• LIFE

  Time for Asean films to shine

  Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 08/12/2021

  » The pandemic notwithstanding, it has been a stimulating year for Southeast Asian cinema. Reflective, heartfelt and oddball new titles from Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand have won major prizes or become critical favourites at international film festivals throughout 2021. Now, many of these films are coming to the big screen in Thailand as the Bangkok Asean Film Festival 2021 (BAFF) is set to open tonight.

• LIFE

  Asean films receive special showcase

  Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/07/2018

  » The riches of Southeast Asian stories and images are celebrated at the 4th Bangkok Asean Film Festival, which opens tonight at SF CentralWorld and runs until Sunday. Hosted by the Thai Ministry of Culture, this year's edition marks the 51st anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the regional body whose primary mission is economics and which increasingly pays more heed to cultural promotion.

• LIFE

  Asean on screen

  Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 02/09/2020

  » Ahead of the BAFF featuring Southeast Asian movies plus Chinese and Japanese titles, Life spoke with two filmmakers about their work

• LIFE

  A new vision on Siam's enduring symbol

  Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 26/04/2017

  » The elephant and the man, walking down the road to redemption and encountering the wounded and the marginalised, the madmen and the prostitutes. In the film Pop Aye, which will kick off Bangkok Asean Film Festival 2017 this evening (see sidebar), the fine-tusked beast accompanies the lost soul as the duo find their way home from Bangkok to the Northeast.

• LIFE

  SEA of delights

  Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/07/2019

  » The Bangkok Asean Film Festival runs until July 8 and features 30 titles. Here are our top picks.

• LIFE

  Laos turns up a winner

  Muse, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 29/04/2017

  » Stepping off of the red carpet, the gorgeous Lao star Vilouna Phetmany -- known by her stage name Tot Lina -- began to greet us in perfect Thai. On Wednesday, she attended the gala opening of the Bangkok Asean Film Festival, shining among the regional superstars. Tomorrow the festival will screen the film she stars in, a new-wave Lao horror called Nong Hak, before it goes into general release on May 18.

• LIFE

  Regional favourites, new and old

  Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 15/04/2016

  » The 2nd Bangkok Asean Film Festival begins on Thursday at SF World Cinema, and will travel to Khon Kaen, Surat Thani and Chiang Mai later.

• LIFE

  A copy of his mind

  Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 22/04/2016

  » In the Indonesian film A Copy Of My Mind, a pirate DVD seller falls in love with a salon worker. Two working-class lovers struggling in a vast city, their relationship is just as heated as the smoke-choking street of Jakarta, and around them looms the tense shadow of politics as a presidential election nears.

• THAILAND

  Defeating death

  Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 02/07/2019

  » Losing people you love is hard. Accepting loss is extremely challenging. People from different cultures and religious backgrounds have their own beliefs on how to deal with grief, or whether or not there's life after death.

• BUSINESS

  Stocks Gain as US job market roars back

  Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 09/11/2015

  » Recap: Global stock markets moved up at the end of the week as US jobs data showed a bigger-than-expected rise in non-farm payrolls in October after two months of weakness. As well, a drop in the unemployment rate to 5% increased the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next month for the first time in almost a decade. The Thai market also advanced.

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