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Finding salvation for the South
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 20/02/2017
» When Muhammad Anwar bin Ismael Hajiteh was released on Jan 7 on a royal pardon, activists and civic groups in the deep South greeted the news with jubilation.
Google celebrates late Thai fruit-carving national artist
Kong Rithdee, Published on 24/02/2017
» The Thai homepage of Google search engine (google.co.th) on Friday celebrates Thai fruit-carving National Artist Penpan Sittitrai with the Doodle of elaborately carved fruits and gourds.
Moments of record
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 07/10/2016
» The film fades and has scratches, but the persistence of history is strong. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Culture and Thai Film Archive (Public Organisation) registered 25 film items into the National Heritage list for audiovisual conservation and future reference. In November and December, the Archive will host screenings of some of the newly inducted titles.
Theatres reschedule movies, concerts, marathon off
Kong Rithdee, Published on 14/10/2016
» Some movie theatres closed for the day on Friday, others reduced screening sessions, and concerts were called off.
Thai film 'Apatti' entered for an Oscar
Kong Rithdee, Published on 20/09/2016
» The Buddhist-themed horror film "Apatti" has been submitted as Thailand's entry for Best Foreign Language Film at next year's Oscars, the committee of the Federation of Thai Film Associations has announced.
Banned transgender-themed film stirs up debate about 'arbitrary' censorship
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 30/12/2015
» For five years Tanwarin Sukkhapisit fought an unprecedented court case, and last week she lost. But what's more important, says the film director of Insects in the Backyard, is how the case has exposed the loose, arbitrary interpretation of the Film Act 2008 that led her film to be banned in the first place.
Film studio cuts 'Arbat' to placate censor
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 15/10/2015
» The studio that produces the banned film Arbat is working on a new cut to placate the censors and will submit the re-edited version to the committee by Friday, says the publicist.
Arpat uproar points to censorship flaws
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 19/10/2015
» The hullabaloo around the Thai film Arpat, which features a misbehaving young monk, is the latest example of problems caused by what some people in the film industry perceive as flaws in the Film and Video Act 2008.
Censors let 'Arpat' into cinemas
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 17/10/2015
» Arpat, the new name of the banned Thai film Arbat, passed the censorship board on Friday and was issued with an 18-plus rating.
Paris show features stolen crown
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 17/03/2015
» An imitation of the royal crown replica that was stolen from a Paris museum in a high-profile art heist earlier this month will be exhibited in Paris tomorrow.