Samart Payak-arun, now also using the name Samart Poptheeratham, is a legendary Muay Thai fighter. He began his career in 1974 when he was only twelve and reached his first peak around 1979-1983, having become Lumpini boxing stadium’s champion of four different weight classes. His second peak was when he turned to Western-style boxing and […]
The film depicts the 30-day journey through 7 Japanese prefectures of Dan and Aeh. The biggest challenge is that they aren’t allowed to bring money. They need to perform music on street in order to sell 999 CDs in exchange of food and traveling fees. Dan and Eeh make their own music, translate the lyrics […]
The film follows Laem Morrison, the living legend guitar king of Thailand, to Norway and Germany, getting to know the place he was bonded and reliving his past glory in music. He also gets to do two concerts in Norway. With the crowd coming in to enjoy his guitar, it’s almost like they’re going back […]
The story of understanding and social acceptance that would walk the audiences through the normal daily life of the 5 Down Syndrome patients: Pan – The kind, energetic girl working in AIS and the first Down Syndrome patient in Thailand who graduated with Bachelor’s degree from Bangkok University; Bank – The UNIQLO staff who is […]
In Thailand where the major religion is Buddhism, the wealthiest and the most controversial temple “Dhammakaya” is in crisis. The 72-year-old abbot was charged with money laundering and receiving stolen property from one of his followers. On June 16, 2016, the police arrived at the temple with a search warrant but faced resistance from thousands […]
The mysterious legend of Kai, the temple boy through the form of documentary-theater. Modern-day vox pox interview provides a prelude to the period drama depicting the supernatural power of Kai in the past in six different segments.
“Udom Land” is a film that invites you to meet another side of Udom Taepanich, a famous stand-up comedian and also an artist who ‘creates’ and ‘destroys’ in order to ‘innovate’. If you find Pen-Ek Ratanaruang’s “Samui Song” a charismatic work, you would certainly enjoy “Shooting Day”, a behind-the-scene documentary that will make your second […]
100 Times Reproduction of Democracy interrogates the notion of copyright ownership in reproducible artistic works such as films. The documentary poses a question whether a film should belong to a funder, a director, the audience, or a collector; at the same time, this very question is paralleled with the notion of democracy ownership in Thailand, […]
Two boys, Book and Non , cannot adhere to Thailand’s school culture. Every morning, students must stand perfectly in rows to sing the national anthem and recite the controversial ‘Twelve Values’ created by the military junta. The school curriculum’s core focuses only on academic achievement, making them lack interest. After school, they walk home to […]
The Moo Pa Academy junior soccer team cave rescue at Tham Luang in 2018 is the phenomenal success that beat the most difficult challenge from global support. It was an international sensation glorifying mankind’s humanity in this modern world. After 2 years, the memories fades, the folks who habitat the area are slowly forgotten. For […]
In the town of Krabi, a popular tourist destination in southern Thailand, the pre-historic, the recent past and the contemporary capitalist world awkwardly collide. The town’s local folklore and histories are promoted as attractions to foreigners, while the town’s traditional labour force is muted and hidden from the tourists’ eyes. A nameless character, whose identity […]
A Thai cardiologist flips through fifteen books of nature sketches and notes, lovingly drawn and painted over thirty years. This is a premise to an absorbing and amusing documentary on the life of Rungsrit Kanjanavanit or ‘Dr Mong’, a wellknown Thai conservationist, bird-watcher and nature artist. Aside from a talent for story-telling as he relates […]
