Bangkok festival gets off to spirited, but shaky start

As the 2003 Bangkok International Film Festival (BKKIFF) gets underway this week (Jan 10-21), local hopes that it will become the premier southeast Asian platform for global filmmaking remain high. But a number of late-stage changes to the proceedings have given the festival a shaky start.

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