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Thai-helmed 'Memoria' a Cannes star
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/06/2021
» A Thai-directed film starring Tilda Swinton has been selected for the main competition of the Cannes Film Festival 2021, the first time in 11 years that a Thai filmmaker will be featured in the top tier of the prestigious festival.
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Thai film to retell cave rescue drama
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 10/09/2018
» A Thai film retelling the story of the Tham Luang cave operation will start filming in November, said its director and producer.
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Fine dining wins over Michelin palates
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 07/12/2017
» Fine-dining venues dominate the debut of the Michelin Guide Bangkok, with 14 restaurants receiving one star and three receiving two stars.
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Jidanan's short stories win SEA Write prize
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 07/12/2017
» Jidanan Luengpiangsamut has won the SEA Write Award for a collection of short stories, the second woman in 10 years to be honoured with Southeast Asia's prestigious literary prize.
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Court cites national security to extend 'Shakespeare' ban
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 12/08/2017
» The Administrative Court yesterday rejected the complaint filed by the filmmakers of Shakespeare Must Die in which they asked for the ban on the film to be lifted, thereby extending a ban that has already lasted five years.
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Pop singer legend Thitima dies aged 54
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 08/07/2017
» Thitima "Waen" Sutsunthorn, a popular singer who helped define the Thai pop-music landscape in the 80s and 90s and remains an inspiration for many young singers, passed away on Friday after a long battle with cancer. She was 54.
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Scholars win Fukuoka Grand Prize for social analyses
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 10/06/2017
» Eminent scholars Pasuk Phongpaichit and Chris Baker have been awarded the Fukuoka Grand Prize 2017 for their outstanding work on Thai society, literature and social transformation.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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