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Showing posts with label culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label culture. 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...
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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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Cannes premiere set for Santi-Vina, a film misplaced for 60 years

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A scene from Santi-Vina, via the Film Archive (Public Organization) Thailand. Long considered an unattainable "Holy Grail" of...
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Thursday, May 12, 2016

In Thai cinemas: Embracing Khemarat, Keep Scala petition

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Three loosely connected stories of romance take place in Embracing Khemarat ( อ้อมกอดเขมราฐ , Aom-Kod-Khemarat ), set in an idyllic smal...
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...
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Restored Santi-Veena to screen in Cannes Classics

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Turns out there will be a Thai film at this year's Cannes Film Festival after all. It will be the newly restored Thai romantic dram...

Review: Take Me Home

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Directed by Kongkiat Komesiri Starring Mario Maurer, Wannarote Sonthichai, Noppachai Jayanama Released in Thai cinemas on April 13, 20...
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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 ...
Wednesday, April 6, 2016

In Thai cinemas: Luang Phee Jazz 4G

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It's holiday time in Thailand, with today's Chakri Memorial Day kicking off anticipatory celebrations of next week's Songkran...
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...

Patong Girl sets Thai release for April 21

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Patong Girl , the Thai-German family-holiday drama, is getting a release in Thai cinemas on April 21. Directed by Susanna Salonen, the ...