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The first railway line in Thailand was inaugurated in 1893 – a sign of progress and prosperity. Shot over eight years on every active line of the country's railway system, this wondrous documentary offers an unprecedented immersion into the country's past and present.
What feeds nationalist ideologies? They always arise in 'empty time', asserts this documentary on nationalism in Thailand. Various groups are observed, from military cadets to pupils at a Christian boarding school. They have very different views on politics or religion, but they share boundless confidence in the monarchy.
Jojo, a 17-year-old girl from Bangkok, is about to graduate from high school. After her friend Q reveals a secret to her, the two girls grow close and spend all their time together. Jojo's father wholeheartedly approves of the friendship and is just glad that Jojo is not going on any dates with boys.
Once upon a time, cinema was mainstream entertainment in Thailand. Movie theaters in Thailand were the place where families hung out. 30 years ago, there were 140 standalone movie theaters in Bangkok. As time went by, old-fashioned movie theaters are forgotten. Most of them became second-class movie theater showing double feature or pornography and eventually closed down. Thonburi Rama is the last second class movie theater that opened until 2013 , when it had to close down. After the closure of Thonburirama, Rit, a projectionist who worked there for more than 25 years became a jobless person. His knowledge of film projecting became useless. He turned into an alcoholic and tried to study Dharma. Sometimes what he spoke were things that he mixed the reality with his own fantasy. Rit went back to his hometown where his wife and daughter owned a rubber plantation, but he felt that he didn’t fit in and lost all hope.
Feature film by Donut Manatan Phanlitwongsakun Making a movie with a sense of benevolence And commemorating His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej Borommanabophit through the story of King Rama IX's residence in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1933 until His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej in .Prof. 1951 to officially ascend the throne "Record of the distance ... to the Father" compiles the journey of King Rama IX in the year 1933 - 1951 through the royal writing And postcard Including photos of his hands Video interviewed And interviewing important people who used to offer His Majesty's work
Short documentary about naturism in Thailand.
In the last couple of years, thousands of illegal Thai migrant workers in South Korea are deported back to Thailand, while thousands more slipped through the borders to take up both legal and illegal jobs. Calling themselves ‘ghosts’, they left their homeland for a foreign country whose language they cannot speak, work towards an uncertain future, and hide like phantoms to evade the authorities. The film observes the situation of these workers, as well as visits the other generation of Thai migrant worker in South Korea, an 80 year-old Thai veteran who once fought a Korean war.
When my mom wants to burn all her wedding photos.
150 underprivileged and orphaned students in the remote jungle of Thailand attending the country's first democratic school prepare a special celebration to honor their remarkable adoptive mother on Mother's Day.
A footage inside Siriraj Hospital on the day that King Bhumibol Adulyadej passed away.
The heavily compressed time and space where all survival images from my memory live in. After journey, what will remain could be something we cannot talk to, but perceive.
Documentary about film school and film students in Thailand.
A documentary film that presents information about Wichai Kasripongsa and Chumphon Thummai, two employees of the Nakhon Pathom Electricity Authority, who were found hanged under mysterious circumstances at the entrance gate of a housing estate in Phra Pathom Subdistrict, Mueang District, Nakhon Pathom Province, on September 24, 1976. The two men had gone out to post signs protesting the return of Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn, who had been exiled following the October 14, 1973 uprising. Thanom’s return in 1976 sparked widespread public outrage, and Wichai and Chumphon were among those who opposed it. Shortly afterward, both were found hanged in public, their bodies displayed for passersby to see. However, no proper investigation was carried out to identify or prosecute those responsible. Their bodies were quickly buried without autopsy, leaving the case shrouded in mystery and injustice.
A short documentary for the 40th anniversary of the Thammasat University massacre, remembering the event from the point of view of the victims