act of Killing

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Star-studded stories unfold to the toe-tapping beat of Thai country songs in Luk Thung Signature ( ลูกทุ่ง ซิกเนเจอร์ , a.k.a. Love Beat...