Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Biography: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (Thai: เป็นเอก รัตนเรือง) A Thai film director and screenwriter best known for his arthouse work "Last Life in the Universe", and is considered to be one of Thai cinema's leading "new wave" auteurs, alongside Wisit Sasanatieng and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. He goes by the nickname Tom and is sometimes credited as Tom Pannet.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 08, 1962
Deathday: N/A
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Behind the Blur
2009-01-01
Behind the Blur
Overview: An insightful documentary about Thai cinema, which features a colourful and long running film history, yet struggles as the industry attempts to move forward. This film examines the past and focuses on the Thai New Wave since 1997 by combining film clips, and interviews from Thai directors and others artists, like Asian hip-hop sensation Thaitanium, who are trying to create a more personal style of art.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster Crows
2014-10-04
Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster Crows
Overview: Southeast Asia Cinema - When the rooster crows is a voice of diversity reaching for change. Brillante Mendoza, Eric Khoo, Garin Nugroho, Pen Ek Ratanaruang give voice to a region rich with traditions, ethnic groups, languages, politics, and religions. It is cinema, at its purest form, fighting for freedom of expression, documenting real lives of ordinary people, giving voice to the underdogs and the outcasts. The amalgamation of these aspects gives birth to an ultra-neo-realistic cinema language currently unique to films from this region.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-04
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Citizen Dog
2004-12-12
Citizen Dog
Overview: Pod decides to change jobs after losing his finger at a sardine packing plant. His new job as a security guard comes with an unexpected perk in the form of a lanky maid who carries a mysterious white book.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: th
Release Date: 2004-12-12
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The Master
2014-11-27
The Master
Overview: A Thai documentary about 'Van VDO' the VHS shop in 1990s. The shop established the independent cinema scene for Thai audience by selling VHS of American, European, and Asian indie films. However, all of them are pirate and illegal.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: th
Release Date: 2014-11-27
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