Department of International Trade Promotion organize Thai Night 2016 and Thai Business Matching at the Cannes Film Festival 2016
Bangkok, May 6, 2016 -- Over a decade Thai film industry has been strengthened by a plenty of emerging young generation filmmakers. Thai films have been projected in many film festivals all over the world, while, the large number of films which were being produced in Thailand or making use of the country's state-of-the-art facilities and technicians. Appropriately, to exchange the next step of Thai and International film business and aspect, Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), Royal Thai Ministry of Commerce, introduces you the two great events for the opportunity during Cannes Film Festival 2016 with Thai Business Matching & Thai Night 2016 Thailand Where Films Come Alive, an event of ‘Thaiconic’.
The Thai Night 2016 Where Films Come Alive, an event of ‘Thaiconic’,
Held in Cannes on Saturday May 14th, at Carlton’s Grand Salon presided by Her Royal Highness Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi, the Thai Night 2016 Thailand Where Films Come Alive, an event of ‘Thaiconic’, will state a focus on the glamor of Thailand where is such a place for filming, evaluated from the recent accomplishments, featured with the special performance and showreel by the theme of Thaiconic. The iconic appetite of Thai culture and cinema which introduced you this year is a “Chula Kite”, Thai traditional kite where the local recreation located on since the ancient era, and represents the unlimited creativity of Thai people. Along with the very first time of the exclusive panel discussion among Thai and international filmmakers concern the way Thai films have been through.
Recent year was a remarkable for Thai film industry. Nawapol Thamrondrattanarit, the famous independent director, for the dramady Freelance. It succeeded in box office and won the highest prize for Thai Film Awards, the director and studio could, finally, blurred the line between Independent and mainstream. The Phenomena push a lot of brand new filmmakers to be brave to stand out their way.
The newcomers shined with their own experiment such as the video artist Jakrawal Nilthamrong, who won the Tiger Award in Rotterdam for, the experimental drama, The Vanishing Point. While Anucha Boonyawatana made herself in Panorama Section of Berlin with The Blue Hour. Simultaneously, Thai moviegoers were keen to see what they need and tolerant in the diversity of cinema. Numerous new blood independent distributors busily brought a plenty of films ,such as The Tribe (Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy) White God (Kornél Mundruczó) The Little Forest series (Junichi Mori) and a number of documentaries, which were not a blockbuster, to the cinema like never before. Also How to win at checkers [every time], directing Korean-American Josh Kim, was chosen for Oscar nomination which established the medium of how to define Thai film. The Enthusiasm of Thai filmmakers and moviegoers would bring about a variation.
Thai Business Matching
The attraction of filming in Thailand is not only the country's beautiful locations, its world-class hospitality industry and its costs effective production, but also on the strength of the local industry. Having gone through a rapid period of modernization and professionalization, the Thai entertainment industry now offers among the most skilled film crews and technical services available in Asia
Thai Business Matching will be highlighted with nine top profile Thai film companies consist of BENETONE (THAILAND) CO.,LTD., FIVE STAR PRODUCTION CO.,LTD. , HANDMADE DISTRIBUTION CO.,LTD (HEAD OFFICE) , KAO THAI TAYARN CO., LTD. , KLONGCHAI PANICH CO., LTD , M PICTURES CO., LTD. , PRAKET FILM CO., LTD. , THE RIVER KWAI BRIDGE FILMS CO., PART and SAHAMONGKOLFILM INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. featured with a great amount of charming Thai films such as Thai Film Awards nominee F.Hilaire (Surussavadi Chuarchart), base on true story of French Catholic priest who established the textbook for Thai education, Monkey Twins (Nonthakorn Thaveesuk) the new blood action film where the mysterious ancient boxing style was resurrected, stand alongside of Kunpan (2015) , the story of the legendary officer who involved with black magic, directing talented Kongkiat Khomsiri. A pack of horrors could be found lead by Buppha Ratree : Haunting in Japan (Yuthlert Sippapak), a sequel of the stunning franchise Buppha Retree , Take Me Home (Kongkiat Khomsiri) the new experimental drama horror of Khomsiri, and so on.
The ensemble will be looking forward to develop cooperation between the country and International Film Industries. The event will be scheduled from May 11 to May 20, 2016 in the Festival Palais Level 01, Booth n°20.02-22-.01
For information, contact: cannesthainight2016@gmail.com
