Thai Film Festival in Mumbai
Event Information
Thai Film Festival in Mumbai, 29th – 31st March 2018
Auditorium 1, National Museum of Indian Cinema (NMIC), Films Division,
24 Pedder Road, Cumballa Hill, Mumbai
Thai Film Festival showcases 8 Thai films from various genres: Short Film, Animation, Documentary, Classic Drama, Comedy Drama, Action, and Horror. All films are screened in Thai language with English subtitle. Thai snack will be provided for all movie lovers. All are **FREE OF CHARGE**
Program:
29th March 2018
6.00 pm. Opening Reception
7.00 pm. Nine (Short Animation)
7.10 pm. The Legend of Muay Thai: 9 Satra (Animation, Action, Fantasy)
30th March 2018
2.00 pm. By the Time it Gets Dark (Drama)
4.00 pm. Twin Monkeys (Action)
6.00 pm. Premika (Horror)
31st March 2018
2.00 pm. Phantom of Illumination (Documentary)
4.00 pm. Santi – Vina (Classic Drama)
6.00 pm. Bad Genius (Comedy Drama)
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29 March 2018 |
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Screening Time: 7.00 pm.
NINE
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Director: Mr. Chawalit Kaewmanee and Ms. WanichayaTangsutthiwong Genre: Short Film, Animation Length: 8.34 mins. Initial release: 2014 Awards and Festival History:
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11 award winnings and 21 official selections for international screenings, Nine is a haunting tale of a Grey Cat, afraid of losing his final life, makes a deal with devil and gets much more than he bargained for.
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Screening Time: 7.10 pm.
THE LEGEND OF MUAY THAI: 9 SATRA |
Director: Mr. Nat Yoswatananont and Mr. Gun Phansuwon Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy Length: 1 hr. 42 mins. Initial release: January 2018 |
Beautifully choreographed action inspired by the martial art of Muay Thai in a fantasy setting. The Legend of Muay Thai: 9 Satra focuses on adventure and journey in the world of human, giant, monkey that live together. It is a world-class animation created by a team of more than 200 Thai and Hollywood animators. Its making takes over 4 years and more that 100-million-rupee budget. |
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30 March 2018 |
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Screening Time: 2.00 pm.
BY THE TIME IT GETS DARK |
Director: Ms. Anocha Suwichakornpong Genre: Drama Length: 1 hr. 45 mins. Initial release: December 2016 Awards and Festival History:
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Highly admired by international critiques and honored as Thailand’s entry for Best Foreign Film at Oscar, “By the Time it Gets Dark” examines whether artists can relate to grim events from the past through a film-within-a film premise. As the film takes place, audiences are asked to question whether people can truly understand the historical trauma of what happened through viewing philosophical passages of action made up of increasingly surreal and beautiful images juxtaposing a peaceful and prosperous present with those brutal events of the past and the ghosts that remain. |
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Screening Time: 4 pm.
Twin Monkeys
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Director: Mr. NonthakornThaweesuk Genre: Action Length: 1 hr. 30 mins. Initial release: February 2016 Awards and Festival History: UGU FF: Best Action Film, Best Actor |
Inspired by martial arts culture in traditional Chinese and Thai theatre plays, Twin Monkeys excel in its action scenes choreographed by internationally renowned martial art and action chorographer who himself plays a main character. Real action and no stand-in! |
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Screening Time: 6 pm.
PREMIKA
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Director: Mr. Siwakorn Jarupongpa Genre: Horror, Comedy Length: 1 hr. 30 mins. Initial release: December 2017
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When a new resort is opened in the forest, famous celebrities are invited to the party launch and to spend the night there. Someone happens to plug in the old karaoke machine, and a young girl ghost in Japanese school uniform comes out and starts killing everyone by making them sing! Whoever doesn’t sing to her liking, she kills them! Why is she killing them? What does she want? Sing along and run away as the gore and laughter begins! |
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31 March 2018 |
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Screening Time: 2 pm.
Phantom of Illumination
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Director: Mr. Wattanapume Laisuwanchai Genre: Documentary Length: 69 mins. Initial release: 2015 Awards and Festival History:
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Once upon a time, 35 mm films cinemas were mainstream entertainment in Thailand. As time went by, these old-fashioned cinemas are forgotten and became second-class movie theatre showing double feature or pornography and eventually closed down. Phantom of Illumination is a documentary account of life of a man who lost his 25-year job as a 35-mm films projectionist. His lifelong skill suddenly became useless. He lost all hope, turned into analcoholic, tried to study Dharma, and continue living in mixed reality with his own fantasy. |
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Screening Time: 4 pm.
Santi-Vina |
Director: Mr. Marut (Thavi Na Bangchang) Genre: Drama, Romance Length: 1 hr. 54 mins. Initial release: December 1954 Awards and Festival History:
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First released 1954, the film was lost for 60 years before restoration in 2014 from the original camera and sound negatives preserved at the British Films Institute. Santi-Vina is the first Thai feature film shot in color 35 mm. It is also the first Thai feature film to win international recognition and officially selected for Cannes Classic. Santi-Vina is a story of a karmic triangle that bound three lives together. The story revolves around the life of a blind boy, the girl he loves, his rival, and a respectable monk who nurtured him to realize that real happiness in life is entering the land of Buddha. |
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Screening Time: 6 pm.
BAD GENIUS |
Director: Mr. NattawutPoonpiriya Genre: Drama Length: 1 hr. 30 mins. Initial release: May 2017 Awards and Festival History:
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Inspired by real-life news of students cheating on the international standardized exam, the film transplants the heist film structure to a school-exams setting, and features themes of class inequality as well as teen social issues. Rank in top 6 for worldwide box office in October 2017 and screened all over the world, Bad Genius became a talk of the town in numerous international film festivals that it has been screened and awarded. The film also won a record-breaking award both in Thailand and international festival circuit. It is by far the highest grossing and most internationally successful Thai Film.
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