World Film Festival of Bangkok
world film festival bangkok thai เทศกาลภาพยนตร์โลกแห่งกรุงเทพฯ annual international film festival held bangkok thailand th world film festival bangkok latest edition world film festival bangkok held december december nation multimedia group medium company based thailand organised first bangkok film festival country various international film screened promote cinematic art film appreciation thailand event held annually tourism authority thailand became main organizer changed name bangkok international film festival since world film festival bangkok held annually october nation multimedia group mr kriengsak victor silakong festival director st world film festival bangkok held grand egv theatre siam discovery october – international film young talent cinema master retrospective presented work fritz lang satyajit ray jean cocteau werner herzog along screening indian film best feature went swimming pool france juror included jiří menzel czech film legend naowarat pongpaiboon thai national artist literature art lotus award given first time people devoted career film industry first honouree thai comedy master dokdin kanyamarn additionally mr tui dokdins famous comedy remastered english subtitle film also presented master comedy program film worldrenowned master jacques tati charles chapin terry gilliam well jackie chan documentary film trace dragon jackie chan lost family event also focused seminar activity cooperating hubert bals fund international film festival rotterdam fonds sud cinéma france hold discussion guide film producer seeking international fund film project also arranged film rating system workshop allowed participant categorize film shown festival workshop rating system introduced film shown rd world film festival bangkok also held workshop fund raising new film project support festival three continent nantes france produire au sud end workshop interesting film project southeast asia selected receive fund invited final selection france nd produire au sud bangkok festival featured tsunami digital short film thai international filmmaker given budget ministry cultural office contemporary art culture make short film memorial tribute first anniversary tsunami disaster mr kriengsak silakong executive producer project included work number thai director apichatpong weerasethakul thunska pansittivorakul pramote sangsorn lek manont naowarat saowanich pipope panitchpakdi santi taepanich pimpaka towira somkid thamniamdi sompot chidgasornpongse suchada sirithanawuddhi christelle lheureux france folke ryden sweden margaret bong chew jen malaysia short film premiered festival many international film festival around world highlight included special guest academy awardwinning polish film director roman polanski attended festival lotus award presentation film oliver twist opening film highlight film screening czechoslovak new wave turkish film focus retrospective film ulrike ottinger jeanpierre jeunet war peace sevenhour epic film based eponymous book shown attracted great interest best feature went sri lankan film forsaken land vimukthi jayasundara led provocative lively discussion fact shown film support polish embassy th world film festival bangkok presented retrospective late legendary polish director krzysztof kieślowski included hardtofind work like calm short working day underground passage special event featured poster exhibition artist designer rafał olbiński one juror festival opened chinese bigbudget movie banquet director feng xiaogang wide release thailand additionally people choice award th world film festival bangkok held esplanade cineplex concept catch feeling festival continued retain emphasis vigorous enthusiastic international film various culture together special activity festival honoured european union film festival joining event best european feature film film festival cooperated mcot public company limited hold short film competition open public student focused father world eye based poem sea write award winner montri sriyong respectively activity book celluloid featured talk butterfly flower writer nippan director euthana mukdasanit conversation suchart sawadsri prominent writer debut short film personal history also screened festival lotus award presented euthana mukdasanit best feature importexport austria people choice award discontinued festival theme movie life held siam paragon opened romantic drama moment june first film selected produire au sud bangkok workshop martin scorsese shine light closing film around film shown retrospective derek jarman tribute héctor babenco five film shyam benegal recipient lotus award harvest talent competition suspended edition festival stopped year festival return th edition film producer film festival programmer donsaron kovitvanitcha appointed new festival director emphasis predominantly independent film mostly emerging director festival competition section harvest talent award given best feature best director best script best artistic direction though year year juror given flexibility changing category depending merit selected film example one year might best cinematography award year jury want give award best script artistic direction award changed artistic creativity jury also free give special jury award people choice award go film highest attendance open film festival noncompetitive section festival include aean cinema asian contemporary documentary retrospective tribute world cinema short film festival give first lotus award given veteran filmmaker lifetime achievement first honoree thai actordirector dokdin kanyamarn subsequent honoree included roman polanski euthana mukdasanit shyam benegal festival initiated produire au sud producing south project cooperation festival three continent seek provide funding independent film producer start new film project harvest talent competition suspended harvest talent competition jury member jiří menzel filmmaker czech republic guy de la chevalerie french embassy cultural conseller france dr hanspeter rodenberg germany kssasidharam director national film archive india pune india naovarat pongpaiboon thailand national artist literature thailand nick palevsky film specialist united state film competition anaahat amol palekar india arimpara murali nair india easier camel valeria bruni tedeschi france last life universe penek ratanaruang thailand spring subway zhang yibai china stormy weather pedro olea spain swimming pool françois ozon france wind bird inoka sathyangan sri lanka award best feature swimming pool best script swimming pool best art direction anaahat jury prize last life universe people choice award russian ark russia harvest talent competition jury member prof surapone virulrak dean faculty communication art chulalongkorn university thailand andreas strohl director munich filmfest executive director international munchner filmwochen gmbh managing director international festival film school munich germany christian jeune director film department cannes film festival france renen schorr founderdirector sam spiegel film tv school jerusalem israel vincent wang film producer taiwan film aviv tomer heymann israel lost embrace daniel burman argentina suite habana fernando perez cuba seaward journey guillermo casanova uruguay keren yedaya cinema israelisrael edukators han weingartner germany breath fresh air sandeep sawant india fifth reaction tahmineh milani iran honey baby mika kaurismäki finland award best feature lost embrace best script edukators best art direction seaward journey jury prize aviv people choice award torremolinos spain lotus award dokdin kanyamarn held october special guest included roman polanski retrospective film premiere tsunami digital short film curated apichatpong weerasethakul harvest talent competition jury member nadine tarbouriech film editor france robert haliday film critic usa grittiya gaweewong art curator thailand sonthaya subyen film programmer dk film house thailand michal bregant dean prague film academy czech republic film forsaken land vimukthi jayasundara sri lanka one night niki karimi iran live dream peter lichtefeid germany ilya khrzhanovsky russia battle heaven carlos reygadas mexico day santiago josue mendez peru grand voyage ismael ferrouji morocco angel fall semih kaplanoglu turkey moustache emmanuel carrere france turn left end world avi nesher israel award best feature forsaken land best script day santiago best art direction jury prize turn left end world people choice award grand voyage lotus award roman polanski held october paragon cineplex major cineplex central world grand egv special guest included polish poster designer rafal olbinski also harvest talent jury juror thai film critic anchalee chaiworaporn austrian director titus leber iranian director tahmineh milani turkish actress meltem cumbul festival opened chinese film banquet closed russian silent classic battleship potemkin harvest talent competition film east bucharest romania directed corneliu porumboiu chicha tu madre peruargentina directed gianfranco quattrini climate turkey directed nuri bilge ceylan close home israel directed dalia hager vidi bilu isabella hong kong directed pang hocheung ode joy poland directed anna kazejakdawid jan komasa maciej migas seed doubt germany directed samir nasr right weakest belgium directed lucas belvaux award best feature isabella best cinematography climate best script seed doubt jury prize east bucharest people choice award banquet china directed feng xiaogang th world film festival bangkok held october november esplanade cineplex opening film genghis khan end earth sea japanesemongolian coproduction directed shinichiro sawai present screening closing film secret directed starring jay chou tribute section featured film taiwanese actress director screenwriter producer sylvia chang present festival retrospective film percy adlon annual european union film festival organized european commission thailand since joined world film festival program harvest talent competition jury member german cinematographerdirector fred kelemen thai director ittisoontorn vichailak bangkokbased danish painter elizabeth romhild thai critic niwat kongpian kulthep narula executive director benetone film company film element netherlands directed jiska rickels singapore directed royston tan band visit israelfrance directed eran kolirin egg turkey directed semih kaplanoğlu help eros taiwan directed lee kangsheng import export austria directed ulrich seidl love song france directed christophe honoré phantom love united state directed nina menkes possible life argentina directed sandra gugliotta tokyo tower – mom sometimes dad japan directed joji matsuoka award juror altered award selection omitted best script award changing name artistic direction award artistic achievement additionally people choice award film best attendance discontinued best film import export austria directed ulrich seidl best artistic achievement phantom love united state directed nina menkes best director semih kaplanoğlu director egg turkey special jury award help eros taiwan directed lee kangsheng band visit israelfrance directed eran kolirin lotus award euthana mukdasanit held october november festival theme movie life held siam paragon opening film romantic drama moment june first film selected produire au sud bangkok workshop martin scorsese shine light closing film shown outdoors rock concertlike setting around film shown retrospective derek jarman tribute héctor babenco section world cinema asian contemporary documentary short film award harvest talent competition suspended lotus award shyam benegal thai short film competition winner hongsas schoolbag director supamok silarak runner way blue director supawadee sriputorn jury award made heaven director amorn harinnitisuk croc director saravuth intaraprom held november esplanade cineplex festival opened thai film mekong hotel directed apichatpong weerasethakul held november festival opened rocket closed thai film river สายน้ำติดเชื้อ sai nam tid shoer directed nontawat numbenchapol held october centralworld festival opened thai film somboom closed tale princess kaguya held november centralworld festival opened thai film snap directed kongdej jaturanrasamee closed suffragette held january february postponed november – due death bhumibol adulyadej festival theme travelling film held centralworld opening film red turtle award lotus award oliver stone latest edition world film festival bangkok held december – kriengsak silakong passed away march nation group appointed film producer film festival programmer donsaron kovitvanitcha new festival director festival theme return cinema top film country held centralworld festival opened malaysianindonesian thriller film stone turtle directed woo ming jin close belgian film close directed lukas dhont thai film arnold model student directed sorayos prapapan award lotus award best film klondike ukraine directed maryna er gorbach best director seen woman serbia directed dusan zoric marija gluscevic grand jury prize scala thailand directed ananta thitanat jury prize best screenplay victim slovak republic directed michal blasko stonewalling japan directed huang ji ryûji otsuka jury prize best ensemble joyland pakistanus directed saim sadiq jury prize technical achievement cinematography editing autobiography indonesia directed makbul mubarak kriengsak silakong award apichatpong weerasethakul bangkok international film festival cinema thailand list cinema thailand thai short film video festival festival website official festival facebook page