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CUTBACKS JEOPARDIZE BANGKOK FILM FESTIVAL
Jul 26 2007 
Budgetary cutbacks imposed by Thailand's new military regime on the Bangkok Film Festival appear to (more)

VAJNA FILM OPENS BANGKOK FESTIVAL
Jul 19 2007 
The Bangkok Film Festival was scheduled to open tonight (Thursday) with the screening of the (more)

COUPLE ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF BRIBING THAI OFFICIALS
Wednesday, December 19 2007    Digg!
The FBI has arrested Gerald and Pat Green on charges of violating the corrupt practices act by bribing officials in Thailand as part of their efforts to secure a deal to manage the Bangkok Film Festival. According to the complaint, the Greens paid $1.7 million in the form of kickbacks to an unnamed Thai official, who is believed to be Juthamas Siriwan, who served as the governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand between 2003 and 2006, when the Greens operated the festival under their Film Festival Management company. Juthamas, who had been running for parliament in next week's elections, pulled out of the contest today (Wednesday) following word of the arrests, although she denied any involvement in the alleged bribery. The indictment charges that the bribe money was transferred to bank accounts in Singapore, the United Kingdom and the Isle of Jersey, several of which were held by the daughter of the TAT official.


CONTROVERSIAL ANIMATED FILM TO BE FRANCE'S OSCAR ENTRY
Tuesday, September 18 2007 
The award-winning animated film Persepolis, which tells the story of an Iranian girl growing up at the time of the Islamic revolution, has been selected as France's entry in the 2008 Oscars for best foreign-language film. The film took the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival this year and has been selected to close the New York Film Festival next month. Nevertheless, it has been denounced by Iranian officials, who demanded that it be (more)

ARGENTINEAN FILM WINS TOP AWARD AT BANGKOK FILM FESTIVAL
Monday, July 30 2007 
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 (more)

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