Thailand

  • Tulapop Saenjaroen – Squish! (2021)

    2021-2030DocumentaryShort FilmThailandTulapop Saenjaroen
    Squish! (2021)
    Squish! (2021)

    By rethinking and redefining the term ‘movement’ through psychological, physical or political understandings, Squish. is a meditation on the self through lurid and liquid forms, filtered through both old and foreseeable technology informed by Thai animation history and contemporary culture, and a constant process of constructing and deforming new selves to simulate ‘movements’.—Locarno Film FestivalRead More »

  • Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Mekong Hotel (2012) (HD)

    Apichatpong Weerasethakul2011-2020ArthouseDramaThailand
    Mekong Hotel (2012)
    Mekong Hotel (2012)

    Quote:
    When it comes to impenetrable arthouse fare, Thai indie auteur Apichatpong Weerasethakul is widely regarded as something of a master. Two years ago, he arrived in London triumphantly with his Palme d’Or for the majestic Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) and has returned this year with the not-quite-feature-length oddity, Mekong Hotel (2012), which rightly features in the LFF’s ‘Experimenta’ stream. Weerasethakul’s latest lingers instead on a series of moments all taking place around the titular hostelry sat on the bank of the enormous river which separates Thailand from Laos.Read More »

  • Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Sud pralad AKA Tropical Malady (2004) (HD)

    Apichatpong Weerasethakul2001-2010DramaFantasyThailand
    Sud pralad (2004) (HD)
    Sud pralad (2004) (HD)

    A romance between a soldier and a country boy, wrapped around a Thai folk-tale involving a shaman with shape-shifting abilities.Read More »

  • Euthana Mukdasanit – Thepthida Bar 21 (1978)

    Euthana Mukdasanit1971-1980DramaMusicalThailand
    Thepthida Bar 21 (1978)
    Thepthida Bar 21 (1978)

    After witnessing a murder committed by her boyfriend’s brother, a young woman must choose between the love and the law.Read More »

  • Euthana Mukdasanit – Peesua lae dokmai AKA Butterfly and Flowers (1986)

    Euthana Mukdasanit1981-1990DramaThailand

    Time Out Film Guide wrote:
    An exceptionally beautiful movie set among Thailand’s Muslim minority in villages near the Malaysian border, and centering on a bright teenage kid forced to drop out of school and support his family by turning small-time smuggler. Impossible to convey its qualities without falling back on turn-off words like ‘charm’ and ‘sensitivity’, but the fact is that it succeeds in evoking the trials, terrors and excitements of childhood with an immediacy that’s both sweet and tough. There’s an eye-opening blend of universal and local elements: trouble with punks at a rock concert, daredevil feats on the roof of a moving train. And it offers the joy of seeing a director in full control of his medium. (Tony Rayns)Read More »

  • Aditya Assarat – Hi-so (2010)

    2001-2010Aditya AssaratArthouseDramaThailand

    Quote:
    Returning to Thailand after studying in the US, Ananda lands a part in a new film and finds himself swept up in a whirlwind of success. When American girlfriend Zoe turns up to visit, she soon begins to feel shut out and the distance between them grows as Ananda becomes increasingly absorbed with his role in the film. His attention soon turns to May from the film’s production crew, and so as one relationship fades, another ignites. All the while, Ananda finds himself revisiting his past and reflecting on his present – from the building he grew up in and a Bangkok he once knew, to two cultures that he is now caught between.Read More »

  • Surapong Pinijkhar – Tawipop AKA The Siam Renaissance (2004)

    2001-2010DramaFantasySurapong PinijkharThailand

    A mirror joins two worlds, modern-day Bangkok and Bangkok under Rama IV, together. Maneechan, a diplomat investigating recently uncovered documents in France concerning ancient Thailand, learns the story behind them first-hand as she travels back in time through the mirror.Read More »

  • Susanna Salonen – Patong Girl (2014)

    2011-2020DramaRomanceSusanna SalonenThailand

    German family Schroeder is spending their Christmas holidays on the Thai island, Phuket. Of all the things, deep within the sleazy tourist bars and alleys of Patong, the youngest son Felix falls in love with a gorgeous Thai girl Fai who in return appears to mutually attracted to him. Fai holds a special secret. Following a sorrowful last goodbye to Fai at the end of his holiday, Felix decides while en-route to the airport, to follow the calling in his heart and stay a week longer.Read More »

  • Thunska Pansittivorakul – Boriven nee yu pai tai karn kuk kun AKA This Area Is Under Quarantine (2009)

    2001-2010DocumentaryExperimentalQueer Cinema(s)ThailandThunska Pansittivorakul

    Quote:
    It doesn’t look spectacular at first. Two boys each talk separately about their experiences. In the end also on the sexual level. In the end they are also in the room together. In the end they don’t leave it at talking. Remember that homosexuality on film is banned in Thailand and so this film maker has been very daring.

    Europeans on sex holidays to Thailand and transvestites who work in tourist areas may give a different impression, but this country is far from liberal in regard to homosexuality. A candid film maker like Thunska Pansittivorakul is therefore sure to come into contact with censorship sooner or later. So anyone who wonders why the two kids in this film keep their pants on right up to the end now knows the answer.Read More »

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