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Showing posts with label indie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label indie. 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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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...
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

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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Freelance wins eight prizes at 25th Subhanahongsa Awards

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Subhanahongsa winners, from left, Best Supporting Actress Violette Wautier, Best Actor Sunny Suwanmethanon, Best Actress Davika Hoorne, Be...
Friday, March 4, 2016

In Thai cinemas: Love Say Hey and the return of the 9FilmFest

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High-school seniors have to figure out how to balance love, friendship and their studies as they work to make a film together for their g...

Freelance earns prizes at Thai Film Director Awards

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The winners of the Thai Film Director Assocation. Photo via TFDA, used by permission. The Thai Film Director Association (สมาคมผู้กำกับ...