ARGENTINEAN FILM WINS TOP AWARD AT BANGKOK FILM FESTIVAL
Monday, July 30 2007
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The Argentinean film XXY was awarded the Bangkok Film Festival's top prize, the Golden Kinnaree, Saturday night. The jury prize was won by China's Lost in Beijing, while James Lee's Before We Fall in Love Again won a separate all-Asian competition. Attendance at the Friday and Saturday screenings at the Central World multiplex rose, and seminars conducted on such issues as piracy and censorship were well attended despite remarks by panelists that seemed so pedantic that they matched the outdoor hot air (or, at any rate, so the English translation seemed). The censorship discussion on Saturday began with a film montage of comments on the issue from young people, ending with one young man denouncing dictatorship -- and being cut off. (Thailand is currently ruled by a military junta that seized power in a bloodless coup last September.) Meanwhile, the head of the Tourism Authority of Thailand said Sunday that while the TAT is pleased with the results of this year's festival it will need support from other government agencies to mount a large-scale film festival again next year. The budget of this year's festival was slashed by two-thirds from last year's.
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