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Thai Night 2025 showcases thai cinema at cannes
Published on 22/05/2025
» Cannes, France – May 22, 2025 – The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), Ministry of Commerce, successfully organised Thai Night 2025, an event aimed at enhancing the global presence of the Thai entertainment industry and promoting international business networking. The event took place on Thursday, May 15, 2025, during the renowned Cannes Film Festival – one of the world’s most prestigious international film festivals. Her Royal Highness Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi presided over the ceremony, delivered an inspiring keynote address, and extended a warm welcome to distinguished guests, including producers, directors, content creators, and media representatives from around the world.
Norwegian film gets 19-minute Cannes ovation
AFP, Published on 22/05/2025
» CANNES, France - Director Joachim Trier found himself crying behind the camera as he shot “Sentimental Value”, his moving new tale about a quietly fractured family that got an extraordinary 19-minute standing ovation on Thursday at the end of its premiere at the Cannes film festival.
A tribute to the 'queen of street food'
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 22/05/2025
» Following a celebrated, multi-year run at international film festivals from Cannes to Moscow, the documentary “Jay Fai: Fire & Soul”, a visual portrait of Thailand’s improbable culinary wonder, has finally returned to where it all began.
Thai film ‘A Useful Ghost’ wins Cannes prize
Kong Rithdee, Published on 22/05/2025
» CANNES — The Thai film Pee Chai Dai Ka (A Useful Ghost) has won the Grand Prix at Critics’ Week, a parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first Thai film to ever win the prize.
Denzel takes the day
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 22/05/2025
» Hollywood actor Denzel Washington received a surprise honorary Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this week. The accolade was given to him in recognition of his outstanding career.
The long and brutal voyage
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 22/05/2025
» In 1521, when his galleon finally cut through the treacherous Pacific Ocean, when the island of Cebu first appeared in his sight at the edge of the horizon, when its slender coconut trees and thatched huts and maybe its half-naked inhabitants came into view, when he lays eyes on all of these, what went through the mind of Ferdinand Magellan?
‘Recovered’ Assange promotes documentary at Cannes
AFP, Published on 21/05/2025
» CANNES, France - Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has recovered well after his release from jail last year, his wife told AFP ahead of the premiere of a documentary on Wednesday that includes never-seen-before footage of the whistleblower.
Agents of change
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 21/05/2025
» Awash with saturated colour and steeped in Brazil's history of authoritarianism, Kleber Mendoça Filho's The Secret Agent has emerged as a serious contender for the Palme d'Or. A former film critic, programmer and now a leading voice in Brazilian cinema, Mendoça Filho's fourth feature -- and his third in Cannes Competition -- is a political thriller, a tribute to disappeared dissidents, and a deft ode to the way memory is passed through time and technology.
Nicole Kidman champions gender equality at star-studded Cannes party
Published on 19/05/2025
» CANNES, France - Australian actor Nicole Kidman vowed to keep pushing for gender equality in cinema at an exclusive party attended by celebrities like popstar Charli XCX and Irish actor Paul Mescal on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.
A Useful Ghost fills a vacuum at Cannes
Life, Published on 19/05/2025
» What begins as comedy sometimes ends as horror. Or maybe: What begins as comedy sometimes ends as tragicomedy. Last Saturday, writer-director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke presented Pee Chai Dai Kha (A Useful Ghost) at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, the sole Thai title in the festival.