World Film Festival of Bangkok

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World Film Festival of Bangkok
Location Bangkok, Thailand
Hosted by Nation Multimedia Group
Festival date Held annually in October
Language English, Thai
Official website

The World Film Festival of Bangkok is an annual film festival held in October in Bangkok.

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[edit] History

The World Film Festival of Bangkok was first held in 2003. It is organized by the Nation Multimedia Group, which had previously taken part in organizing the Bangkok Film Festival from 1998 to 2001 and the Bangkok International Film Festival in 2002.

[edit] Awards

With an emphasis on predominantly independent films from mostly emerging directors, the festival's competition section is the Harvest of Talents. Awards are given for best feature, best director, best script and best artistic direction, though from year to year, jurors are given flexibility of changing the categories, depending on the merits of the selected films. For example, one year there might be a Best Cinematography award, but not in other years. In 2007, the jury did not want to give an award for best script, and the artistic direction award was changed to "artistic creativity." The jury is also free to give special jury awards. A People's Choice Award goes to the film with highest attendance, and is open to all films in the festival. Non-competitive sections of the festival include Asian Contemporary, Documentary, Retrospective, Tribute, World Cinema, European Union and Short Film.

In 2004, the festival give its first Lotus Award, given to veteran filmmakers for lifetime achievement. The first honoree was Thai actor-director Dokdin Kanyamarn. Subsequent honorees have included Chatrichalerm Yukol, Roman Polanski and Euthana Mukdasanit.

In 2005, the festival initiated its Produire Au Sud (Producers of the South) project, in cooperation with the Festival of Three Continents, which seeks to provide funding to independent film producers to start new film projects.

[edit] Particular years

[edit] 1st World Film Festival of Bangkok (2003)

[edit] Harvest of Talents competition

[edit] Films in competition

[edit] Awards
  • Best Feature: Swimming Pool
  • Best Script: Last Life in the Universe
  • Best Art Direction: Anaahat
  • People’s Choice Award: Russian Ark (Russia)

[edit] 2nd World Film Festival of Bangkok (2004)

Thai actor Sombat Metanee and actor-director Dokdin Kanyamarn are interviewed during "Thai Night" festivities at the World Film Festival of Bangkok. Dokdin's 1970s musical comedy, Ai Tui, starring Sombat and Petchara Chaowarat was screened that night.
Thai actor Sombat Metanee and actor-director Dokdin Kanyamarn are interviewed during "Thai Night" festivities at the World Film Festival of Bangkok. Dokdin's 1970s musical comedy, Ai Tui, starring Sombat and Petchara Chaowarat was screened that night.

[edit] Harvest of Talents competition

[edit] Films

[edit] Awards
  • Best Feature: Lost Embrace
  • Best Script: The Edukators
  • Best Art Direction: Seaward Journey
  • Jury’s Prize: Aviv
  • People’s Choice Award: Torremolinos 73 (Spain)
  • Lotus Award: Dokdin Kanyamarn

[edit] 3rd World Film Festival of Bangkok (2005)

Held from October 14 to 24. Special guests included Roman Polanski (with a retrospective of his films) and the premiere of the Tsunami Digital Short Films, curated by Apichatpong Weerasethakul.[1]

[edit] Harvest of Talents competition

[edit] Films

[edit] Awards
  • Best Feature: Forsaken Land
  • Best Script: Days of Santiago
  • Best Art Direction: 4
  • Jury’s Prize: Turn Left at the End of the World
  • People’s Choice Award: Grand Voyage
  • Lotus Award: Roman Polanski

[edit] 4th World Film Festival of Bangkok (2006)

Held from October 11 to 23 at Paragon Cineplex, Major Cineplex Central World and Grand EGV. Special guests included Polish poster designer Rafal Olbinski, who also was on the Harvest of Talents jury. Other jurors were Thai film critic Anchalee Chaiworaporn, Austrian director Titus Leber, Iranian director Tahmineh Milani and Turkish actress Meltem Cumbul. The festival opened with the Chinese film The Banquet and closed with the Russian silent classic The Battleship Potemkin.

[edit] Harvest of Talents competition

[edit] Films

[edit] Awards

[edit] 5th World Film Festival of Bangkok (2007)

Thai film director Euthana Mukdasanit with his Lotus Award for lifetime achievement at the 5th World Film Festival of Bangkok.
Thai film director Euthana Mukdasanit with his Lotus Award for lifetime achievement at the 5th World Film Festival of Bangkok.

The 5th World Film Festival of Bangkok was held from October 25 to November 4 at the Esplanade Cineplex. The opening film was Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea, a Japanese-Mongolian co-production directed by Shinichirô Sawai, who was present for the screening.[3][4] The closing film was Secret directed by and starring Jay Chou.

A tribute section featured the films of Taiwanese actress, director, screenwriter and producer Sylvia Chang, who was present for the festival, and a retrospective was on the films of Percy Adlon.[5] The annual European Union Film Festival, organized by the European Commission in Thailand since 1990, joined the World Film Festival with its own program.[6]

[edit] Harvest of Talents competition

Jury members were German cinematographer-director Fred Kelemen, Thai director Ittisoontorn Vichailak, Bangkok-based Danish painter Elizabeth Romhild, Thai critic Niwat Kongpian and Kulthep Narula, executive director of Benetone Film Company.[7]

[edit] Films

[edit] Awards

Jurors altered the awards selection, omitted the best script award, and changing the name of the artistic direction award to "artistic achievement".[8] Additionally, the "People's Choice" award for film with best attendance was discontinued.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ 3rd World Film Festival of Bangkok.
  2. ^ "HK film 'Isabella' bags top honour", The Nation, October 23, 2006.
  3. ^ World Film Fest kicks off with epic and awards, The Nation (Thailand); retrieved 2007-10-26
  4. ^ Japan’s 'Khan' opens Thai fest, Hollywood Reporter; retrieved 2007-10-26
  5. ^ Bangkok festival sets sights high, Variety; retrieved 2007-10-26
  6. ^ a b World Film Fest kicks off with epic and awards, The Nation (Thailand); retrieved 2007-11-04
  7. ^ Ten films, offering a variety of viewpoints, are gathered together in the Harvest of Talents, The Nation (Thailand); retrieved 2007-10-25
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Brave" Austrian film is No. 1, The Nation (Thailand); retrieved 2007-11-04

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