Phuket Film Festival: Thai One On

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Published on Thursday, 10 June 2010 08:43

Written by Perry Santanachote

After a hiatus in 2008 and a cancellation in 2009, the Phuket Film Festival is back for its second round running from June 4 – June 13, 2010 on the beautiful Phuket Island in Thailand. Movies screen at the Coliseum Cineplex while a “Meet the Directors” is scheduled at The Yamu in Cape Yamu.

The opening film will be the Asian Harishchchandrachi Factory, premiere of from Indian director Paresh Mokashi. The quirky, light-hearted film depicts the struggle of Dadasaheb Phalke, the father of Indian cinema, when he made India’s first silent film, Raja Harishchandra, in 1913.
 
Harishchchandrachi Factory was India's entry to the 2010 Oscars in the Foreign Language Film category and the movie is one of several South Asian movies the Phuket Film Festival will feature as it turns the spotlight on Indian films.
 
Said Scott Rosenberg, the Phuket Film Festival's managing director, in a press release: "We're honoring India not only as their cinema industry turns 100 years old but because of the close relationship between Indian filmmakers and Thailand."
 
The gala opening will take place on June 5th at the Royal Phuket Marina, one of the largest boat marinas on the island.
 
On June 6, moviegoers are invited to The Green Man on Rawai Beach for a free screening of The Prince and Me 4: The Elephant Adventure, followed by a performance by hip-hop band Thaitanium.
 
Also included in the lineup is Entourage star Adrien Grenier's Teenage Paparazzo; the Vietnamese action thriller Bay Rong; and the Australian comedy Bran Nue Dae. As a tribute to Thai director Kom Akadej, free screenings of his classic films will play all day June 6.
 
The Phuket Film Festival will wind up with a screening of the acclaimed Thai director Yuthlert Sippapak's Friday Killer on June 13. The world premiere is the first movie in Sippapak’s The Killers Trilogy . The acclaimed writer / director is known for his daring visual style and unconventional screenwriting in films such as Killer Tattoo, February and Buppah Rahtree, some of Thailand’s highest grossing movies. The audience can expect Sippapak’s signature eccentric plot lines that blend horror with comedy.
 
Friday Killer follows the character Pae Uzi, played by the comedian Suthep Pho-ngam, a professional hit man who was just set free from prison. After his release, he learns he has a daughter, Dao, played by Ploy Jindachote. The tables are turned on Pae when his daughter tries to kill him because she thinks that he killed her father.
 
Award winning Hollywood directors Gus Van Sant of Milk and Darnell Martin of Cadillac Records will participate in the Meet the Directors series on June 8th.
 
Tickets are $4 per movie or $116 for a festival pass. Prices for special events vary.

for more information visit:  http://www.phuketfilmfestival.asia

The Phuket Film Festival
June 4 – June 13, 2010
Phuket Island
Thailand

Royal Phuket Marina
Kohkaew Muang
68 Moo 2, Thepkasattri Rd.
Phuket 83200
 
The Green Man Pub
82/15 Moo 4 Patak Rd.
Phuket 83130
 
Coliseum Cineplex
3rd Fl., Central Festival
By-Pass Rd., A. Muang
Phuket 83000
 
The Yamu
222 Moo 7, T. Paklok A. Thalang
Phuket 83110

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