Brazil's House Of Sand, the UK's Mrs Henderson Presents and South Korea'sSympathy For Lady Vengeance are amongthe 12 films that have been selected for the international competition sectionof this year's Bangkok International Film Festival (Feb 17-27).
Four Golden Kinnaree awardswill be given out for best film, best director, best actor and best actress inthe international section.
Pen-ek Ratanaruang'spsychological thriller Invisible Wavesopens the 11-day festival on Feb 17 and is also part of the competitionline-up.
In the ASEAN section, RiriRiza's Gie, Woo Ming Jin's Monday Morning Glory, Joko Anwar's Joni's Promise, Rithy Panh's The Burnt Theatre and Han Yew Kwang's Unarmed Combat are among some of the newfilms from the 10 ASEAN countries vying for the best ASEAN film award.
Other competition sections includenew voices open to first or second-time directors, international documentariesand Asian short films.
The awards gala will be heldon Feb 24 at the Conrad Hotel. Chris Columbus' revolutionary rock opera Rent will close the festival on Feb 27.
BKKIFF, launched in 2003 bythe Tourism Authority of Thailand, runs in parallel with the Bangkok FilmMarket (February 20-24). This year, both events will take place at the new $380m(15 billion baht) shopping and entertainment complex Siam Paragon which openedits doors in downtown
Festival and marketscreenings will be held in the new complex's 15-screen mega multiplex, built by
BKIFF international competition:
The Consequences Of Love (
Dir: Palo Sorrentino
House Of Sand (
Dir: Andrucha Waddington
Invisible Waves (
Dir: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Dirs: Umit Unal, Kudret Sabanci, Elim Demirdelen, Yucel Yolcu & Omur Atay
Mrs. Henderson Presents (
Dir: Stephen Frears
Ringfinger(France)
Dir: Diane Bertrand
River Queen(
Dir: Vincent Ward
Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (
Dir:
Transamerica(
Dir: Duncan Tucker
Tsotsi (
Dir: Gavin Hood
Water (
Dir: Deepa Mehta
The White Masai (
Dir: Hermine Huntgeburth
ASEAN competition:
3 Friends (
Dirs: Mingmongkol Sonakul, Pumin Chinaradee, Aditya Assarat
Bride Of Silence (
Dir: Doàn Minh Phuong, Doàn Thanh Nghia
The Burnt Theater (
Dir: Rithy Panh
Gie (
Dir: Riri Riza
Goalposts & Lipsticks (
Dir: Bernard Chauly
The
Dir: Deepak Kumaran
Joni's Promise (
Dir: Joko Anwar
Journey From The Fall (
Dir: Ham Tran
Dir: Laurice Guillen
The Masseur(
Dir: Brillante Mendoza
Monday Morning Glory (
Dir: Woo Ming Jin
Unarmed Combat (
Dir: Han Yew Kwang
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