Wichanon will be in Berlinale Talent Campus#8 2010
posted on 24 Jan 2010 20:44 by infestfilmDear Wichanon Somumjarn!! Congratulations! It is with pleasure that we invite you to attend the BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS #8 in Berlin from February 13th to the 18th, 2010. You were selected from over 4700 applicants from 128 countries.
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Speak in English agian (I hate it!!!)
http://www.berlinale-talentcampus.de/campus/talent/wichanon-somumjarn/profile
Tiang Naa Noi Koi Rak go to Rotterdam
posted on 24 Jan 2010 20:43 by infestfilmThey present my film:
"Are sneaky activities fun when there is nobody to check up on you? Four
teenagers use a small hut in the middle of a rice paddy as a pub.
Four
teenagers use a small hut in the middle of a rice paddy as a pub. Here,
they can eat, drink, talk and laugh undisturbed. But is this fun when
nobody keeps an eye on you? A small film about loneliness and loss."
See more in
http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/en/films/tiang-naa-noi-koi-rak
News update from Electric Eel Films
posted on 24 Jan 2010 20:24 by infestfilm
January 2010
Electric Eel Films goes to Rotterdam!
Two
films by EEF are selected by International Film Festival Rotterdam.
“Mundane History” is in the Tiger Awards Competition, and “Four Boys,
White Whiskey, and Grilled Mouse” is in the short film section.
In addition, “By the Time It Gets Dark”, a new film by Anocha Suwichakornpong is selected by CineMart,
a co-production platform hosted by the IFFR.
List of the “Mundane” team who will be present at Rotterdam:
Anocha Suwichakornpong
Soros Sukhum
Lee Chatametikool
Ming Kai Leung
Wichanon Somumjarn
Links to screening dates and times of our films:
“Mundane History” featured in this month’s issue of Cahiers du Cinema.
Announcing two new projects for 2010!
Electric
Eel Films will be producing two new films this year. One is Anocha’s
new feature “By the Time It Gets Dark” -- the film is selected for this
year’s edition of CineMart. The other one is our collaboration with
Houdini Studio, Lee Chatametikool’s first feature “Past Love”, selected
for HAF (Hong Kong - Asian Film Financing Forum, March 2010). Watch
this space!
Electric Eel Films now has its own Facebook page. Become a fan to keep up with our news and activities:
December 2009
We’ve won two awards!
Electric Eel Films won two Bioscope Awards. One is Best Newcomer, given to EEF.
The other is Best Thai Film of 2009, given to “Mundane History” (Jao Nok Krajok).
Thank you so so much!!!
Here’s the link to the award presentation:
(via fuse blog)
The local boy who came from the Chee River will go to Europe.
posted on 19 Dec 2009 22:34 by infestfilm
The local boy will go to Rotterdam and Berlin.
Electric Eel Films Update - July-August 2009
posted on 13 Aug 2009 13:07 by infestfilm"Mundane History" (Jao Nok Krajok) is one of the three films selected by Paris Project Screenings. The Paris Project Screenings, part of Paris Cinema, screen work-in-progress films to invited industry professionals, sales agents, and distributors.
“Mundane History” has just received the post-production support from Asian Cinema Fund (ACF), Pusan International Film Festival. We are sincerely grateful to ACF to be given this award. THANK YOU!!!
Wichanon Somumjarn has been selected to participate in Asian Film Academy (AFA), to be held in Pusan during the Festival this October. Wichanon is one of the two filmmakers from Thailand who made the cut; the other being Phuttiphong Aroonpheng.
Last but not least, both Wichanon’s “Four Boys, White Whiskey, and Grilled Mouse” and Wasunan’s “Dao” are in Competition at this years’ Thai Short Film & Video Festival. The two films are among the 14 shorts competing for the R. D. Pestonji Award. Congratulations to both filmmakers!
In addition, Anocha’s new work “Old Heart” -- a video journal – will be presented at the Thai Short Film & Video Festival, in the opening programme, and also in “Siam and a Century” programme.
May I go to Pusan, please?
posted on 18 Jul 2009 11:11 by infestfilm
Successful candidates for AFA 2009 fellowship
List of 24 fellows:
http://afa.piff.org/template/news/read.asp?Page=1&Num=159&Location=ENG_NEWS
