Discoveries from Thailand World Cinema

A group of children are playing with a krasob, a sack of rice on a pole. The krasob serves to practise Thai boxing, but they also practise on each other.

The village headman in the Isaan region of Thailand organizes the Bun Bang Fai festival to pray for rain from the rain god Phaya Thoen, addressing the issue of drought.

Keptawan leaves the countryside to temporarily work in Chiang Mai. He learns the ropes of working in his uncle's coffee shop and finally contacts Nabdao after their last parting.

It is the story of two brothers. One is a hired killer, who wants his brother to study at university and supports him with the money earned from the murders. Once studies finished, the good brother becomes a policeman and discovers his brother's job. What is he going to do?

Set in the year 1970, the story of a love that was prevented because of the difference in status between Klao, a young poor farmer, and Thongkwao, the beautiful daughter of Thongkon, a wealthy man in the village.

A group of students come to stay in a country house where an old sorcerer lives and run across a village woman rumored to be a phi pop ghost.

While breaking into a house, Tuang kills the owner and escapes, while Salak is caught. On his way to court, Salak escapes. In a small town, Boonpreng offers Salak a ride and then a job at his gas station. All goes well until Boonpreng's wife discovers Salak's past and blackmails him into breaking into her husband's safe to steal his money. Tuang's car breaks down at the gas station where he discovers Salak and works his way into the already tense situation.

Mokasak, the godfather of the Baan Rai district, who had only enemy named Saming Baan Rai. Saming Baan Rai had a lot of land and be the great fighter. They felt antipathy to each others. By the way, Saming Baan Rai was falling in love with Mokasak's daughter. After Saming Baan Rai got new freinds to help him, they had to judge the tautness between them to clarify how they lived together in the district.

Three girls gather behind an abandoned shipping container to form a cult—arguing, cursing an ex-boyfriend (that bastard Film), and worshiping dolphins—in search of meaning in a senseless world.

Five YouTubers discovered the dark truth that they were becoming characters in terrifying content by a killer. They try to survive and disclose the story behind this vicious cycle.

Two students talk on the phone after being home for a long time due to COVID-19 situation.

This is a simple way to avoid many upsetting exchanges on social media nowadays due to impulsive posts. In fact, as the story goes, the more times you distill (6 to be exact), the better results you get.

ONE Fight Night 11: Eersel vs. Menshikov was a combat sports event that took place on Friday, June 9, 2023 at the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

Chalawan Kumpee, a crocodile, is reborn again in 2010, and fiercer than ever. Krai Tong is the only man who can stop Chalawan.

A young man grows up with the sound of wind through the forest and sunlight that never rushes. But today, he must step into a city that waits for no one. From “being himself” to “becoming what the world demands.” This departure from home… is it a step toward growth, or the loss of something forever? And you if forced to choose between “identity” and “survival,” what would you choose?

“herstory” is a project that borrows the word history and retells it through women’s perspectives. It presents stories situated in various contextual ‘spaces,’ which serve as backdrops revealing the ‘emotional spaces’ of female characters in film. Through their voices, the narratives convey their emotions, political frustrations, and the quiet pressures imposed by social structures.

In the small fishing village of Koh Panyee in Southern Thailand resides one of the most successful football youth teams. Produced as part of an advertising campaign, the Thai Military Bank introduce this dramatized documentary which looks at the roots of football in a village built on stilts with almost no space at all. Inspired after watching the 1986 World Cup on television, the local children build a floating wooden pitch with open sides and the occasional exposed nail and honed their skills on the wet wood with bare feet; however their first real challenge came when they went to the mainland for their first tournament.

As people die under strange and terrifying circumstances, a teenage boy is blamed, sparking a plan to uncover the truth.

Take a deep dive into Thai pop star Thongchai "Bird" McIntyre's Prik-Kee-Noo performance at Bangkok's Indoor Stadium Huamark in 1990

"Tueng", a bank employee, often experiments with "Kit", the nerdy best friend. Always a fan of invention During the Covid-19 period, "Tueng" has to leave the house.

A thirteen-year-old boy, receiving a camcorder for his birthday, enters the magical cinematic universe of Pen-ek Ratanaruang.

In a coastal town in the south of Thailand, a giant ape nicknamed King Kong terrorizes villagers and abducts a local girl to a forest, prompting a frantic rescue mission by the town sheriff and a fugitive bandit. Tamone Prai is an example of a regional film made by an amateur filmmaker that was popular in Thailand in the 1950s. Thamrong Rujanaphand shot the 16mm film in the south of Thailand, a predominantly Muslim region with Malay ancestry. The film has a simple, almost naive storyline typical of homemade movies of those days and features scenes that are as humorous as they are likely to raise eyebrows of present-day audiences. However, it also captures the authentic vibe and scenery of Thailand's south. The film's central attraction is the giant ape nicknamed King Kong, clearly inspired by the classic film of that title. Thamrong was also an amateur taxidermist, and his skill in creating stuffed creatures was obviously utilised in the film.

Thai horror film.

Documentary film chronicling the protests in Thailand between 2020 and 2022 shortly after the accession of the country's new head of state. It is an uprising of people from all sectors, especially students, against the use of power by the government of Prayut Chan-o-cha, the Prime Minister, which has come from the coup. There is mismanagement of the country and abuse of power in dealing with political dissidents. This includes the arrest of internationally recognized Thai political activists.

A collection of eight short films by director Sergiy Pudich, shot across four countries, blending horror, drama, and dark comedy into a twisted anthology where the fragile balance between reality and imagination constantly unravels

Moving story about a love that blooms out of garbage based on true events.

Cherie is an upcoming actress. She invites two laborers to her home for the research of her new soap opera.

Thai action crime thriller

The tale of a promised arranged marriage between two families, Santi and Pairoje. Both children have grown into young adults. Jesada, a handsome and educated young man has just returned home from England. But Lukked, Pairoje's daughter, on the other hand, has grown into an overweight and introvert young women.

An aunt adopts two children, the elder called Deuan is 5 years old and the youngest is called Dam. Both fathers are different. Dam’s father is a black man so she is called Dam (black) as a reference to her skin color. The children were temporarily given to the aunt by the mother. Unable to raise them, the aunt wishes to sell them to a rich lady. The rich lady doesn’t want Dam and buys only Deuan for 3000 baht. She is renamed as Deuan Krai Saen. Dam is sold to a family to become a servant and to be the puppet of the daughter. The story intertwined, as years go by, their fates come cross each other.

Gene persuades Tien to return the naripon fruit they stole from the naripon god when they were friends.

The filmmaker collects memories of his youth. His brother often told him about being stung by a poisonous jellyfish. Here he retells the story.

A well-known Thai writer/publisher Nong Wongthanong travelled to Italy last year. During the trip he saw several people with Down syndrome living a normal life, mingling with "ordinary" people in society. He looks back at his home country of Thailand and wonders; Why doesn't he see people with Down syndrome in everyday life, walking the street and being a part of society? He begins his research, and soon befriends 5 teenagers with Down syndrome: Pan, Beer, Bank and twin sisters Om and An.

3 gay romance stories: Two best friends are confused about their feelings. A famous gay couple receive a threatening anonymous letter. A young guy falls in love with his lodger, but he already has a boyfriend.

A man and a mysterious women explore Bangkok over the course of one night.

Documenting the discovery of a large stone chakra in Nakhon Pathom.

The story of the loved one and the mother of the deceased who had to bear the burden of holding a funeral.

A young truck driver unwittingly becomes involved in a criminal organization specializing in extortion and opium smuggling.

Motion Graphic Animation Based on Star Wars

A young girl gang who has to find a cassette player to return the senior. before he left home to study elsewhere.