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Wise Kwai's Bangkok Cinema Scene
What's playing in Bangkok cinemas?
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Monday , March 31 , 2008
Bangkok Experimental Film Festival: A look back
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 524 , 20:43:22   | Category : culture   cinema scene   Thai film   film reviews   World Film Festival of Bangkok  
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The theme of this year's Bangkok Experimental Film Festival was "The more things change ..." I took the ellipses to mean I could fill in a blank with "... the more things stay the same." Or, maybe not. Maybe things are different.BEFF has been held intermittently since 1997. The last one was held at the end of 2005 in Lumpini Park. Before that, I'm not sure where it was held. Thoug....


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Bangkok Experimental Film Festival: What I watched
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 312 , 20:32:07   | Category : culture   cinema scene   Thai film   film reviews   Festivals and awards  
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I didn't get to as many of the screenings at the Bangkok Experimental Film Festival as I would have liked, which is always the case with festivals -- knowing which films to see, and which sessions are okay to skip or there's something better playing somewhere else, or should I tag along with a group of people for dinner. I never know what to do. Many times, I think I make the wrong choices.Anyway, he....


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Saturday , March 29 , 2008
Bangkok Experimental Film Festival: Black Mirror, Thai Indie's showcase
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 387 , 00:52:30   | Category : culture   cinema scene   Thai film   Festivals and awards  
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Black Mirror, a new short film by Anocha Suwichakornpong, is part of the Daily Rounds program screening at 2pm on Saturday at Esplanade Cineplex as part of the 5th Bangkok Experimental Film Festival.It's part of Daily Rounds, a collection of new Thai works devoted to cycles of daily life. Other films are Chalermrat Gaweewattana's A Century of Love, Tanatchai Bandasak's Endless Rhyme;  Watchathanapoom....


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