Disney’s Korean superhero thriller Moving heads the nominations for this year’s Asia Content Awards at Busan International Film Festival with nods in six categories, followed by Tencent Video’s The Long Season with five nods.
Moving picked up nominations for best creative, best writer (Kang Full), three acting categories and best visual effects. Crime thriller The Long Season was also nominated for best creative, along with best director (Xin Shuang), two acting categories and best visual effects.
Netflix’s The Glory and Delete, from Thailand’s Gdh 559 Company, also scored highly, racking up four nominations apiece (see full list below).
Busan’s awards to recognise streaming and TV content, now known as the Asia Content Awards and Global Ott Awards, recently joined forces with the International Ott Festival, hosted by Korea’s Ministry of Science and Ict and Busan Metropolitan City, to open up its nominations to global content.
Moving picked up nominations for best creative, best writer (Kang Full), three acting categories and best visual effects. Crime thriller The Long Season was also nominated for best creative, along with best director (Xin Shuang), two acting categories and best visual effects.
Netflix’s The Glory and Delete, from Thailand’s Gdh 559 Company, also scored highly, racking up four nominations apiece (see full list below).
Busan’s awards to recognise streaming and TV content, now known as the Asia Content Awards and Global Ott Awards, recently joined forces with the International Ott Festival, hosted by Korea’s Ministry of Science and Ict and Busan Metropolitan City, to open up its nominations to global content.
- 9/12/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
From blockbuster Shutter director Parkpoom Wongpoom (Oh) comes a new Thai drama on Netflix titled Delete. The show follows a young man and woman, Aim and Lilly, who are having an affair. Both of their partners will know the truth soon enough. But when Aim and Lilly get their hands on a camera device that removes a person from existence with just one click, they decide to use it to lead a happy life together. A seemingly simple idea creates a dramatic series of events that change Aim and Lilly’s lives for good. I think Delete had the potential to be fantastic, but there are a few things that drag it down. For an 8-part series, mostly everything gets left unanswered by the end of the season, and even if a new chapter is opening up for a potential second season, I think some closure was required to wrap...
- 6/29/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
Netflix has revealed the first images from “Hunger,” an upcoming Thai drama film in which a woman in her twenties chases her dreams in the unsavory world of fine dining.
The film stars Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying, locally known as ‘Aokbab’ and internationally recognized as the star of “Bad Genius,” in the lead role. She plays alongside Gunn Svasti Na Ayudhya (“Diary of Tootsies”) as the sous-chef who gives her a break and Nopachai ‘Peter’ Jayanama as her ingenious and intolerant rival.
Directed by Sitisiri Mongkolsiri and produced by Kongdej Jaturanrasame and Soros Sukhum (“Memoria”) through Song Sound Productions, the show is expected to be uploaded in April.
“Hunger” is part of a wider menu of Thai-language films and series content set out by Netflix late last year. Other Thai contnet in the pipeline included writer-director Prueksa Amaruji’s dark comedy film “Lost Lotteries”; veteran director Wisit Sasanatieng (“Tears of the Black...
The film stars Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying, locally known as ‘Aokbab’ and internationally recognized as the star of “Bad Genius,” in the lead role. She plays alongside Gunn Svasti Na Ayudhya (“Diary of Tootsies”) as the sous-chef who gives her a break and Nopachai ‘Peter’ Jayanama as her ingenious and intolerant rival.
Directed by Sitisiri Mongkolsiri and produced by Kongdej Jaturanrasame and Soros Sukhum (“Memoria”) through Song Sound Productions, the show is expected to be uploaded in April.
“Hunger” is part of a wider menu of Thai-language films and series content set out by Netflix late last year. Other Thai contnet in the pipeline included writer-director Prueksa Amaruji’s dark comedy film “Lost Lotteries”; veteran director Wisit Sasanatieng (“Tears of the Black...
- 2/1/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
While other parts of Asia have been making horror movies for decades, Vietnam had a late start. Tales of non-war horror didn’t really begin to crop up until after the 20th century. Since then, Vietnam has been trying to catch up. There is indeed a learning curve to consider when watching V-horror; it’s a fairly new genre for many filmmakers. But as someone watches Screambox‘s latest acquisition, the aptly titled and now streaming Vietnamese Horror Story, it’s evident that Vietnam has a lot to offer in terms of unique cultural frights and thrills. Vietnamese Horror Story (Chuyện Ma Gần Nhà) uses not only a familiar format, but also a digestible one; Trần Hữu Tấn‘s movie is an anthology. The first of its kind in Vietnam.
In Vietnamese Horror Story, a group of friends shares ghost stories when the power goes out during a rainy night.
In Vietnamese Horror Story, a group of friends shares ghost stories when the power goes out during a rainy night.
- 11/17/2022
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
Netflix has revealed its debut slate of original Thai productions, including four feature films and two TV series.
The four films will be produced in partnership with local production partners Gmm Studios International, Song Sound Production, Transformation Films, and 18 Tanwa.
The slate includes Director Sitisiri Mongkolsiri’s latest Hunger, which is billed as a restaurant drama that follows Aoy, a woman in her twenties, who runs her family’s local stir-fried noodles restaurant in the old quarter of Bangkok. One day, she receives an invitation to leave the family business and join team ‘Hunger’, Thailand’s number one luxury Chef’s table team led by the famously ingenious, and infamously nasty, Chef Paul.
Writer-director Prueksa Amaruji will bring The Lost Lotteries, produced by Ekachai Uekrongtham, to the streamer. The film is billed as a heist-comedy film about 5 losers united by a crazy mission to retrieve their 30-million-baht winning lottery...
The four films will be produced in partnership with local production partners Gmm Studios International, Song Sound Production, Transformation Films, and 18 Tanwa.
The slate includes Director Sitisiri Mongkolsiri’s latest Hunger, which is billed as a restaurant drama that follows Aoy, a woman in her twenties, who runs her family’s local stir-fried noodles restaurant in the old quarter of Bangkok. One day, she receives an invitation to leave the family business and join team ‘Hunger’, Thailand’s number one luxury Chef’s table team led by the famously ingenious, and infamously nasty, Chef Paul.
Writer-director Prueksa Amaruji will bring The Lost Lotteries, produced by Ekachai Uekrongtham, to the streamer. The film is billed as a heist-comedy film about 5 losers united by a crazy mission to retrieve their 30-million-baht winning lottery...
- 10/11/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Four features and two series include the latest from award-winning director Wisit Sasanatieng.
Netflix has announced its first ever slate of original features and series from Thailand, directed by a string of award-winning filmmakers and produced by powerhouse studios Gdh and Gmm.
The films include The Murderer, directed by Wisit Sasanatieng, which marks the streaming platform’s first feature in the northeastern Thai dialect. It stars popular Thai comedian Mum Jokmok as a policeman who investigates whether an English man has killed his Thai in-laws.
Wisit is known for titles such as Western homage Tears Of The Black Tiger, which...
Netflix has announced its first ever slate of original features and series from Thailand, directed by a string of award-winning filmmakers and produced by powerhouse studios Gdh and Gmm.
The films include The Murderer, directed by Wisit Sasanatieng, which marks the streaming platform’s first feature in the northeastern Thai dialect. It stars popular Thai comedian Mum Jokmok as a policeman who investigates whether an English man has killed his Thai in-laws.
Wisit is known for titles such as Western homage Tears Of The Black Tiger, which...
- 10/11/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
International streaming company Netflix has unveiled six new titles representing its first wide-ranging slate of content from Thailand.
Its four films and two series span the comedy, suspense and comedy drama genres and hail from six different local production firms – Gmm Studios, International, Gdh, Song Sound Productions, Transformation Films, 18 Tanwa and Jungka Bangkok. Significantly, too, they are sourced from established directors or producers.
Writer-director Prueksa Amaruji’s dark comedy film “Lost Lotteries” is produced by Ekachai Uekrongtham and will stream from mid-November.
Writer-producer Kongdej Jaturanrasmee and veteran indie producer Soros Sukhum are behind director Sitisiri Mongkolsiri’s “Hunger,” a family drama with food as its central theme. It stars Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying, aka Aok Bap, the breakout star of “Bad Genius” and a former Talent to Watch, selected by Variety and the International Film Festival & Awards Macao.
Veteran director Wisit Sasanatieng (“Tears of the Black Tiger”) is directing “The Murderer,...
Its four films and two series span the comedy, suspense and comedy drama genres and hail from six different local production firms – Gmm Studios, International, Gdh, Song Sound Productions, Transformation Films, 18 Tanwa and Jungka Bangkok. Significantly, too, they are sourced from established directors or producers.
Writer-director Prueksa Amaruji’s dark comedy film “Lost Lotteries” is produced by Ekachai Uekrongtham and will stream from mid-November.
Writer-producer Kongdej Jaturanrasmee and veteran indie producer Soros Sukhum are behind director Sitisiri Mongkolsiri’s “Hunger,” a family drama with food as its central theme. It stars Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying, aka Aok Bap, the breakout star of “Bad Genius” and a former Talent to Watch, selected by Variety and the International Film Festival & Awards Macao.
Veteran director Wisit Sasanatieng (“Tears of the Black Tiger”) is directing “The Murderer,...
- 10/11/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix is broadening its original content output from Thailand, a country with a history of punching above its weight with original genre filmmaking, TV production and creative advertising.
Netflix has produced and released a smattering of individual originals from Thailand over the past few years — including reality series The Stranded and crime thriller Bangkok Breaking — but the lineup unveiled by the streamer at a glitzy event in Bangkok Tuesday evening represents its first full Thai slate. The slate includes four films and two series.
“From broad comedy to twisty thrillers, this is our most diverse lineup of titles to date in Thailand,” said Netflix’s director of content for Thailand, Yongyoot Thongkongtoon.
“While we explore class disparity in culinary film Hunger, pay homage to itinerant mobile film troupes in Mon Rak Nak Pak and follow the emotional journey of strangers pretending to be a family in Analog Squad,...
Netflix has produced and released a smattering of individual originals from Thailand over the past few years — including reality series The Stranded and crime thriller Bangkok Breaking — but the lineup unveiled by the streamer at a glitzy event in Bangkok Tuesday evening represents its first full Thai slate. The slate includes four films and two series.
“From broad comedy to twisty thrillers, this is our most diverse lineup of titles to date in Thailand,” said Netflix’s director of content for Thailand, Yongyoot Thongkongtoon.
“While we explore class disparity in culinary film Hunger, pay homage to itinerant mobile film troupes in Mon Rak Nak Pak and follow the emotional journey of strangers pretending to be a family in Analog Squad,...
- 10/11/2022
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Initial slate of five series set to be unveiled in Busan.
Hong Kong filmmaker Peter Ho-Sun Chan has launched production company Changin’ Pictures with an initial slate of five titles that includes stars Donnie Yen and Zhang Ziyi.
The company will focus on content for streaming services and plans to roll out 20 limited series across various genres in its first four years across the Asia Pacific region.
It aims to sign up leading filmmakers and fresh talent from throughout the region to create drama projects for a pan-Asian audience and aims to work with platforms and co-production partners looking to...
Hong Kong filmmaker Peter Ho-Sun Chan has launched production company Changin’ Pictures with an initial slate of five titles that includes stars Donnie Yen and Zhang Ziyi.
The company will focus on content for streaming services and plans to roll out 20 limited series across various genres in its first four years across the Asia Pacific region.
It aims to sign up leading filmmakers and fresh talent from throughout the region to create drama projects for a pan-Asian audience and aims to work with platforms and co-production partners looking to...
- 10/4/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Hong Kong filmmaker Peter Ho-sun Chan has launched a production company to focus on streaming content, Changin’ Pictures, with a debut slate of five projects and talent including action star Donnie Yen and Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi.
The new outfit aims to “revolutionize the streaming multiverse in Asia” by signing up leading filmmakers and fresh talent from across the region to create drama series for a pan-Asian audience and beyond. Chan also intends to collaborate with platforms and potential co-production partners who want to jump into Asia’s expanding streaming market.
Changin’ Pictures plans to roll out 20 limited series across various genres from across the Asia Pacific region in its first four years.
The first two projects on the slate are Korean series, both adapted from popular webtoons: One: High School Heroes, produced by Covenant Pictures (Desperate Mr. X), about a bullied high school kid who transforms himself into a...
The new outfit aims to “revolutionize the streaming multiverse in Asia” by signing up leading filmmakers and fresh talent from across the region to create drama series for a pan-Asian audience and beyond. Chan also intends to collaborate with platforms and potential co-production partners who want to jump into Asia’s expanding streaming market.
Changin’ Pictures plans to roll out 20 limited series across various genres from across the Asia Pacific region in its first four years.
The first two projects on the slate are Korean series, both adapted from popular webtoons: One: High School Heroes, produced by Covenant Pictures (Desperate Mr. X), about a bullied high school kid who transforms himself into a...
- 10/4/2022
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
After bursting onto the scene with the classic effort “Shutter” years ago, Banjong Pisanthanakun and his sometimes partner Parkpoom Wongpoom churned out several fantastic genre fare in Thailand during the waning days of the J-Horror boom of the 2000s. After providing several efforts together before going separate ways, Banjong returns to the genre after several years, to give one of the best films of the year that will thankfully have a wide, deserving audience with its release on the Shudder streaming service.
“The Medium” is screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
After a special search throughout Thailand, psychic medium Nim (Sawanee Utoomma) is chosen by a special film crew to be followed around and have her work documented. As they watch her go about her business tending to the ill residents of the area or other special requests they may have, they also manage to focus on the strained...
“The Medium” is screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
After a special search throughout Thailand, psychic medium Nim (Sawanee Utoomma) is chosen by a special film crew to be followed around and have her work documented. As they watch her go about her business tending to the ill residents of the area or other special requests they may have, they also manage to focus on the strained...
- 11/26/2021
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
After bursting onto the scene with the classic effort “Shutter” years ago, Banjong Pisanthanakun and his sometimes partner Parkpoom Wongpoom churned out several fantastic genre fare in Thailand during the waning days of the J-Horror boom of the 2000s. After providing several efforts together before going separate ways, Banjong returns to the genre after several years, to give one of the best films of the year that will thankfully have a wide, deserving audience with its release on the Shudder streaming service.
on Amazon
After a special search throughout Thailand, psychic medium Nim (Sawanee Utoomma) is chosen by a special film crew to be followed around and have her work documented. As they watch her go about her business tending to the ill residents of the area or other special requests they may have, they also manage to focus on the strained relationship Nim has with Noy...
on Amazon
After a special search throughout Thailand, psychic medium Nim (Sawanee Utoomma) is chosen by a special film crew to be followed around and have her work documented. As they watch her go about her business tending to the ill residents of the area or other special requests they may have, they also manage to focus on the strained relationship Nim has with Noy...
- 10/31/2021
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
In 2004, Banjong Pisanthanakun and then-collaborator Parkpoom Wongpoom kickstarted their directorial careers with “Shutter,” a supernatural thriller so effective it’s been remade (albeit to lesser effect) abroad three times to date. Less likely to translate that widely is Pisanthanakun’s latest solo effort, “The Medium.” Marking his return to straight horror after a couple romances and one more comedically slanted genre film (“Pee Mak”), this demonic possession saga is too thoroughly Thai in milieu and details to risk being just another derivative of “The Exorcist.”
Still, cultural specificity only brings so much freshness to an overlong tale that ultimately trades in too many familiar tropes, from the victim’s evil-grinning, black-gunk-spewing
hijinks to the deployment of a found-footage construct a la “Blair Witch.” There are perhaps too many ideas here, few of them novel, and none scary enough to keep these two-hours-plus taut. A watchable mixed bag that’s already been successful on home turf,...
Still, cultural specificity only brings so much freshness to an overlong tale that ultimately trades in too many familiar tropes, from the victim’s evil-grinning, black-gunk-spewing
hijinks to the deployment of a found-footage construct a la “Blair Witch.” There are perhaps too many ideas here, few of them novel, and none scary enough to keep these two-hours-plus taut. A watchable mixed bag that’s already been successful on home turf,...
- 10/14/2021
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Supernatural Horror The Medium Comes Exclusively to Shudder October 14. From Director Banjong Pisanthanakun and Produced by Na Hong-jin, Visionary Director of The Wailing. Here’s the trailer:
A documentary team follows Nim, a shaman based in Northern Thailand, the Isan area, and encounters her niece Mink showing strange symptoms that seem to be of inheritance of shamanism. The team decides to follow Mink, hoping to capture the shaman lineage passing on to the next generation, but her bizarre behavior becomes more extreme. From director Banjong Pisanthanakun (Shutter) and producer Na Hong-jin (director of The Wailing)
The Medium is the latest feature from genre-jumping Thai director Banjong Pisanthanakun whose feature debut, the acclaimed ghost story Shutter, co-directed and co-written with Parkpoom Wongpoom, has been remade in three languages, including the 2008 Hollywood remake directed by Masayuki Ochiai.
The shamanic chiller marks the first time award-winning South Korean writer/director Na Hong-jin has...
A documentary team follows Nim, a shaman based in Northern Thailand, the Isan area, and encounters her niece Mink showing strange symptoms that seem to be of inheritance of shamanism. The team decides to follow Mink, hoping to capture the shaman lineage passing on to the next generation, but her bizarre behavior becomes more extreme. From director Banjong Pisanthanakun (Shutter) and producer Na Hong-jin (director of The Wailing)
The Medium is the latest feature from genre-jumping Thai director Banjong Pisanthanakun whose feature debut, the acclaimed ghost story Shutter, co-directed and co-written with Parkpoom Wongpoom, has been remade in three languages, including the 2008 Hollywood remake directed by Masayuki Ochiai.
The shamanic chiller marks the first time award-winning South Korean writer/director Na Hong-jin has...
- 10/9/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Top Thai director Banjong Pisanthanakun and Korean director-turned-producer Na Hong-jin (“The Chaser”) have teamed to create new Thai horror film “The Medium.”
Now in post-production, “The Medium” is a horrifying story of a shaman’s inheritance in the Isan region of Thailand. But the goddess that appears to have taken possession of a family member turns out not be as benevolent as it first appears.
The film (aka “Rang-Zong”) was developed by Na with the backing of Korean studio Showbox. Local production is by Thailand’s Gdh 559. Co-production is by Na’s company Northern Cross, with the film marking Na’s debut as a producer.
International rights are being handled by independent sales firm Finecut, which will launch the film at Berlin’s European Film Market. Finecut previously handled two of Na’s earlier films “The Chaser” and “The Wailing,” both of which premiered in the Cannes festival’s official selection.
Now in post-production, “The Medium” is a horrifying story of a shaman’s inheritance in the Isan region of Thailand. But the goddess that appears to have taken possession of a family member turns out not be as benevolent as it first appears.
The film (aka “Rang-Zong”) was developed by Na with the backing of Korean studio Showbox. Local production is by Thailand’s Gdh 559. Co-production is by Na’s company Northern Cross, with the film marking Na’s debut as a producer.
International rights are being handled by independent sales firm Finecut, which will launch the film at Berlin’s European Film Market. Finecut previously handled two of Na’s earlier films “The Chaser” and “The Wailing,” both of which premiered in the Cannes festival’s official selection.
- 2/25/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
France’s The Jokers Films has acquired French rights to the project, directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun.
The Wailing director Na Hong-jin is producing a Thai supernatural film, directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun, whose 2013 Pee Mak is Thailand’s highest-grossing film of all time.
Major South Korean investor-distributor Showbox announced the project today (September 23) along with news that the film has been pre-sold to The Jokers Films for France.
The film, which deals with shamanism, has the Thai working title of Rang-Zong, meaning ‘medium’.
It will be Na’s first film since his bombshell Cannes horror title The Wailing in 2016. The Korean...
The Wailing director Na Hong-jin is producing a Thai supernatural film, directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun, whose 2013 Pee Mak is Thailand’s highest-grossing film of all time.
Major South Korean investor-distributor Showbox announced the project today (September 23) along with news that the film has been pre-sold to The Jokers Films for France.
The film, which deals with shamanism, has the Thai working title of Rang-Zong, meaning ‘medium’.
It will be Na’s first film since his bombshell Cannes horror title The Wailing in 2016. The Korean...
- 9/23/2020
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
“Shutter,” the commercially successful Thai horror film that has spawned three remakes, among which an American one that received mostly negative reviews but was a huge box office success, has divided critics since it was first screened at the Bangkok International Film Festival. However, audiences around the world seem to love it and it has been heralded by many as one of the greatest Asian horror films of the 21st century. I personally believe that “Shutter” offers a few elements to be considered a cut above the rest, but ultimately fails to overcome its overabundance of clichés and lack of compelling scares.
After a long night of drinking with friends, Tun and Jane, a young couple, hit a woman with their car while returning home and they flee the scene of the accident. The following days, many bizarre happenings occur and they start noticing some strange shadows...
After a long night of drinking with friends, Tun and Jane, a young couple, hit a woman with their car while returning home and they flee the scene of the accident. The following days, many bizarre happenings occur and they start noticing some strange shadows...
- 3/30/2020
- by Lyberis Dionysopoulos
- AsianMoviePulse
Stefan Ruzowitzky, director of the Oscar-winning “The Counterfeiters,” and “The Grudge” screenwriter Stephen Susco have boarded “Alone,” a remake of the 2007 supernatural Thai thriller by Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom.
The new film follows conjoined twin sisters from an Asian family in Boston whose loving relationship is tested when one of them befriends a boy, leading to her demand for a surgical separation from her sibling. During the operation, the forsaken sister dies. Years later, the deceased girl’s vengeful ghost returns to haunt her twin.
Former 20th Century Fox exec Paul Higginson and Alexander van Dülmen and Stephan Wagner of Berlin-based Carte Blanche Intl. are producing the film. Budgeted at between $5 million and $10 million, “Alone” is set for a targeted 2021 Stateside shoot on the East Coast as a U.S.-European co-production.
Van Dülmen said he was a big fan of the original film and also acquired distribution rights...
The new film follows conjoined twin sisters from an Asian family in Boston whose loving relationship is tested when one of them befriends a boy, leading to her demand for a surgical separation from her sibling. During the operation, the forsaken sister dies. Years later, the deceased girl’s vengeful ghost returns to haunt her twin.
Former 20th Century Fox exec Paul Higginson and Alexander van Dülmen and Stephan Wagner of Berlin-based Carte Blanche Intl. are producing the film. Budgeted at between $5 million and $10 million, “Alone” is set for a targeted 2021 Stateside shoot on the East Coast as a U.S.-European co-production.
Van Dülmen said he was a big fan of the original film and also acquired distribution rights...
- 2/20/2020
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
The production and sales outfit also has the director of horror hit Shutter’s next feature.
Following the success of last year’s Bad Genius in China and throughout the region, Thai production and sales outfit Gdh 559 returns to Filmart with two new titles: Brother Of The Year and an untitled fantasy drama.
Directed by My Girl co-director Vithaya Thongyuyong, Brother Of The Year is a romantic drama involving a family which stars Sunny Suwanmethanon (I Fine…Thank You…Love You), popular TV actress Urassaya Sperbund and Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul from Korean boy band 2Pm.
The film has been picked...
Following the success of last year’s Bad Genius in China and throughout the region, Thai production and sales outfit Gdh 559 returns to Filmart with two new titles: Brother Of The Year and an untitled fantasy drama.
Directed by My Girl co-director Vithaya Thongyuyong, Brother Of The Year is a romantic drama involving a family which stars Sunny Suwanmethanon (I Fine…Thank You…Love You), popular TV actress Urassaya Sperbund and Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul from Korean boy band 2Pm.
The film has been picked...
- 3/18/2018
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
The 35th edition of Hawaii International Film Festival (Hiff) recently announced their Audience Award winners. Throughout the festival, ballots were distributed for the screenings of every eligible film. Audiences voted on their favorite narrative feature, documentary feature and short film.
The audience award for Best Narrative Feature went to "Kitarajanipon," a feature comprised of four short films directed by four leading Thai directors. Each film was inspired by the songs from His Majesty Bhumibol Adulyadej’s (also known as King Rama IX) royal songbook, which threads each film together into one feature presentation. "The Singers" directed by Nonzee Nimibutr, "Smiles" by Wallop Prasopphol, "Falling Rain" by Parkpoom Wongpoom, and "Star" by Yongyoot Thongkongtoon artfully reinterpret the profound meaning and philosophy behind the monarch’s songs.
The audience award for Best Documentary Feature went to"Tyrus," directed by Pamela Tom. The film tells the unlikely story of the 104-year old artist Tyrus Wong, reveals the significant impact Wong has made in the world of art and animation while telling the dramatic and little known story of Chinese Americans in the 20th century.
The audience award for Best Short Film went to "The Roots of ‘Ulu," directed by John Antonelli. The transports the viewer from the mythological origins of ‘ulu, to the Polynesian voyaging canoes that brought ‘ulu, or breadfruit, from Tahiti to Hawaii, illuminating its important role in cultural preservation and food sustainability for Hawaii's future.
Hiff Executive Director Robert Lambeth highlights, "The diversity of the HIFF35 Audience Award winners presented by Hawaii News Now show that our audiences truly have international tastes and that the power of cinema is universal."
Earlier in the festival, during the Awards Gala, Hiff honored actress Ryoko Hirosue with the Career Achievement Award. She is best known for her role in the Luc Besson produced "Wasabi" co-starring Jean Reno and "Departures," the winner of an Oscar® for Best Foreign Language Film. Hiff premiered her latest film, "Hana's Miso Soup." Actor Tadanobu Asano was honored with the Maverick Award for his bold performances in seminal films and cult classics, such as "Ichi the Killer," "Bright Future," "Last Life in the Universe" and more recently "Journey to the Shore," working with the top directors around the world for over twenty years. Actor Ha Jung Woo, from South Korea, was honored with the Renaissance Award for his profound career as an actor ("The Chaser," "Assassination"), also as a director ("Fasten Your Seatbelt") and as a painter. Known to attract both critical acclaim and commercial success, Ha quickly became the most in-demand leading actor of his generation in Korean cinema.
Also presented during the Gala were the Halekulani Golden Orchid awards for Best Narrative Feature to director Shin Su-won (South Korea) for the film, "Madonna;" Best Documentary Feature Award to "Crocodile Gennadiy," directed by Steve Hoover; and Best Short Film Award to "Ahi Ka," directed by Richard Curtis (New Zealand). "The Kids" (Taiwan 2015), by Sunny Yu was presented with the Netpac award for Best Asian Film from an Emerging Filmmaker this past weekend.
The audience award for Best Narrative Feature went to "Kitarajanipon," a feature comprised of four short films directed by four leading Thai directors. Each film was inspired by the songs from His Majesty Bhumibol Adulyadej’s (also known as King Rama IX) royal songbook, which threads each film together into one feature presentation. "The Singers" directed by Nonzee Nimibutr, "Smiles" by Wallop Prasopphol, "Falling Rain" by Parkpoom Wongpoom, and "Star" by Yongyoot Thongkongtoon artfully reinterpret the profound meaning and philosophy behind the monarch’s songs.
The audience award for Best Documentary Feature went to"Tyrus," directed by Pamela Tom. The film tells the unlikely story of the 104-year old artist Tyrus Wong, reveals the significant impact Wong has made in the world of art and animation while telling the dramatic and little known story of Chinese Americans in the 20th century.
The audience award for Best Short Film went to "The Roots of ‘Ulu," directed by John Antonelli. The transports the viewer from the mythological origins of ‘ulu, to the Polynesian voyaging canoes that brought ‘ulu, or breadfruit, from Tahiti to Hawaii, illuminating its important role in cultural preservation and food sustainability for Hawaii's future.
Hiff Executive Director Robert Lambeth highlights, "The diversity of the HIFF35 Audience Award winners presented by Hawaii News Now show that our audiences truly have international tastes and that the power of cinema is universal."
Earlier in the festival, during the Awards Gala, Hiff honored actress Ryoko Hirosue with the Career Achievement Award. She is best known for her role in the Luc Besson produced "Wasabi" co-starring Jean Reno and "Departures," the winner of an Oscar® for Best Foreign Language Film. Hiff premiered her latest film, "Hana's Miso Soup." Actor Tadanobu Asano was honored with the Maverick Award for his bold performances in seminal films and cult classics, such as "Ichi the Killer," "Bright Future," "Last Life in the Universe" and more recently "Journey to the Shore," working with the top directors around the world for over twenty years. Actor Ha Jung Woo, from South Korea, was honored with the Renaissance Award for his profound career as an actor ("The Chaser," "Assassination"), also as a director ("Fasten Your Seatbelt") and as a painter. Known to attract both critical acclaim and commercial success, Ha quickly became the most in-demand leading actor of his generation in Korean cinema.
Also presented during the Gala were the Halekulani Golden Orchid awards for Best Narrative Feature to director Shin Su-won (South Korea) for the film, "Madonna;" Best Documentary Feature Award to "Crocodile Gennadiy," directed by Steve Hoover; and Best Short Film Award to "Ahi Ka," directed by Richard Curtis (New Zealand). "The Kids" (Taiwan 2015), by Sunny Yu was presented with the Netpac award for Best Asian Film from an Emerging Filmmaker this past weekend.
- 12/1/2015
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
Worthy scare-fests like Shutter, Coming Soon and Phobia took the world by surprise, sneaking up on unsuspecting cinema audiences and slaying them with well-timed scares and short, sharp hooks. Much like the killer at the heart of the tale, they succeeded in getting under the skin of the movie going public. There was a time when we couldn't get enough of them, a time when coming out from behind the sofa wasn't even an option. Times change however. Conformity rears its ugly head. In a world besieged by sub-standard horror movies, some films just don't cut it anymore. Which is why it felt like a good time to revisit Alone, to see if it has the same impact now as it did in 2007. Of course, Alone didn't feel particularly fresh in 2007 either. Not only had we been there and done that, we'd also been chased through the woods wearing the tee shirt we had bought.
- 10/1/2014
- 24framespersecond.net
Worthy scare-fests like Shutter, Coming Soon and Phobia took the world by surprise, sneaking up on unsuspecting cinema audiences and slaying them with well-timed scares and short, sharp hooks. Much like the killer at the heart of the tale, they succeeded in getting under the skin of the movie going public. There was a time when we couldn't get enough of them, a time when coming out from behind the sofa wasn't even an option. Times change however. Conformity rears its ugly head. In a world besieged by sub-standard horror movies, some films just don't cut it anymore. Which is why it felt like a good time to revisit Alone, to see if it has the same impact now as it did in 2007. Of course, Alone didn't feel particularly fresh in 2007 either. Not only had we been there and done that, we'd also been chased through the woods wearing the tee shirt we had bought.
- 10/1/2014
- 24framespersecond.net
Worthy scare-fests like Shutter, Coming Soon and Phobia took the world by surprise, sneaking up on unsuspecting cinema audiences and slaying them with well-timed scares and short, sharp hooks. Much like the killer at the heart of the tale, they succeeded in getting under the skin of the movie going public. There was a time when we couldn't get enough of them, a time when coming out from behind the sofa wasn't even an option. Times change however. Conformity rears its ugly head. In a world besieged by sub-standard horror movies, some films just don't cut it anymore. Which is why it felt like a good time to revisit Alone, to see if it has the same impact now as it did in 2007. Of course, Alone didn't feel particularly fresh in 2007 either. Not only had we been there and done that, we'd also been chased through the woods wearing the tee shirt we had bought.
- 10/1/2014
- 24framespersecond.net
Everyone’s favourite Thai horror movie actor (well one of ours, and if you haven’t seen Banjong Pisanthanakun & Parkpoom Wongpoom’s 2004 classic ‘Shutter,’ hang your head in shame) is back in the horror fold with a new Hong Hoon. The film is set to open in Malaysia next month so that mean English subs! Synopsis: The death of Ploy’s father seemed like an unfortunate accident at the archery range until a mysterious man, Nop, shows up to insist otherwise: it was because her father got a figure of himself made. A suspicious character with a remorseful past of his own, Ploy disregards Nop’s warning, until more of her relatives pass away following the same accidental circumstances. No longer able to ignore this incredulous heed, Ploy hurries to find the person behind this sinister craft. As Ploy and Nop dig deeper, what surfaces are shocking family revelations and...
- 7/11/2014
- 24framespersecond.net
Thai director Banjong Pisanthanakun is getting back to his roots. The helmer first broke onto the scene as one half of the duo responsible for 2004 breakout horror hit Shutter, a success quickly followed by 2007 chiller Alone. Pisanthanakun and directing partner Parkpoom Wongpoom were the hottest things going in a generally boiling Asian horror scene at the time but, strangely, neither has directed a horror oriented feature since. Both halves of the duo turned in horror shorts in the Phobia and Phobia 2 horror anthologies, the latter of which is the last time Wongpoom appeared on screen at all. Pisanthanakun? He wrote and directed a hit romcom in 2010, and turned up this past year with a segment in The ABCs of Death but...
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- 2/18/2013
- Screen Anarchy
The recent popularity of Thai horror continues with “Ladda Land”, directed by Sophon Sakdaphisit, who also helmed the entertaining genre flick “Coming Soon”, as well as scripting Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom’s superb “Shutter” and “Alone”, and working on the hit “4bia” anthologies. Drawing upon an urban legend, the film relocates from the usual Bangkok setting to Chiang Mai, revolving around supernatural occurrences in a new upmarket housing estate and attempting to balance its ghosts with financial and domestic terrors. The film follows Saharat Sangkapreecha (“The Legend of Suriyothai”) as Thee, a marketing manager who leaves Bangkok to take a higher paying job in a new Chiang Mai area called Ladda Land, bringing with him his wife Parn (Piyathida Woramuksik, “The Sisters”), angsty 14 year old daughter Nan (Suthatta Udomsilp) and young son Nat (Apinya Sakuljaroensuk). Despite ongoing pressure from his nagging mother in law, Thee is determined to make...
- 12/21/2011
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
[The first 4Bia anthology set was a surprise and a delight at Toronto After Dark several years ago, and they kindly bring the second (and even better) collection of Twilight Zone-y goodness to this years festival. Be sure to attend, and do not sweat the number, it is all good for both folks familiar with the first one and novices as well]
Phobia, the Thai anthology from a few years back was a very pleasant surprise, four well produced tales of things that go bump in the night, more or less moulded on old twilight zone motifs, but with a distinctly modern Thai flavour. So it is rather nice to see with the sequel that not only has the production values improved, but the stories are across the board solid whilst keeping the spirit of the enterprise unchanged. In short, the collective of directors has successfully raised the bar. This is the film that Trick 'R Treat should have been, a solid mixture of tones and organically connected stories interspersed with comedy grace notes.
First we start with Novice, a very snazzy Owl Creek Bridge story about a boy who has done some stupid things in his youth and joins a monastery. His own personal hell is set across the backdrop of...
Phobia, the Thai anthology from a few years back was a very pleasant surprise, four well produced tales of things that go bump in the night, more or less moulded on old twilight zone motifs, but with a distinctly modern Thai flavour. So it is rather nice to see with the sequel that not only has the production values improved, but the stories are across the board solid whilst keeping the spirit of the enterprise unchanged. In short, the collective of directors has successfully raised the bar. This is the film that Trick 'R Treat should have been, a solid mixture of tones and organically connected stories interspersed with comedy grace notes.
First we start with Novice, a very snazzy Owl Creek Bridge story about a boy who has done some stupid things in his youth and joins a monastery. His own personal hell is set across the backdrop of...
- 8/17/2010
- Screen Anarchy
The 2010 Toronto After Dark Film Festival has just announced their lineup of films for this year. The fest runs from August 13 – 20 and features the best horror, sci-fi, action and cult films from around the world. They have some truly awesome, strange and ridiculous films playing this year, so don’t miss it!
Here are our picks for some of your best bets playing at this year’s Toronto After Dark Film Fest.
For more details check out the full schedule here.
Alien vs. Ninja
Directed by Seiji Chiba, Yuji Shimomura
Have you ever wanted to see deadly ninjas go toe-to-toe with vicious aliens? If you answered yes, then this is the film for you. Think of Alien vs. Ninja as a Japanese take on Predator, minus the muscles and the budget, and instead of commandos you have sword-wielding ninjas. The title of the film is truth in advertising, by all...
Here are our picks for some of your best bets playing at this year’s Toronto After Dark Film Fest.
For more details check out the full schedule here.
Alien vs. Ninja
Directed by Seiji Chiba, Yuji Shimomura
Have you ever wanted to see deadly ninjas go toe-to-toe with vicious aliens? If you answered yes, then this is the film for you. Think of Alien vs. Ninja as a Japanese take on Predator, minus the muscles and the budget, and instead of commandos you have sword-wielding ninjas. The title of the film is truth in advertising, by all...
- 7/29/2010
- by Will
- DorkShelf.com
The latest anthology on the block, Phobia 2 (review here), just made its debut at Fantasia 2010, and we've gotten our hands on the international one-sheets for each segment! Pretty neat! If only someone would have thought to do this with Creepshow!
Directors on board for these five tales of terror from Thailand include Banjong Pisanthanakun (Shutter, Alone, 4Bia), Paween Purijitpanya (Body, 4Bia), Parkpoom Wongpoom (Shutter, Alone, 4Bia), Songyos Sugmakanan (Dorm, Hormones), and first-timer Visute Poolvoralaks (the producer behind the success of Shutter, Alone, 4Bia, and Coming Soon).
Dig on the goods below, and check out the official Phobia 2 website for more.
Hopefully we'll have some Us distro news soon. Keep your fingers crossed!
- Uncle Creepy
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Directors on board for these five tales of terror from Thailand include Banjong Pisanthanakun (Shutter, Alone, 4Bia), Paween Purijitpanya (Body, 4Bia), Parkpoom Wongpoom (Shutter, Alone, 4Bia), Songyos Sugmakanan (Dorm, Hormones), and first-timer Visute Poolvoralaks (the producer behind the success of Shutter, Alone, 4Bia, and Coming Soon).
Dig on the goods below, and check out the official Phobia 2 website for more.
Hopefully we'll have some Us distro news soon. Keep your fingers crossed!
- Uncle Creepy
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Face your 4bias in the Dread Central forums!
- 7/13/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Phobia, the Thai anthology from a few years back was a very pleasant surprise, four well produced tales of things that go bump in the night, more or less moulded on old twilight zone motifs, but with a distinctly modern Thai flavour. So it is rather nice to see with the sequel that not only has the production values improved, but the stories are across the board solid whilst keeping the spirit of the enterprise unchanged. In short, the collective of directors has successfully raised the bar. This is the film that Trick 'R Treat should have been, a solid mixture of tones and organically connected stories interspersed with comedy grace notes.
First we start with Novice, a very snazzy Owl Creek Bridge story about a boy who has done some stupid things in his youth and joins a monastery. His own personal hell is set across the backdrop of...
First we start with Novice, a very snazzy Owl Creek Bridge story about a boy who has done some stupid things in his youth and joins a monastery. His own personal hell is set across the backdrop of...
- 7/10/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Phobia
Stars: Laila Boonyasak, Pongsatorn Jongwilak, Maneerat Kham-uan | Directed by Yongyoot Thongkongtoon, Paween Purikitpanya, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom
Phobia is a compendium of four short horror films – in the style of the classic Us horror movies such as Tales From The Crypt, Twilight Zone: The Movie and Creepshow – from a selection of Thai directors.
The first, ‘Happiness’, directed by Yongyoot Thongkongtoon, focuses exclusively on a lone occupant of a single room, a young woman incarcerated in her apartment due to a broken leg suffered in a car accident. She is bored and lonely until she starts receiving text messages from an unknown stranger. Thongkongtoon’s ponderous and quasi-poetic direction adeptly transforms familiar surroundings into first unsettling and then frightening environments. This dialogue-free short is the most subtle of the quartet and a strong opening salvo.
Paween Purikitpanya’s ‘Tit for Tat’ follows, in which a group of bullies are expelled...
Stars: Laila Boonyasak, Pongsatorn Jongwilak, Maneerat Kham-uan | Directed by Yongyoot Thongkongtoon, Paween Purikitpanya, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom
Phobia is a compendium of four short horror films – in the style of the classic Us horror movies such as Tales From The Crypt, Twilight Zone: The Movie and Creepshow – from a selection of Thai directors.
The first, ‘Happiness’, directed by Yongyoot Thongkongtoon, focuses exclusively on a lone occupant of a single room, a young woman incarcerated in her apartment due to a broken leg suffered in a car accident. She is bored and lonely until she starts receiving text messages from an unknown stranger. Thongkongtoon’s ponderous and quasi-poetic direction adeptly transforms familiar surroundings into first unsettling and then frightening environments. This dialogue-free short is the most subtle of the quartet and a strong opening salvo.
Paween Purikitpanya’s ‘Tit for Tat’ follows, in which a group of bullies are expelled...
- 5/14/2010
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
Fans of foreign horror and anthology flicks should be rubbing their hands together with glee as the Thai hit Phobia lands on UK DVD shelves on May 10th.
From the Press Release:
“Yongyoot Thongkongtoon kicks things off with ‘Happiness’, a dialogue-free installment featuring a teenage girl, housebound due to injuries received in a taxi accident, whose only connection to the outside world is via her mobile phone. Another boring evening starts to look promising when she begins receiving friendly text messages from a mysterious boy. Things take a turn for the worse when it becomes apparent that the texts are being sent from beyond the grave by a lonely corpse and he’s very keen to meet up…
In ‘Tit For Tat’ a group of dope-smoking school bullies face bloody, ‘Final Destination’-style retribution when their latest victim, a fellow student, seeks revenge via black magic and a terrifying curse...
From the Press Release:
“Yongyoot Thongkongtoon kicks things off with ‘Happiness’, a dialogue-free installment featuring a teenage girl, housebound due to injuries received in a taxi accident, whose only connection to the outside world is via her mobile phone. Another boring evening starts to look promising when she begins receiving friendly text messages from a mysterious boy. Things take a turn for the worse when it becomes apparent that the texts are being sent from beyond the grave by a lonely corpse and he’s very keen to meet up…
In ‘Tit For Tat’ a group of dope-smoking school bullies face bloody, ‘Final Destination’-style retribution when their latest victim, a fellow student, seeks revenge via black magic and a terrifying curse...
- 4/19/2010
- by Pestilence
- DreadCentral.com
A lot of you Thai horror fans out there may well have already picked this up when it hit Hong Kong DVD last year. But for those that didn’t, 'Phobia' (aka ‘4bia’) the blockbusting hit horror anthology - of four films of horror in one - from Thai studio Gth, is finally set to be released on the unsuspecting UK public via Icon Entertainment. Each of the segments is directed by some of Thailand’s best and up-and-coming masters of modern horror movies: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom (directors of Shutter and Alone), Phavee Purijidpanya (director Body), and Youngyut Tongkontund (The producer of Alone and Body). Each short had a 25-minute limit too fill. And they did a bang on, damn creepy job too. Phobia is released May 10th. Here is a synopsis for each part.
- 4/1/2010
- 24framespersecond.net
Directors: Pisanthanakun, Purijitpanya, Sugmakanan, Wongpoom, Poolvoralaks. Review: Adam Wing. Thai horror anthology Phobia (a.k.a. 4bia) was a big hit in 2008, proving that there’s plenty of life (or should that be death) in the tired Asian horror genre. The sequel arrived a year later, rather predictably shattering Thailand's box-office records once again. The follow-up offers five chilling shorts not four, now there’s a twist, which means that the playful title of the original is redundant this time around. Paween Purijitpanya (Body), Parkpoom Wongpoom (Shutter) and Banjong Pisanthanakun (Alone) return to helm a segment each, alongside Songyos Sugmakanan (Dorm) and veteran producer Wisoot Poolvoralaks (Nang-Nak), who take charge of the remaining two chapters. Phobia 2 opens with the tale of Novice, where a young boy has gone into hiding at a Buddhist monastery, his attempts to evade the law take a deadly turn when his criminal past comes back to haunt him.
- 2/9/2010
- 24framespersecond.net
Thai horror continues to go from strength to strength with “Phobia 2” (also more awkwardly referred to as “4bia 2”), sequel to the popular 2008 anthology piece. This time around the film offers not four, but five short tales of terror, with producer Yongyoot Thongkongtoon (“Iron Ladies”) pulling together an impressive line up of top directors in the returning Paween Purijitpunya (“Body”), and Parkpoom Wongpoom and Banjong Pisonthanakun (co-helmers of the blockbusters “Shutter” and “Alone”), along with newcomers Songyos Sugmakanan (“Dorm”) and Wisoot Poolworraluck (a veteran Thai producer, who worked on “Nang-Nak”). Although horror anthologies can be notoriously hit and miss affairs, the film was a massive commercial success, breaking box office records during its domestic release and becoming the country’s top grossing genre production of all time. First up is “Novice”, from Paween Purijitpanya, which follows a young delinquent teen called Pey (Jirayu Raongmanee), whose mother dumps him at an isolated...
- 1/19/2010
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
Phobia 2 the sequel to the hit 2008 Thai horror anthology, has finally made it way to English friendly DVD via a Hong Kong release. This second instalment includes segments from a swathe of returning Thai horror movie making maestros, including; Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom (of 'Shutter' fame), as well as Paween Purikitpanya ('Body #19'), Songyos Sugmakanan ('Dorm'), and Visute Poolvoralaks. In Novice, a young punk goes hiding in a Buddhist monastery to evade the law but his criminal past comes back to haunt him. In Ward, a teenager wishes he was alone the night he is in the hospital ward with an old man in a coma. In Backpackers, a pair of Japanese backpackers in Thailand are dying to know what's inside the trailer of the truck they hitchhike on. In Salvage, a car dealer refurbishes damaged cars and sells them to unsuspecting bargain hunters. In the End, a...
- 1/5/2010
- 24framespersecond.net
Santa is bringing all us horror fans a Xmas treat this year, yes its a English Subtitled release of the rather excellent and heavly twitch featured Phobia sequel Phobia 2.
See the link below to Moviexclusive to purchase the DVD!
A collection of five horror stories, from the studio that made Shutter, Dorm, Body #19, Alone, Coming Soon, 4Bia. By Thailands most talented horror film directors- Banjong Pisanthanakun (Shutter, Alone, 4Bia - In the Middle), Paween Purijitpanya (Body, 4Bia- Tit for Tat), Songyos Sugmakanan (Dorm, Hormones), Parkpoom Wongpoom (Shutter, Alone, 4Bia - Last Fright), and a new director Visute Poolvoralaks the man behind the success of Shutter, Alone, 4Bia, and Coming Soon.
See the link below to Moviexclusive to purchase the DVD!
A collection of five horror stories, from the studio that made Shutter, Dorm, Body #19, Alone, Coming Soon, 4Bia. By Thailands most talented horror film directors- Banjong Pisanthanakun (Shutter, Alone, 4Bia - In the Middle), Paween Purijitpanya (Body, 4Bia- Tit for Tat), Songyos Sugmakanan (Dorm, Hormones), Parkpoom Wongpoom (Shutter, Alone, 4Bia - Last Fright), and a new director Visute Poolvoralaks the man behind the success of Shutter, Alone, 4Bia, and Coming Soon.
- 12/22/2009
- Screen Anarchy
You will find here the first teasers, stills, posters, synopsis rumors about upcoming horror movies presented at the American Film Market 2009 !! "Phobia 2" - Trailer and Sales Art The screaming experience from 2008 is about to return again with a portmanteau horror film by the most talented film directors including Banjong Pisanthanakun ("Shutter", "Alone", "4Bia"), Paween Purijitpanya ("Body", "4Bia"), Songyos Sugmakanan ("Dorm", "Hormones"), Parkpoom Wongpoom ("Shutter", "Alone", "4Bia"), and a new director Visute Poolvoralaks (the man behind the success of "Shutter", "Alone", "4Bia", and "Coming Soon"). "Scream 4" - Promo Art Here's the official sales synopsis for "Scream IV". The horror series that reignited the genre and grossed more than $500 Million worldwide is...
- 11/15/2009
- www.ohmygore.com/
In any language anthologies kick ass. With Afm right around the corner, the sales art and official international trailer for Phobia 2 from Thailand have barreled their way online, and this one looks like a winner!
Directors on board include Banjong Pisanthanakun (Shutter, Alone, 4Bia), Paween Purijitpanya (Body, 4Bia), Parkpoom Wongpoom (Shutter, Alone, 4Bia), Songyos Sugmakanan (Dorm, Hormones), and first-timer Visute Poolvoralaks (the producer behind the success of Shutter, Alone, 4Bia, and Coming Soon).
Dig on the goods below, and check out the official Phobia 2 website for more.
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Directors on board include Banjong Pisanthanakun (Shutter, Alone, 4Bia), Paween Purijitpanya (Body, 4Bia), Parkpoom Wongpoom (Shutter, Alone, 4Bia), Songyos Sugmakanan (Dorm, Hormones), and first-timer Visute Poolvoralaks (the producer behind the success of Shutter, Alone, 4Bia, and Coming Soon).
Dig on the goods below, and check out the official Phobia 2 website for more.
- Uncle Creepy
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- 11/4/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The English subtitled teaser has been released for the upcoming Thai horror film 'Phobia 2.' Phobia 2 is a five part horror anthology with some of Asia's best directors at the wheel. This includes segments from Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom (of 'Shutter' fame), as well as Paween Purikitpanya ('Body #19'), Songyos Sugmakanan ('Dorm'), and Visute Poolvoralaks. After viewing the first 'Phobia' and watching the 'Phobia 2' trailer, I must say this looks like another gem from Thailand. Being a fan of all the directors in this movie, I don't think 'Phobia 2' will let the genre buffs down. The full trailer is set for release next week, and the movie hits theaters in Thailand on September 9th.
- 7/30/2009
- 24framespersecond.net
Producers Gmm Tai Hub have been keeping quiet about their upcoming horror anthology Phobia 2 thus far but with the September release coming just around the corner a flood of posters and plot synopses for the horror collection - expanded out to five stories for this edition - has arrived.
Yes, both Parkpoom Wongpoom and Banjong Pisanthanakun - who jointly directed both Shutter and Alone before making their solo debuts in the original Phobia - return for this edition as does Body #19 director Paween Purikijpanya, which is good news all around, but the most exciting bit to me is the reunion of Dorm director Songyos Sugmakanan with star Charlie Trairat, who is looking to make the successful transition out of being a child actor and seems to be doing so remarkably well. That’s the Trairat poster included to the left here. The fifth slot here goes to long time producer...
Yes, both Parkpoom Wongpoom and Banjong Pisanthanakun - who jointly directed both Shutter and Alone before making their solo debuts in the original Phobia - return for this edition as does Body #19 director Paween Purikijpanya, which is good news all around, but the most exciting bit to me is the reunion of Dorm director Songyos Sugmakanan with star Charlie Trairat, who is looking to make the successful transition out of being a child actor and seems to be doing so remarkably well. That’s the Trairat poster included to the left here. The fifth slot here goes to long time producer...
- 7/23/2009
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
It's time for another installment of Fangoria Musick's Lists Of Doom - the column where we track down some of your favorite (or soon-to-be favorite) bands to get their thoughts on on the world of horror.
For number 15, we caught up with Mika Andre, bassist of the French band, Eryn Non Dae, whose Stateside debut Hydra Lernaia will arrive in-stores on June 23rd via Metal Blade Records. Mika's List of Doom is a bit different than what we usually see, with a strong lean toward Asian Horror.
Mika, the stage is yours...
I’m really into Asian horror movies because of their very calm and restrained atmosphere. Even if it’s a bit overrated now, there’s something very unique Ring had brought at the beginning; a kind of deep esthetic beauty in the horror.
Shutter
(Thai version, by Parkpoom Wongpoom and Banjong Pisanthanakun)
Another Asian ghost style movie but...
For number 15, we caught up with Mika Andre, bassist of the French band, Eryn Non Dae, whose Stateside debut Hydra Lernaia will arrive in-stores on June 23rd via Metal Blade Records. Mika's List of Doom is a bit different than what we usually see, with a strong lean toward Asian Horror.
Mika, the stage is yours...
I’m really into Asian horror movies because of their very calm and restrained atmosphere. Even if it’s a bit overrated now, there’s something very unique Ring had brought at the beginning; a kind of deep esthetic beauty in the horror.
Shutter
(Thai version, by Parkpoom Wongpoom and Banjong Pisanthanakun)
Another Asian ghost style movie but...
- 6/13/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
- Fangoria
Oh Thailand. You’re so crazy. Clearly one of the better received films at last year’s Toronto After Dark Film Festival was the horror omnibus film Phobia. While not strong as a whole each piece had their strengths and it was proven to be wildly successful in delivering thrills and chills. And what do you do when you’ve got something successful? Why, you do it all over again and hope to scare more of the bajiggers out your audience. Phobia 2 is coming this September to Thailand. There are three returning directors and one new director.
The screaming experience from 2008 is about to return again with a portmanteau horror film by the most talented film directors – Banjong Pisanthanakun (Shutter, Alone, 4Bia – In the Middle), Paween Purijitpanya (Body, 4Bia- Tit for Tat), Songyos Sugmakanan (Dorm), and Parkpoom Wongpoom (Shutter, Alone, 4Bia – Last Fright).
I loved the first one and I...
The screaming experience from 2008 is about to return again with a portmanteau horror film by the most talented film directors – Banjong Pisanthanakun (Shutter, Alone, 4Bia – In the Middle), Paween Purijitpanya (Body, 4Bia- Tit for Tat), Songyos Sugmakanan (Dorm), and Parkpoom Wongpoom (Shutter, Alone, 4Bia – Last Fright).
I loved the first one and I...
- 5/16/2009
- by Mack
- Screen Anarchy
More great news coming out of Cannes, for Asian horror fans. Thai studio Gmm have revealed at the fest they're plans for a sequel to last years hit horror anthology Phobia (aka 4bia). The follow up will again be a Portmanteau Horror compilation featuring different segments, helmed by a who’s who of top Thai horror movie making talent - including: Banjong Pisanthanakun (Shutter, Alone), Paween Purijitpanya (Body), Songyos Sugmakanan (Dorm), and Parkpoom Wongpoom (Shutter, Alone). The film is planned for release in September, 09. Straight onto the must see list for that then.
- 5/15/2009
- 24framespersecond.net
More great news coming out of Cannes, for Asian horror fans. Thai studio Gmm have revealed at the fest they're plans for a sequel to last years hit horror anthology Phobia (aka 4bia). The follow up will again be a Portmanteau Horror compilation featuring different segments, helmed by a who’s who of top Thai horror movie making talent - including: Banjong Pisanthanakun (Shutter, Alone), Paween Purijitpanya (Body), Songyos Sugmakanan (Dorm), and Parkpoom Wongpoom (Shutter, Alone). No word yet on any of the plots, but the film is planned for release in September, 09. Straight onto the must see list for that then.
- 5/15/2009
- 24framespersecond.net
More great news coming out of Cannes, for Asian horror fans. Thai studio Gmm have revealed at the fest they're plans for a sequel to last years hit horror anthology Phobia (aka 4bia). The follow up will again be a Portmanteau Horror compilation featuring different segments, helmed by a who’s who of top Thai horror movie making talent - including: Banjong Pisanthanakun (Shutter, Alone), Paween Purijitpanya (Body), Songyos Sugmakanan (Dorm), and Parkpoom Wongpoom (Shutter, Alone). The film is planned for release in September, 09. Straight onto the must see list for that then.
- 5/15/2009
- 24framespersecond.net
While horror anthologies have fallen on hard times Stateside in last decade, with the very sporadic likes of Trapped Ashes relegated to the most limited big-screen play before heading to DVD, the format has flourished in Asia. The Three movies, Unholy Women and others bespeak Far East producers’ commitment to offering tasty samplers of different kinds of fear, and Thailand has now entered the fray with the cleverly monikered 4Bia, playing this week at the Philadelphia Film Festival.
Like all its predecessors, this one’s a mixed bag, but its good far outweighs its bad, and more than any of its predecessors, it offers a genuine variety of stylistic approaches, revealing just how broad the genre’s possibilities are. At Montreal’s Fantasia fest, where the film had its international premiere, one of the quartet of filmmakers remarked that there had been some discussion about how to order the segments,...
Like all its predecessors, this one’s a mixed bag, but its good far outweighs its bad, and more than any of its predecessors, it offers a genuine variety of stylistic approaches, revealing just how broad the genre’s possibilities are. At Montreal’s Fantasia fest, where the film had its international premiere, one of the quartet of filmmakers remarked that there had been some discussion about how to order the segments,...
- 3/30/2009
- Fangoria
The good folks at Tla Releasing which provide great genre fare via their Danger After Dark label have just sent out a press release containing just a few of the genre films playing at the Philly Film Fest which has over 250 films this year. Some notables: I Sell The Dead, Able, Linkeroever (Left Bank), Moon and one of our personal favorites, Before The Fall.
Festival website Runs March 26th through April 6th.
Oh, not to mention the 20th Century Boys part 2 world premier!
So check after the break for the sneak peek!
Danger After Dark Program 09
I Sell The Dead (USA, 2008) Directed by Glenn McQuaid.
[our review]
Starring Dominic Monahan, Larry Fessenden, Ron Perlman, Angus Scrimm. Vampires, ghouls and vicious rivalries are just part of the fantastical adventures this devilishly mischievous horror film that slayed audiences at Slamdance 09 and Toronto After Dark Film Festival. East Coast Premiere
Able (USA/Germany, 2008) Directed by Marc Robert.
Festival website Runs March 26th through April 6th.
Oh, not to mention the 20th Century Boys part 2 world premier!
So check after the break for the sneak peek!
Danger After Dark Program 09
I Sell The Dead (USA, 2008) Directed by Glenn McQuaid.
[our review]
Starring Dominic Monahan, Larry Fessenden, Ron Perlman, Angus Scrimm. Vampires, ghouls and vicious rivalries are just part of the fantastical adventures this devilishly mischievous horror film that slayed audiences at Slamdance 09 and Toronto After Dark Film Festival. East Coast Premiere
Able (USA/Germany, 2008) Directed by Marc Robert.
- 3/2/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Proving once again that Thailand is leading the charge when it comes to Asian horror cinema, three of Thailand youngest horror directors teamed up with a veteran director and all contributed a short of their own for the anthology 4bia, or Phobia, in case the tricky use of numbers for letters got beyond you. Two of the names should already be familiar to the Twitch family. Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom are the makers of the original and much, much better Shutter as well as last year’s Audience Award Winner, Alone. They were joined by one of their contemporaries, Paween Purijitpanya, who directed Body #19, and, shooting a horror film for the first time, Yongyoot Thongkongtoon. He also happens to be the mentor of the other three directors. I cannot help but think these lines from A New Hope. Indulge me for a second.
Darth Vader-The circle is now complete.
Darth Vader-The circle is now complete.
- 10/22/2008
- by Mack
- Screen Anarchy
This year will be the 14th for the Fantasia Film Festival, and the fest just keeps getting bigger and better every year. They’re hosting a huge number of films over the course of the Fest’s three weeks, July 3rd- 21st, and this morning we got exclusive word about one premiere that fans of Thai horror are going to flip for.
Fantasia will be honoring Thai filmmakers Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom (the original Shutter as well as Alone), who will be guests at the festival to showcase the international premiere of their latest horror offering, 4bia (or “phobia”, if you read it right), an omnibus featuring four shorts from four different directors.
Banjong and Parkpook will also be at the Montreal premiere of Alone, which was supposed to play last year but got bumped, and the other two directors whose work is featured in 4bia, Yongyoot Thongkongtoon (he...
Fantasia will be honoring Thai filmmakers Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom (the original Shutter as well as Alone), who will be guests at the festival to showcase the international premiere of their latest horror offering, 4bia (or “phobia”, if you read it right), an omnibus featuring four shorts from four different directors.
Banjong and Parkpook will also be at the Montreal premiere of Alone, which was supposed to play last year but got bumped, and the other two directors whose work is featured in 4bia, Yongyoot Thongkongtoon (he...
- 6/23/2008
- by Johnny Butane
- DreadCentral.com
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