|
|
|
|
| |
|
BANGKOK FILM FESTIVAL 2007 |
Bangkok International Film
Festival in July 2007
This year’s Thai film festival to
be on grand scale.
24 April, 2007
The Tourism Authority of Thailand
is hoping to promote Thai films
globally as also tourism within the
country with a grand film festival
featuring over 100 films from about 30
countries.
The fifth Bangkok International Film
Festival (BKKIFF), to be held from
July 19 to 29 July, 2007, was
initially scheduled to be held in
January.
Chattan Kunjara Na Ayudhya, Chief
Officer of the BKKIFF, who will be
overseeing the festival, more emphasis
will be placed on the cultural and
technical aspects of the festival.
The BKKIFF 2007 would have a strong
Asian focus, with more movies and
movie stars from the Asian region
participating in it.
The jury members would be mostly from
Asia.
The winning movies in the BKKIFF will
be screened at the Cannes Film
Festival, in France, in May 2007.
The festival will have three
competition sections – International,
ASEAN, and Short Films – and the
winners will get the Golden Kinnaree
Awards. The ASEAN category, which is
unique to this festival, will have
this year a package of 10 films from
the newly developed cinema of
countries like Malaysia and Indonesia.
Competition in the short film section
is being held for the first time this
year in the BKKIFF.
Many of the competition films will
have Thai sub-titles. The World Cinema
section, comprising 20 movies, will
have films from Germany, France,
Denmark and the United Kingdom. The
Asian Cinema section has about 30
films from the region.
The other features of this year’s film
festival include a possible package of
Greek movies as well as rare films
from French master Luis Bunuel.
A Lifetime Achievement Award will be
given to Ray Harryhausen, master of
special effects.
The BKKIFF would include the Bangkok
Film Market, being organised by the
Federation of National Film
Association of Thailand, from July 23
to 25.
The Film Market is expected to boost
demand for Asian cinema on the world
festival circuit in general and for
Thai films in particular.
|
|
|
