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Monday , September 29 , 2008

Bangkok Cinema Scene special: PVC-1, Serbis take top prizes at Bangkok Int'l Film Festival

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 144 , 15:22:10 | Category : culture cinema scene Festivals and awards

The Golden Kinnaree Awards were handed out at the Bangkok International Film Festival on Sunday night, in a gala banquet and ceremony at the King Power Complex.Main Competition jurors were Singporean producer-director Eric Khoo, Filipino independent filmmaker Lav Diaz and Thai indie director Aditya Assarat. The Southeast Asian Competition juding panel comprised of Pan-Asian leading Ananda Everingham,....

The Golden Kinnaree Awards were handed out at the Bangkok International Film Festival on Sunday night, in a gala banquet and ceremony at the King Power Complex.Main Competition jurors were Singporean producer-director Eric Khoo, Filipino independent filmmaker Lav Diaz and Thai indie director Aditya Assarat. The Southeast Asian Competition juding panel comprised of Pan-Asian leading Ananda Everingham,....

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Friday , September 26 , 2008

Bangkok Cinema Scene special: JCVD added to Bangkok Int'l Film Fest

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 211 , 23:35:08 | Category : culture cinema scene Festivals and awards

Jean-Claude Van Damme has muscled his way into the Bangkok International Film Festival, with his latest work, the critically heralded, warts-and-all self-parody JCVD added at the last minute.It will screen at 8 on Saturday night (September 27).JCVD has been a hit so far at festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival and Fantastic Fest, where it came in third for the audience award be....

Jean-Claude Van Damme has muscled his way into the Bangkok International Film Festival, with his latest work, the critically heralded, warts-and-all self-parody JCVD added at the last minute.It will screen at 8 on Saturday night (September 27).JCVD has been a hit so far at festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival and Fantastic Fest, where it came in third for the audience award be....

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Thursday , September 25 , 2008

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening September 25-October 1, 2008

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 208 , 10:46:19 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film Festivals and awards

The FallIn this visually lush fantasy by Tarsem Singh, the imaginative director of The Cell, a bedridden man (Lee Pace) shares a hospital ward with a little girl (Catinca Untaru). In order to manipulate the girl into stealing morphine from the hospital pharmacy, he tells her a fairytale involving five heroes -- an Indian, an ex-slave, an explosives expert, a masked bandit and Charles Darwin. They are....

The FallIn this visually lush fantasy by Tarsem Singh, the imaginative director of The Cell, a bedridden man (Lee Pace) shares a hospital ward with a little girl (Catinca Untaru). In order to manipulate the girl into stealing morphine from the hospital pharmacy, he tells her a fairytale involving five heroes -- an Indian, an ex-slave, an explosives expert, a masked bandit and Charles Darwin. They are....

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Wednesday , September 24 , 2008

Bangkok Cinema Scene special: Pinoy Cinema in spotlight at Bangkok Intl Film Festival

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 240 , 14:25:05 | Category : culture cinema scene Festivals and awards

One thing you'll notice by looking at the schedule of the Bangkok International Film Festival (PDF), and hanging around and listening is a distinctly Filipino flavor.Besides Thailand, I don't think there's another country with a heavier presence in the festival schedule than the Philippines. There are six Filipino films:Jay - The lone Southeast Asian entry in the Main Competition is directed Francis ....

One thing you'll notice by looking at the schedule of the Bangkok International Film Festival (PDF), and hanging around and listening is a distinctly Filipino flavor.Besides Thailand, I don't think there's another country with a heavier presence in the festival schedule than the Philippines. There are six Filipino films:Jay - The lone Southeast Asian entry in the Main Competition is directed Francis ....

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Monday , September 22 , 2008

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Bangkok International Film Festival 2008 preview

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 285 , 12:52:12 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film Censorship and ratings Festivals and awards

Weathering a bribery scandal, political uncertainty and delays, the sixth Bangkok International Film Festival opens on Tuesday, unspooling 79 films in a weeklong run at SF World Cinema at CentralWorld.The "soft opening" is at noon Tuesday with Woody Allen's new romantic comedy-drama, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, starring Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz. The "gala ope....

Weathering a bribery scandal, political uncertainty and delays, the sixth Bangkok International Film Festival opens on Tuesday, unspooling 79 films in a weeklong run at SF World Cinema at CentralWorld.The "soft opening" is at noon Tuesday with Woody Allen's new romantic comedy-drama, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, starring Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz. The "gala ope....

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Thursday , September 18 , 2008

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Movies opening September 18-24, 2008

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 249 , 16:31:22 | Category : cinema scene Thai film Festivals and awards

TakenThe times that we get to see Irish actor Liam Neeson play a total bad-ass seem few and far between. And that’s a shame. Because he's so good at it.There was the 2006 western Seraphim Falls, with Pierce Brosnan; his turn in Batman Begins in 2005, but then it’s all the way back to 1999 and Star Wars Episode I for Neeson as an action hero.In Taken he’s the gruffest and meanest he’s been yet, playin....

TakenThe times that we get to see Irish actor Liam Neeson play a total bad-ass seem few and far between. And that’s a shame. Because he's so good at it.There was the 2006 western Seraphim Falls, with Pierce Brosnan; his turn in Batman Begins in 2005, but then it’s all the way back to 1999 and Star Wars Episode I for Neeson as an action hero.In Taken he’s the gruffest and meanest he’s been yet, playin....

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Wednesday , September 17 , 2008

Bangkok Cinema Scene: 12th Thai Short Film and Video Festival award results

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 260 , 01:52:28 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film Festivals and awards

A border=0> A four-minute look at Thai democracy in I’m Fine Sa-bai-dee kah by Tanwarin Sukkhapisit was the top award-winner at the 12th Thai Short Film and Video Festival, which wrapped up on Sunday after a record-setting 16-day run over the course of three weeks.The fest was the first major film event for the new Bangkok Art and Culture Centre and served as a great way to break in the facility's new auditorium....

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A four-minute look at Thai democracy in I’m Fine Sa-bai-dee kah by Tanwarin Sukkhapisit was the top award-winner at the 12th Thai Short Film and Video Festival, which wrapped up on Sunday after a record-setting 16-day run over the course of three weeks.The fest was the first major film event for the new Bangkok Art and Culture Centre and served as a great way to break in the facility's new auditorium....

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Monday , September 15 , 2008

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Upcoming movie - Queens of Langkasuka

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 619 , 14:01:47 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film Festivals and awards

[Note: This story originally ran in the Daily Xpress, page 6, on Thursday, September 11, 2008]Pirates of PattaniThe big-budget ‘Queens of Langkasuka’ is proving popular at film festivals but has yet to cover its costsBy Parinyaporn PajeeDaily XpressDirector Nonzee Nimibutr returns to local screens next month with a film that’s already becoming the darling of the film festival circuit.The big-budget “....

[Note: This story originally ran in the Daily Xpress, page 6, on Thursday, September 11, 2008]Pirates of PattaniThe big-budget ‘Queens of Langkasuka’ is proving popular at film festivals but has yet to cover its costsBy Parinyaporn PajeeDaily XpressDirector Nonzee Nimibutr returns to local screens next month with a film that’s already becoming the darling of the film festival circuit.The big-budget “....

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Friday , September 12 , 2008

Bangkok Cinema Scene special: Inspired by R.D. Pestonji

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 384 , 19:27:50 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film Festivals and awards

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ratana Pestonji (1908-1970), a Thai-Indian filmmaker who made only a few films in the 1950s and '60s but was so revolutionary that he is considered to be the father of contemporary Thai cinema and the patron saint of Thai independent filmmakers. The top prize for Thai filmmakers at the Thai Short Film & Video Festival is the R.D. Pestonji Awar....

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ratana Pestonji (1908-1970), a Thai-Indian filmmaker who made only a few films in the 1950s and '60s but was so revolutionary that he is considered to be the father of contemporary Thai cinema and the patron saint of Thai independent filmmakers. The top prize for Thai filmmakers at the Thai Short Film & Video Festival is the R.D. Pestonji Awar....

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Thursday , September 11 , 2008

Bangkok Cinema Scene: Thai Short Film & Video Festival preview - Electric Eel Showcase

Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 243 , 18:05:20 | Category : culture cinema scene Thai film Festivals and awards

Three shorts from Bangkok-based indie production company Electric Eel Films will be shown on Friday night (September 12) at the 12th Thai Short Film and Video Festival. It will include Like Real Love, a three-segment reflection on the shades of love by Anocha Suwichakornpong.Here's the rundown, based on information from the festival catalog:One September Story - Teekhadet Vucharadhain directs this st....

Three shorts from Bangkok-based indie production company Electric Eel Films will be shown on Friday night (September 12) at the 12th Thai Short Film and Video Festival. It will include Like Real Love, a three-segment reflection on the shades of love by Anocha Suwichakornpong.Here's the rundown, based on information from the festival catalog:One September Story - Teekhadet Vucharadhain directs this st....

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