The Golden Kingdom of Thailand is home to some of the most pungent and spicy fresh ingredients in the world. Regarded as the world's fourth most popular cuisine, Thailand is valued for its low fat content and health enhancing properties. Join Merrilees as she visits paddy fields and aircraft-hangar sized rice barges, shops in the floating markets of Bangkok and the night market in Chiang Mai and discovers beautiful fresh fruit and the notoriously smelly durian fruit.
Belonging Syndrome is a short documentary that follows Duang, a second-generation Italian-Thai girl. Duang, during a period of stay in a monastery. Through her inner diary, the film explores a suspended phase of life: the one in which identity it is not yet defined and belonging becomes an open question. The monastery becomes the physical and symbolic place where Duang observes herself. Immersed in a daily life marked by rituals, silences and repeated gestures, the protagonist goes through an experience of deep listening, in which time slows down and perception is refined. Belonging Syndrome talks about hybrid identities, cultural legacies that coexist without completely merging, the difficulty and possibility of inhabiting multiple worlds without having to choose just one. It is an intimate and contemplative story about the search for balance in a fragile and open phase of existence.
It follows two teenage rappers in Bangkok who use their musical talent to navigate their difficult circumstances.
Farang, the Thai word for foreigner, is the story of chef Andy Ricker and how he spun a 25-year obsession with Northern Thailand into the hit success that is his Pok Pok restaurant empire.
A housekeeper received a film made by her daughter. It's a film that combines found footages of Thailand during the Cold War with the present days images of Bangkok. Through these images she tells a story of the house owner and her own story of coming to the capital.
A short documentary about the Thai restaurant Sabai Sabai located in Middlebury, Vermont.
Filmed on January 5, 2023.4 friends travel the streets of Queens, NY.
The story of two children, Suea (Top Jaron) and Singh (Tai Chernyim), who grew up together with a monk (Phuang Chernyim) as their caretaker. The two have very different personalities. Suea is a well-behaved child who likes to be with others.
Zien is a conman who makes and sells fake Buddhist amulets. His nephew Riang is a chip off the old block, with many generations of gamblers' blood running through his veins.
Sanit, a noodle chef that try to fulfilled his dream. To be a boxer. His friend Sab, an old school boxer that suffer injury at his leg. Song, a friend who's thinking that Sanit boxing career will never work out. Sit, an old school musician who teach him about step.
Three parallel love stories set in three different cities are set against some of the major international events of the last five years, in this ambitious.
Suffering from acute kidney failure, Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave—the birthplace of his first life.
Three women meet in a cafe and tell each other ghost stories, from a story of an ancient drum with a hidden past, a magic love potion so strong that one can literally die from love, to and a murder case with a twist.
The true story of Muen, a Thai woman living in the 1800s under the rule of King Mongkut. At that time, women had no rights. Wives and daughters were bought and sold as if they were cattle. Muen is regarded as being the first Thai woman to stand up for women's rights.
When a murdered body of a highschool girl is found naked with a strange mark on her forehead used to prevent the vengeance of her spirit, Detective Khan from DSI is assigned to investigate the case. The dead girl is brought to Dr. Nicha at CIFS in Bangkok to find more clues and identify the body. Meanwhile, C, a former teenager's heartthrob is involved in this case when he begins to search for his lost ex-girlfriend. When the ghost is trying to connect to the living, Detective Khan starts to believe in something supernatural that leads him to the truth.
Strange things begin happening to Kouy, the beloved son of Taew, prompting her to seek help from Panda, the calm twin of the mischievous ghost Pancake.
A short film about Jami, who have traveled to Pattaya 17 times. This time he takes his son to trip with him.
Two people's loved ones die after they get a wax figure shaped like themselves. An investigation into the deaths brings the two together as they seek the truth behind the mystery.
A story of the unrequited love. Kwan's love for Riam grew fonder while her love for him seem to fade as she was taken to Bangkok.
After two business owners pull terrible pranks on their employees, they find themselves in an unexpected situation when they encounter real ghosts.