The selection of Thai films for the upcoming Bangkok International Film Festival has been completed, announced Jennifer Stark, Director of Programming for The Bangkok International Film Festival (February 17-27), “The films by Thai directors are so strong that there are Thai films in all categories of competition and in every section of the festival. The quality of films is such that we don’t need a special showcase for them in their own section as has been the case in the past with The Thai Panorama. These films and filmmakers are more than worthy and can compete in our international line-up.”

Films by Thai filmmakers are in the following festival sections:

International Competition
Invisible Waves
Pen-Ek Rantanaruang

ASEAN Competition
3 Friends
Mingmongkol Sonakul, Pumin Chinaradee and Aditya Assrat

The Tin Time
Jira Maligool

Ahimsa: Stop to Run
Kittikorn Laiwsirikun

Documentary Competition
The Stories from the North
Uruphong Raksasad

Reel World
Innocence
Areeya Chumsai and Nisa Kongsri
Things that Move: Fireflies
Suwan Huangsirisakul

Windows on the World
Dear Dakanda
Khomkrit Treewimol

Oops! There’s Dad
Rutaiwan Wongsirasawad

Ghost of Mae Nak
Mark Duffield

The King Maker
Lek Kitiparaporn

Art of the Devil 2
Kongkiat Khomsiri, Art Thamtrakul, Yosapong Polsap, Putipong Saisikaew,
Isara Nadee, Pasith Buranajan and Seree Pongniti

Jameson Popular Thai Film Award
The Tin Mine
Jira Maligool

Dear Dakanda
Khomkrit Treewimol

Innocence
Areeya Chumsai and Nisa Kongsri

Art of the Devil 2
Kongkiat Khomsiri, Art Thamtrakul, Yosapong Polsap, Putipong Saisikaew,
Isara Nadee, Pasith Buranajan and Seree Pongniti

Sombat Metanee Retrospective
Angelic Fighter
Blood of the Sun
Tarutao, Devil’s Island
Tears of the Black Tiger
The Warrior

Confirmed to attend the Bangkok International Film Festival are Vanessa Redgrave, Terry Gilliam, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Lee, Carlo Nero, Peter Chan, Thom Fitzgerald, Diane Ladd, Deepa Mehta, Fernando Meirelles, Daniel Auteuil, Bruce Beresford, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Roger Donaldson, Oliver Stone, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Tracie Thoms, Anthony Dod Mantle, Tadanobu Asano, Gang Hy Jung, Danis Tanovic, Vincent Ward, Nadine Monfils among others.