The 7th World Film Festival of Bangkok is held from 6th November to 15th November 2009. This year's festival will introduce a record number of film premieres from Thailand and Asia, as well as a full schedule of films and shorts with many outstanding surprises for local film lovers. The festival opens with Mundane History by Anocha Suwichakornpong and closes with Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae, a musical journey back to the golden age of Jamaican reggae. Reflect...

WITH around 100 movies screening over 10 days, the 7th World Film Festival of Bangkok is set for November 6 to 15, 2009 at Paragon Cineplex, opening with the new independent Thai drama “Jao Nok Krajok” (“Mundane History”) and closing with Jamaican rhythms in an outdoor screening of the documentary “Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae”. “The seventh year of the World Film Festival of Bangkok could be recognized as the seventh heaven of film lovers,” says festival director Krie...

BANGKOK ~ With just two weeks to go before the start of the annual Bangkok International Film Festival on September 24, the film selection is now complete and details are being added daily to the festival website. It looks like another great line-up. The artistic director of the festival, Yongyoot Thongongboon, has pointed to five films in particular that he says should not be missed. They are J’ai Tue Ma Mere (I killed My Mother) by 20-year-old Canadian director Xavier Dolan; the Germ...

Bangkok International Film Festival 2009 (September)    THREE weeks to go, and the countdown has begun for the  Bangkok International Film Festival 2009 (BIFF’09). This year’s festival, starts on September 24  and will screen more than 80 feature films before the final night and the Golden Kinnaree Awards ceremony on September 30. The movies have been selected by the Thai Film Directors Association and this year will be shown in two world-class venues – the SF World Ci...

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Opener a Great success and More to Come at Bangkok International Film FestivalFriday 20 July 2007The 2007 Bangkok International Film festival got off to a grand start last night when stars from both Thailand and all corners of the globe converged on SF World Cinema at CentralWorld, in the centre of Bangkok.CentralWorld, the newest and biggest shopping and entertainment arena in Southeast Asia, played host to the glitz and glamour event of the year. The longest red carpet possible was rolled out ...

Jury Members Golden Kinnaree 1. Christian Jeune France Cannes Film Festival 2. Peggy Chiao Taiwan Filmmaker 3. Gary Dartnall USA Producer ASEAN Films in Competition 1. Chuck Stephens USA Film Critic 2. Yon Fan Hong Kong Filmmaker 3. Bina Paul India Kerala Film Festival International Shorts Competition 1. John Badalou Indonesia Producer 2. Namrata Joshi India Film Critic 3. Somkiat Wituranit Thailand Filmmaker ...

The Golden Kinnaree Awards is among the intergral components of the Bangkok International Film Festival. The design of the statue, by Thai national artist Preecha Thaothong, signifies principles, rationality and inspiration.This figure of a half-human half-bird derived from the ancient mythology referred to in Buddhism and Hinduism. The structure design is also based on Thai number “nine” which symbolizes the reign of His majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX), who celebrates his 80t...

The Bangkok International Film Festival is held annually since 2003 by the Tourism Authority of Thailand, a Royal Thai Government agency, in Bangkok, Thailand. Each year, the festival showcases more than a hundered of feature and short films, representing some of the best and the brightest in the current international cinema through its various programme sections. The festival focuses on the works by emerging filmmakers throughtout Asia, and in particular those of the Southeast Asian region. The...

October 16, 2005 BANGKOK ~ The 3rd annual World Film Festival got under way in Bangkok today (Saturday 15 Oct) following Friday night’s grand opening at which Roman Polanski was guest of honour for the Asian premiere of his latest film, Oliver Twist. The veteran director, who is no stranger to Thailand and who even speaks a smattering of Thai, introduced the film as his first attempt to produce work that will appeal to children as well as adults. “I have children of my ow...