The ever-busy Japanese character actor Tadanobu Asano — currently having a moment as one of the stars of Disney’s hit samurai series Shōgun — has joined the cast of Thai director Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s upcoming culinary thriller Morte Cucina. The actor and director last collaborated two decades ago on the romantic crime film Last Life in the Universe (2003), which was Thailand’s official submission to the Oscars that year and won Asano the best actor award at the Venice Film Festival.
Set in contemporary Bangkok, Morte Cucina follows a talented young female chef named Sao who has a chance encounter with a man who sexually abused her when she was a teen. “Using her talents in the kitchen, Sao sets her plan of revenge in motion — achieving a rather unexpected result,” the film’s logline reads.
The project’s producers are keeping the nature of Asano’s role under wraps for now,...
Set in contemporary Bangkok, Morte Cucina follows a talented young female chef named Sao who has a chance encounter with a man who sexually abused her when she was a teen. “Using her talents in the kitchen, Sao sets her plan of revenge in motion — achieving a rather unexpected result,” the film’s logline reads.
The project’s producers are keeping the nature of Asano’s role under wraps for now,...
- 3/26/2024
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix has unveiled a raft of Chinese-language titles and upcoming projects from Indonesia and Thailand as it continues to grow original content in Southeast Asia.
The streaming giant revealed four series from Taiwan, eight titles from Thailand and five from Indonesia that would debut on the platform throughout 2024.
From Indonesia, features include Monster, a dialogue-free suspense thriller directed by Rako Prijanto. The film, starring Marsha Timothy, Alex Abbad, and Anantya Kirana, premiered at the Jogja-netpac Asian Film Festival in November.
Further titles from the country include Borderless Fog, a crime thriller set in Borneo, from award-winning filmmaker Edwin; and action...
The streaming giant revealed four series from Taiwan, eight titles from Thailand and five from Indonesia that would debut on the platform throughout 2024.
From Indonesia, features include Monster, a dialogue-free suspense thriller directed by Rako Prijanto. The film, starring Marsha Timothy, Alex Abbad, and Anantya Kirana, premiered at the Jogja-netpac Asian Film Festival in November.
Further titles from the country include Borderless Fog, a crime thriller set in Borneo, from award-winning filmmaker Edwin; and action...
- 2/2/2024
- ScreenDaily
Prime Video might be pulling back from Southeast Asian originals, but Netflix remains is doubling down on originals in the region.
The streamer has unveiled several titles from Indonesia and Thailand, and a Chinese-language slate for 2024.
One of the bigger titles on the streamer’s Indonesian slate is sci-fi series Nightmares and Daydreams, which marks Netflix’s first collaboration with Joko Anwar.
Anwar’s horror films are often well-received at the box office, with Satan’s Slaves and its sequel both in the top 10 list for highest-grossing films in the country.
Director Timo Tjahjanto will return with action film The Shadow Strays, after making comedy action flick The Big 4 in 2022, which became the second most-watched non-English film on the streamer. The Shadow Strays will star Ario Bayu, Lukman Sardi, Marissa Anita, Nirina Zubir, Sita Nursanti, Fachri Albar and Asmara Abigail.
The Indonesian slate also includes Borderless Fog, which stars Putri Marino,...
The streamer has unveiled several titles from Indonesia and Thailand, and a Chinese-language slate for 2024.
One of the bigger titles on the streamer’s Indonesian slate is sci-fi series Nightmares and Daydreams, which marks Netflix’s first collaboration with Joko Anwar.
Anwar’s horror films are often well-received at the box office, with Satan’s Slaves and its sequel both in the top 10 list for highest-grossing films in the country.
Director Timo Tjahjanto will return with action film The Shadow Strays, after making comedy action flick The Big 4 in 2022, which became the second most-watched non-English film on the streamer. The Shadow Strays will star Ario Bayu, Lukman Sardi, Marissa Anita, Nirina Zubir, Sita Nursanti, Fachri Albar and Asmara Abigail.
The Indonesian slate also includes Borderless Fog, which stars Putri Marino,...
- 2/2/2024
- by Sara Merican
- Deadline Film + TV
In the modern age, one of the more impactful and topical issues found in the consciousness of pop culture is self-identity and what a person's identity means to them. Being lost in a malaise of social media, online ads, and a culture concerned with providing a marketable identity for easy branding, it's possible for this factor to be a crippling issue for youths fighting to keep themselves afloat while they attempt to navigate the world around them. Thai directors Rasiguet Sookkarn and Kongdej Jaturanrasmee have decided to explore this concept in their new film “Faces of Anne,” having its North American premiere at the New York Asian Film Festival.
Faces of Anne is screening at New York Asian Film Festival Check also this interview Interview with Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, Jennis Oprasert and Soros Sukhum: The Question Is, “Can We Own Our Life Completely?”
Overall, “Faces of Anne” is a solid enough genre effort.
Faces of Anne is screening at New York Asian Film Festival Check also this interview Interview with Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, Jennis Oprasert and Soros Sukhum: The Question Is, “Can We Own Our Life Completely?”
Overall, “Faces of Anne” is a solid enough genre effort.
- 7/29/2023
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Acclaimed Thai auteur Pen-ek Ratanaruang is reteaming with veteran, Asia-based cinematographer Christopher Doyle for a subversive psychological thriller set in the colorful world of Thai cuisine.
Bangkok-set film Morte Cucina follows a talented young female chef named Sao who has a chance encounter with a man who sexually abused her when she was a teen. “Using her talents in the kitchen, Sao sets her plan of revenge in motion — achieving a rather unexpected result,” the film’s logline reads.
Morte Cucina is co-written by Pen-ek and Kongdej Jaturanrasamee (Hunger, Faces of Anne). It will be Pen-ek’s first feature since his noir crime thriller Samui Song, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2017. The project reunites the Thai auteur and Doyle for the first time since their 2003 project together, Last Life in the Universe, which was Thailand’s official submission to the Oscars that year, and also won its Japanese star,...
Bangkok-set film Morte Cucina follows a talented young female chef named Sao who has a chance encounter with a man who sexually abused her when she was a teen. “Using her talents in the kitchen, Sao sets her plan of revenge in motion — achieving a rather unexpected result,” the film’s logline reads.
Morte Cucina is co-written by Pen-ek and Kongdej Jaturanrasamee (Hunger, Faces of Anne). It will be Pen-ek’s first feature since his noir crime thriller Samui Song, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2017. The project reunites the Thai auteur and Doyle for the first time since their 2003 project together, Last Life in the Universe, which was Thailand’s official submission to the Oscars that year, and also won its Japanese star,...
- 6/1/2023
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
WME Independent is handling international sales on the film at Cannes.
Ananda Everingham, Bront Palarae and Jennis Oprasert have been revealed as the cast of Thai horror The Cursed Land, on which WME Independent is handling international sales at Cannes.
Written and directed by Panu Aree and Kong Rithdee as their directorial fiction feature debut, the film follows a widower and his daughter who travel to Thailand’s deep south to seek help from a Muslim witch doctor after unleashing a djinn in a rundown house. A first look at Ananda in the film can be seen above.
Ananda is...
Ananda Everingham, Bront Palarae and Jennis Oprasert have been revealed as the cast of Thai horror The Cursed Land, on which WME Independent is handling international sales at Cannes.
Written and directed by Panu Aree and Kong Rithdee as their directorial fiction feature debut, the film follows a widower and his daughter who travel to Thailand’s deep south to seek help from a Muslim witch doctor after unleashing a djinn in a rundown house. A first look at Ananda in the film can be seen above.
Ananda is...
- 5/17/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Recently premiering in Locarno, Thai filmmaker Sorayos Prapapan’s debut feature “Arnold is a Model Student” is a very interesting narrative amalgam, as it combines his own experiences from attending school (there is even a scene with a same named student repeating the multiplication element as a punishment inside a teacher’s office) with the recent Bad Student movement, and an approach that moves more towards the comedy/satire despite the dramatic basis of the story.
“Arnold is a Model Student“ is screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
The titular Arnold is a student in the last class of high school, who stands out not just for his shaved hair, but also for having studied in the US for a year and winning a gold medal at the Mathematics Olympiad, something that has deemed him a model student in the eyes of the school administration. His treatment as a...
“Arnold is a Model Student“ is screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
The titular Arnold is a student in the last class of high school, who stands out not just for his shaved hair, but also for having studied in the US for a year and winning a gold medal at the Mathematics Olympiad, something that has deemed him a model student in the eyes of the school administration. His treatment as a...
- 11/18/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Recently premiering in Locarno, Thai filmmaker Sorayos Prapapan’s debut feature “Arnold is a Model Student” is a very interesting narrative amalgam, as it combines his own experiences from attending school (there is even a scene with a same named student repeating the multiplication element as a punishment inside a teacher’s office) with the recent Bad Student movement, and an approach that moves more towards the comedy/satire despite the dramatic basis of the story.
“Arnold is a Perfect Student” screened in Locarno Film Festival
The titular Arnold is a student in the last class of high school, who stands out not just for his shaved hair, but also for having studied in the US for a year and winning a gold medal at the Mathematics Olympiad, something that has deemed him a model student in the eyes of the school administration. His treatment as a star does not only extend to the faculty,...
“Arnold is a Perfect Student” screened in Locarno Film Festival
The titular Arnold is a student in the last class of high school, who stands out not just for his shaved hair, but also for having studied in the US for a year and winning a gold medal at the Mathematics Olympiad, something that has deemed him a model student in the eyes of the school administration. His treatment as a star does not only extend to the faculty,...
- 9/4/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Kongdej Jaturanrasamee completed film studies at King Mongkut Institute of Technology. A director and screenwriter, who worked also as a teacher, copywriter and restaurant owner. Appreciated for psychological sensibility and the ability to transfer ephemeral emotional states into the screen. His films were presented and awarded at numerous international festivals, In 2012 received the Grand Prix at Five Flavours for “P-047”.
Jennis Oprasert was born in 2000, singer and actress. She belongs to the supergroup of idols BNK48, she was in the first line-up of the band founded in 2017. At the age of eight she acted in the horror film “The 8th Day”, for which she was nominated for the Suphannahong National Film Awards. For her leading role in Kongdej Jaturanrasamee’s “Where We Belong” she received the Marie Claire Asia Award for emerging talent.
Soros Sukhum was born in Bangkok, graduate of film production at the Faculty of Communication Arts of the University of Rangsit.
Jennis Oprasert was born in 2000, singer and actress. She belongs to the supergroup of idols BNK48, she was in the first line-up of the band founded in 2017. At the age of eight she acted in the horror film “The 8th Day”, for which she was nominated for the Suphannahong National Film Awards. For her leading role in Kongdej Jaturanrasamee’s “Where We Belong” she received the Marie Claire Asia Award for emerging talent.
Soros Sukhum was born in Bangkok, graduate of film production at the Faculty of Communication Arts of the University of Rangsit.
- 11/24/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
International premiere of “Flowers of Evil”, Hong Kong “Fagara” as the opening film, and Japanese “Bone Born Bone” at the closure of Five Flavours 13th edition!
This year, as always, the festival will provide an opportunity to discover original voices of young and recognized directors from South Korea, Bhutan, Thailand or Vietnam. We will explore the charms and ills of Japanese peripheries: its harbour cities, outskirts and marginal territories. We will watch films highly appreciated by festival juries. Special consideration will be given to Hong Kong which today is experiencing a serious political crisis: our guest will be Fruit Chan, a star of its independent cinema. However, the Programme has also a place for juicy genre cinema: horror, action, perverse comedies are an ideal remedy for the November weather in Warsaw.
Here is the Programme in its strands:
New Asian Cinema
Like every year the competition section presents challenging, daring films,...
This year, as always, the festival will provide an opportunity to discover original voices of young and recognized directors from South Korea, Bhutan, Thailand or Vietnam. We will explore the charms and ills of Japanese peripheries: its harbour cities, outskirts and marginal territories. We will watch films highly appreciated by festival juries. Special consideration will be given to Hong Kong which today is experiencing a serious political crisis: our guest will be Fruit Chan, a star of its independent cinema. However, the Programme has also a place for juicy genre cinema: horror, action, perverse comedies are an ideal remedy for the November weather in Warsaw.
Here is the Programme in its strands:
New Asian Cinema
Like every year the competition section presents challenging, daring films,...
- 10/25/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
New section sees three up-and-coming Filipino directors competing with five indie filmmakers from Southeast Asia.
The Philippines’ QCinema International Film Festival is launching a new competition section, Asian Next Wave, that will focus on emerging filmmakers from the Southeast Asian region.
The new section sees three up-and-coming Filipino directors, who received production funding from the festival, competing with five indie filmmakers from other countries in Southeast Asia.
The three local films in competition are Rae Red’s Babae At Baril, Arnel Barbarona’s Kaaway Sa Sulod and The Cleaners from Glenn Barit, while Southeast Asian titles include Mattie Do’s The Long Walk,...
The Philippines’ QCinema International Film Festival is launching a new competition section, Asian Next Wave, that will focus on emerging filmmakers from the Southeast Asian region.
The new section sees three up-and-coming Filipino directors, who received production funding from the festival, competing with five indie filmmakers from other countries in Southeast Asia.
The three local films in competition are Rae Red’s Babae At Baril, Arnel Barbarona’s Kaaway Sa Sulod and The Cleaners from Glenn Barit, while Southeast Asian titles include Mattie Do’s The Long Walk,...
- 10/7/2019
- by 89¦Liz Shackleton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Eight films chosen from Busan’s ‘A Window on Asian Cinema’ strand will vie for the festival’s annual Kim Ji-seok award this year.
The award was instituted in 2017 in memory of late Busan international Film Festival programmer Kim Ji-seok, who nurtured a generation of emerging Asian talent during his tenure.
From Hong Kong, Ray Yeung, winner of multiple awards around the world for 2015’s “Front Cover,” is nominated for “Suk Suk”.
From Japan, young filmmaker Nakagawa Ryutaro, known for festival favourites “Summer Blooms,” “Tokyo Sunrise,” and “August in Tokyo,” is in contention with “It Stopped Raining.” So too is “The Promised Land” by veteran compatriot Zeze Takahisa, who has been winning awards globally since 1989.
Thailand’s much decorated multihyphenate Kongdej Jaturanrasamee is in the fray with “Where We Belong.”
Iranian actor-turned-director Shahed Ahmadlou’s “Cinema Donkey” is in the running for the prize, as is Pakistani actor and director...
The award was instituted in 2017 in memory of late Busan international Film Festival programmer Kim Ji-seok, who nurtured a generation of emerging Asian talent during his tenure.
From Hong Kong, Ray Yeung, winner of multiple awards around the world for 2015’s “Front Cover,” is nominated for “Suk Suk”.
From Japan, young filmmaker Nakagawa Ryutaro, known for festival favourites “Summer Blooms,” “Tokyo Sunrise,” and “August in Tokyo,” is in contention with “It Stopped Raining.” So too is “The Promised Land” by veteran compatriot Zeze Takahisa, who has been winning awards globally since 1989.
Thailand’s much decorated multihyphenate Kongdej Jaturanrasamee is in the fray with “Where We Belong.”
Iranian actor-turned-director Shahed Ahmadlou’s “Cinema Donkey” is in the running for the prize, as is Pakistani actor and director...
- 10/6/2019
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Project pitching event, Thai Pitch will return to Cannes for the eighth time next month. It will launch three film projects from Thailand seeking international finance, co-production and sales partners.
Director, Kongdej Jaturanrasamee (“P-047”) and producer Soros Sukhum (“Wonderful Town”) will pitch “51 Faces of Anne,” about a woman with memory loss faced with the challenge of survival on a mysterious island. The radical concept film is expected to involve all 51 members of the pop idol sensation BNK48.
Nontawat Numbenchapol (“Boundary”) as director and producers Steve Chen (“Diamond Island”) and Supatcha Thipsena, will present “Doi Boy,” about an undocumented heterosexual refugee, working as a gay masseuse and prostitute in Chiang Mai. “Doi Boi” was previously crafted at the Cannes Atelier and the Seafic lab, where it won the Seafic Award.
Director Sorayos Prapapan (“Death of the Sound Man”) and producer Donsaron Kovitvanitcha will unwrap “Arnold is a Model Student” about the...
Director, Kongdej Jaturanrasamee (“P-047”) and producer Soros Sukhum (“Wonderful Town”) will pitch “51 Faces of Anne,” about a woman with memory loss faced with the challenge of survival on a mysterious island. The radical concept film is expected to involve all 51 members of the pop idol sensation BNK48.
Nontawat Numbenchapol (“Boundary”) as director and producers Steve Chen (“Diamond Island”) and Supatcha Thipsena, will present “Doi Boy,” about an undocumented heterosexual refugee, working as a gay masseuse and prostitute in Chiang Mai. “Doi Boi” was previously crafted at the Cannes Atelier and the Seafic lab, where it won the Seafic Award.
Director Sorayos Prapapan (“Death of the Sound Man”) and producer Donsaron Kovitvanitcha will unwrap “Arnold is a Model Student” about the...
- 4/17/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, Nontawat Numbenchapol and Sorayos Prapapan will bring projects to this year’s edition of Thai Pitch at Cannes.
Three internationally acclaimed Thai directors – Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, Nontawat Numbenchapol and Sorayos Prapapan – have been selectd to bring projects to this year’s edition of Thai Pitch at Cannes.
Organised by Thailand’s Ministry of Culture, the event aims to match the three filmmakers and their producers with prospective sales agents, distributors, funders and co-producers. The three projects are:
51 Faces Of Anne
Director: Kongdej Jaturanrasamee
Producer: Soros Sukhum (Mundane History)
Synopsis: Anne is an ordinary girl who wakes up alone on a mysterious island.
Three internationally acclaimed Thai directors – Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, Nontawat Numbenchapol and Sorayos Prapapan – have been selectd to bring projects to this year’s edition of Thai Pitch at Cannes.
Organised by Thailand’s Ministry of Culture, the event aims to match the three filmmakers and their producers with prospective sales agents, distributors, funders and co-producers. The three projects are:
51 Faces Of Anne
Director: Kongdej Jaturanrasamee
Producer: Soros Sukhum (Mundane History)
Synopsis: Anne is an ordinary girl who wakes up alone on a mysterious island.
- 4/17/2019
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Selected projects include works from producers Soros Sukhum and Prachya Pinkaew and filmmaker Jakrawal Nilthamrong.
Leading Thai producers Soros Sukhum and Prachya Pinkaew and award-winning filmmaker Jakrawal Nilthamrong have been selected to present projects at this year’s Thai Pitch in Cannes.
Organised by Thailand’s Ministry of Culture, the event will take place May 22-23 at the Thai Pavilion in the International Village. Producer and film festival programmer Raymond Phathanavirangoon is coordinating the event.
Soros Sukhum is producing artist and filmmaker Taiki Sakpisit’s first feature film The Edge Of Daybreak, about a former army general who is forced to confront the past through a series of intensive sessions of electroshock therapy.
Sukhum’s recent producing credits include Anocha Suwichakornpong’s By The Time It Gets Dark, Davy Chou’s Diamond Island and Kirsten Tan’s Pop Aye[pictured], the latter two projects as a co-producer.
Prachya Pinkaew, best known as director of worldwide action hit Ong...
Leading Thai producers Soros Sukhum and Prachya Pinkaew and award-winning filmmaker Jakrawal Nilthamrong have been selected to present projects at this year’s Thai Pitch in Cannes.
Organised by Thailand’s Ministry of Culture, the event will take place May 22-23 at the Thai Pavilion in the International Village. Producer and film festival programmer Raymond Phathanavirangoon is coordinating the event.
Soros Sukhum is producing artist and filmmaker Taiki Sakpisit’s first feature film The Edge Of Daybreak, about a former army general who is forced to confront the past through a series of intensive sessions of electroshock therapy.
Sukhum’s recent producing credits include Anocha Suwichakornpong’s By The Time It Gets Dark, Davy Chou’s Diamond Island and Kirsten Tan’s Pop Aye[pictured], the latter two projects as a co-producer.
Prachya Pinkaew, best known as director of worldwide action hit Ong...
- 5/1/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Chaitanya Tamhane’s Court picked up two prizes in the Asian Feature Film category at the Singapore Film Festival (December 4-14) including Best Film and Best Director. Tamhane received cash prizes worth Us$11,600 in total.
“This glittering gem dazzles with its simplicity, elegance and breathtaking naturalism. Every facet of this film shines, from the humanity of its screenplay, to the originality of its structure, to the assuredness of its direction,” said the jury, headed by Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai, and comprising Thai filmmaker Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, Chinese actress Huang Lu and Singaporean filmmaker Kelvin Tong.
Court’s recent awards include the Fipresci Prize at the Vienna International Film Festival, New Talent award at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival and Grand Prix at Auteur Film Festival in Serbia.
“This glittering gem dazzles with its simplicity, elegance and breathtaking naturalism. Every facet of this film shines, from the humanity of its screenplay, to the originality of its structure, to the assuredness of its direction,” said the jury, headed by Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai, and comprising Thai filmmaker Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, Chinese actress Huang Lu and Singaporean filmmaker Kelvin Tong.
Court’s recent awards include the Fipresci Prize at the Vienna International Film Festival, New Talent award at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival and Grand Prix at Auteur Film Festival in Serbia.
- 12/15/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The lineup of the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival was announced today, and while there are a lot of impressive entries heading to the West Coast, not many of them are horror films. But there are a few that caught our eye so read on for the details.
This year's Los Angeles Film Festival runs from June 14th-24th; click here for ticket info. Below are the horror and horror-ish sounding films on the fest's slate; visit the official La Film Festival website for the full list.
Vampira and Me – (Director/Producer R. H. Greene) – Before Elvira there was Vampira, the playfully ghoulish host of a local L.A. late night horror movie show who became a national celebrity, then disappeared. This loving, personal portrait reveals the remarkable woman behind the chalk-white mask. ★ World Premiere
P-047 – Thailand (Director/Writer Kongdej Jaturanrasamee Producers Soros Sukhum, Kongdej Jaturanrasamee Cast Parinya Kwamwongwan, Aphichai Trakulphadejkrai) – Part meditation,...
This year's Los Angeles Film Festival runs from June 14th-24th; click here for ticket info. Below are the horror and horror-ish sounding films on the fest's slate; visit the official La Film Festival website for the full list.
Vampira and Me – (Director/Producer R. H. Greene) – Before Elvira there was Vampira, the playfully ghoulish host of a local L.A. late night horror movie show who became a national celebrity, then disappeared. This loving, personal portrait reveals the remarkable woman behind the chalk-white mask. ★ World Premiere
P-047 – Thailand (Director/Writer Kongdej Jaturanrasamee Producers Soros Sukhum, Kongdej Jaturanrasamee Cast Parinya Kwamwongwan, Aphichai Trakulphadejkrai) – Part meditation,...
- 5/1/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
HollywoodNews.com: Today the Los Angeles Film Festival, in conjunction with Presenting Media Sponsor the Los Angeles Times and Host Partner L.A. Live, announced the Closing Night film and official Us and international selections for the 2012 Festival. Guest Director, Artists in Residence and Conversations with special guests will be announced later this month. The 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival will screen a diverse slate of nearly 200 feature films, short films, and music videos, representing more than 30 countries, along with signature programs such as the Filmmaker Retreat, Poolside Chats, Coffee Talks, music events and more. As previously announced, Woody Allen’s To Rome With Love will be Opening Night, sponsored by Virgin America, and Lorene Scafaria’s Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Ava DuVernay’s Middle of Nowhere and Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild were selected for the Galas section.
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Returning to downtown Los Angeles and headquartered at L.
- 5/1/2012
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
[The Toronto International Film Festival’s south-east Asia programmer Raymond Phathanavirangoon has been giving us a guided tour of his selections for the big festival and today he checks in with some thoughts on Sawasdee Bangkok.]
Hi everyone! After my introduction of Pen-ek Ratanuruang’s Nymph, here’s another project at Tiff that the same director is involved in: Sawasdee Bangkok. Yes, like Paris je t’aime and New York I Love You, this is another city omnibus. But the big difference is that all the filmmakers here are Thai. They know their own city off by heart, and as such the four shorts here are much more intimate and insightful than the usual 5-minute-and-it’s-over clip. Plus, there’s a real charm to all the films, which only makes the title Sawasdee Bangkok all the more fitting.
The four filmmakers are some of the biggest names in current Thai cinema. Wisit Sasanatieng of Tears of the Black Tiger and Citizen Dog fame; Aditya Assarat, who took the cinema world by storm with his award-winning Wonderful Town; Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, acclaimed screenwriter and the director of the quirky Midnight,...
Hi everyone! After my introduction of Pen-ek Ratanuruang’s Nymph, here’s another project at Tiff that the same director is involved in: Sawasdee Bangkok. Yes, like Paris je t’aime and New York I Love You, this is another city omnibus. But the big difference is that all the filmmakers here are Thai. They know their own city off by heart, and as such the four shorts here are much more intimate and insightful than the usual 5-minute-and-it’s-over clip. Plus, there’s a real charm to all the films, which only makes the title Sawasdee Bangkok all the more fitting.
The four filmmakers are some of the biggest names in current Thai cinema. Wisit Sasanatieng of Tears of the Black Tiger and Citizen Dog fame; Aditya Assarat, who took the cinema world by storm with his award-winning Wonderful Town; Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, acclaimed screenwriter and the director of the quirky Midnight,...
- 8/29/2009
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
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