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Class is in session
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 10/05/2023
» Last Saturday, a crowd of children with their families, as well as politicians and their supporters, braved the blistering summer heat to gather at the "Candidate Classroom" event where representatives of six political parties discussed Thai education and the rights of children within schools. Styled as a game show, "Candidate Classroom" saw politicians face off in a lively debate with cheers, boos and music filling the One Arena at Stadium One in Bangkok.
Slow but meaningful progress
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 27/09/2021
» EDUCATING AUDIENCES
Old ways in modern times
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 29/03/2021
» FROM NOVEL TO SCREEN
One giant leap for womankind
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 01/09/2020
» Houston, we are ready to launch with the latest Netflix series Away, as it takes its daring crew and audience on an epic journey to outer space. Their destination? Mars. However, this grand voyage comes at great personal cost and sacrifice for the crew who have to reconcile being away from the gravitational pull of home and the people on Earth that have to move forward without their physical presence.
Bad girls forever
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 08/07/2020
» What would you do if you found yourself just unable to die? For the soldiers of The Old Guard, they do what they do best. They fight. For centuries and millennia, this tight-knit group of mercenaries head to different battlefields and engage in countless dangerous missions, hoping they are doing something good for the world.
Embracing diversity on the screen
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 23/06/2020
» Thailand and the world have come a long way when it comes to diversity of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression of characters on our screens. On the occasion of Pride Month, Netflix facilitated a talk with filmmaker Chookiat Sakveerakul (Love Of Siam and Dew) and Sanchai Chotirosseranee, deputy director of the Thai Film Archive, where they discussed onscreen representation, visibility and political correctness of today's LGBTI content.
All aboard the train to nowhere
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 03/06/2020
» A new train has left the platform, plunging its passengers through a frozen wasteland on board the engine that perpetually circumnavigates the planet.
A new way forward
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 01/04/2020
» Many Thai filmmakers would agree that our movie industry is in the rough. Several obstacles are preventing it from flourishing. A group of film professionals recently gathered for a plenary discussion held at Unesco Bangkok to address the challenges of, and the changes they want to see in, the Thai film sector.
The homecoming queens
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 11/03/2020
» As the music began to play, the darkened stage was illuminated by spotlights. One-by-one, the light unveiled and welcomed the return of several beauty queens who were once crowned in this very same venue.
Bad-news blues
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 24/02/2020
» Over the past few weeks, there were many times I worried about the state of journalism in Thailand.