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Pattaya Film Festival 2024 Set to Boost City Status
Published on 08/08/2024
» Pattaya City is gearing up for the highly anticipated Pattaya Film Festival 2024, an event designed to enhance the city’s tourism appeal and support its ambition to be recognised as a UNESCO City of Film. Through various film-related activities, the festival aims to position Pattaya as a hub for the film industry, aligning with the Pattaya City Development Plan (2023-2027). The city has solidified its commitment by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with 12 prominent organisations, including the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Culture, the Eastern Economic Corridor Office of Thailand, the Department of Tourism, the Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (Public Organisation), the Creative Economy Agency (Public Organisation), the Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (Public Organisation), the Film Archive (Public Organisation), Thammasat University, Burapha University, the National Federation of Motion Pictures and Contents Associations, the Thai Animation and Computer Graphic Association, and the THACCA-Thailand Creative Culture Agency.
Princess adds touch of couture to opera classic
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/07/2024
» The archive of Sirivannavari Haute Couture, also known for its sophisticated designs tailored for the modern working woman, has been transformed into Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya's own masterpiece production of the world-class opera Madama Butterfly. This spectacular performance celebrates His Majesty the King's 72nd birthday on July 28.
Blurring reality
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 22/07/2024
» Last year, Boris Eldagsen raised awareness of AI photography by winning the prestigious Sony World Photography Award in the creative open category with his computer-generated image.
Fashion has sprung!
Guru, Published on 25/06/2024
» A glimpse into three brands and their collections for the Men's Spring Summer 2025 Collection.
Gucci Visions debuts at EMSPHERE, Bangkok
Published on 14/06/2024
» "We are delighted to present Gucci Visions here in Bangkok, a city known for its vibrant fashion scene. This immersive exhibition offers a panoramic view of the House’s 103-year history and is the first in Southeast Asia, after its successful debuts in Florence and Tokyo. Our ambition is to bring Gucci closer to the heart of Asia, where visitors will be able to experience Gucci’s power of creativity through a display of iconic designs and rich Italian legacy."
A Thai actor takes the stage at Cannes
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 22/05/2024
» In a dreary rural town in Taiwan, illegal Southeast Asian workers live a precarious existence toiling away in farms or homes while enduring tough bosses and prying authorities. Most of them are from the Philippines or Indonesia, but there are also a large number from Myanmar and Thailand.
Cannes asks: Cinema anyone?
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 17/05/2024
» To remind us that we're here because of cinema, the 77th Cannes Film Festival did an uncanny double bill on its first day. The festival opened on Tuesday and will run until May 25. On the first afternoon, before the ritzy kerfuffle of the opening red carpet, Cannes screened the first part of the restored 1927 silent film Napoleon, an audacious epic of the French Revolution by Abel Gance, who 97 years ago tested the limits of what cinema could do with exhilarating results (the entire film runs for seven hours; we were treated to the first four here).
City reflections
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 07/05/2024
» It has been 242 years since Bangkok was established on the eastern banks of the Chao Phraya River in 1782 by King Rama I. Things have changed considerably since then and to showcase modern Bangkok in its various aspects, including society, urban landscape, lifestyle, art and culture, the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre invited 13 artists, creators, activists and researchers from various fields to reflect on the city through creative works, archives, activities and contemporary media at an exhibition titled "Bangkok 242, A Space For Sharing".
Asean Film Festival is finally here
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 28/03/2024
» Despite the odd, unexplained double postponement -- the first when it was moved from early December 2023 to late January 2024, and then from January to March -- the Bangkok Asean Film Festival finally gets under way, from today until Sunday at SF CentralWorld. Despite the adjournment, the line-up looks decent, with the best Southeast Asian titles culled from the past year -- Tiger Stripes, Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell, Abang Adik, Dreaming And Dying, Oasis Of Now, Nowhere Near, Morrison, Thai classics The Adventure Of Sudsakorn and The Adulterer, and a short film competition.
Marimekko celebrates 60th anniversary of Unikko
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 24/03/2024
» The Finnish fashion and design house commemorates the 60th anniversary of its iconic print, Unikko, in tandem with its Spring/Summer 2024 Ready-to-Wear collection.