Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Two rookie soldiers are left at a garrison as other troops head to the city to deal with a protest. Now free, the soldiers smoke, play guitar and go fishing in the country, where they meet a girl.

Gatlang is the name of a small village at an altitude of 7400 feet located in Nepal. A land that no one has ever mentioned It was hidden under a secret area at the edge of the world's sky. what I heard before is a territory tucked away from the eyes of the people It was shrouded in a faint gray mist that shrouded in all directions. Only eyes can see this truth. That place calls for us to visit.

한 기자가 살인을 자백하는 태국의 귀신 폽을 만난다. 마침내 하소연할 상대를 찾은 폽은 살인이 어떻게 일어났는지 설명하고 자신의 이야기를 발행해 달라고 요청한다. 기자는 이를 거절했다가 대신 거부할 수 없는 조건을 내걸며 둘은 계약을 맺게 된다.

한 기자가 살인을 자백하는 태국의 귀신 폽을 만난다. 마침내 하소연할 상대를 찾은 폽은 살인이 어떻게 일어났는지 설명하고 자신의 이야기를 발행해 달라고 요청한다. 기자는 이를 거절했다가 대신 거부할 수 없는 조건을 내걸며 둘은 계약을 맺게 된다.

A soap opera actress finds herself increasingly pressured by her husband, a rich foreigner entirely devoted to a charismatic cult leader.

A soap opera actress finds herself increasingly pressured by her husband, a rich foreigner entirely devoted to a charismatic cult leader.

A soap opera actress finds herself increasingly pressured by her husband, a rich foreigner entirely devoted to a charismatic cult leader.

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.

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.

A stylish, urban woman ends up castaway on a deserted island, where she meets a rugged hermit. Solitude and detachment soon draw them together.

Paradoxocracy, co-directed with Pen-ek's longtime friend and producer, Pasakorn Pramoolwong, begins with the 1932 Siamese Revolution - which transformed Thailand from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional one - and works its way to the present day, chronicling the country's major political revolutions, movements and countless coups along the way. Using a combination of archival footage, voice-overs and interviews with 15 unnamed academics, activists and political leaders, the film presents the directors' personal journey to come to an understanding of how their country arrived at its current state of near-constant political division and dysfunction.

An anthology of one-minute films created by 60 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was screened one time only on a purpose-built 20x12 meter public cinema screen in the Port of Tallinn, Estonia, on 22 December 2011. A special projector was constructed for the event which allowed the actual filmstrip to be burnt at the same time as the film was shown.

A hitman named Tul is shot in the head during an assignment. When he wakes up from a two month coma Tul discovers that he literally sees everything upside down.

A hitman named Tul is shot in the head during an assignment. When he wakes up from a two month coma Tul discovers that he literally sees everything upside down.

A man came to Earth to gather water for his planet. A short made from recycled footage.

Thai directors give their take on Thailand's capital city of Bangkok: Bangkok Blues, Pi Makham, Sightseeing, Silence

An urban husband and wife travel to the jungle and learn just how precious their relationship is.

An urban husband and wife travel to the jungle and learn just how precious their relationship is.

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.

A husband and wife are locked inside a single hotel room with a stranger named Ploy. Subtle suspicions build up to jealousy as the young woman triggers devastating consequences for the couple.

A husband and wife are locked inside a single hotel room with a stranger named Ploy. Subtle suspicions build up to jealousy as the young woman triggers devastating consequences for the couple.

일본인 쿄지 (아사노 타다노부 분)는 마카오의 한 식당에서 부주방장으로 일한다. 배를 타고 식당에 출퇴근하는 것이 삶의 전부였던 그는 어느 날 삶이 송두리째 바뀌는 선택을 하게 된다. 바로 매력적인 식당 보스의 아내와 연인관계를 맺게 된 것이다. 그리고 오래지 않아 이 둘의 관계는 보스에게 발각 되 버리고 만다. 보스는 쿄지의 충성심을 시험해 보기 위해 자신의 부인이자 쿄지의 애인인 그 여자를 독살해 죽이라는 명령을 내리고 쿄지는 잔인한 살인을 준비한다... 그리고 보스는 그에게 푸켓으로의 보상 휴가를 허락하지만 낙원을 향하는 그의 객실은 초라하고 답답하기 그지 없다. 방을 나와 갑판에 오른 쿄지. 그의 눈 앞에 신비로운 분위기의 아름다운 여성- 노이(강혜정 분)가 서 있다. 쿄지는 그녀와의 만남이 계속될수록 그녀에게 깊이 빠져가지만 뜻밖의 사실이 드러나며 상황은 걷잡을 수 없이 흘러가는데...

One of three films commissioned by the Jeonju International Film Festival in 2006. It is a short film based on Beauty and an Airplane, a short story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Ratanaruang's film tells the story of a man (Ananda Everingham) who falls in love with a woman (Khemapsom Sirisukha) he sees at the check-in counter of an airport. Most of the film takes place in the sleek blackened interior of the plane's cabin -- the camera panning between the two seats, lighting now one, now the other of the occupants. The two passengers never exchange a word, title cards occasionally allowing us to know what the man is thinking. Those familiar only with his work on Dumplings or Wong Kar-wai's films might be surprised at cinematographer Christopher Doyle's uncustomary restraint. Christopher Doyle doubles as both taxi driver and captain in the film.

This program features three digital short films by Asian filmmakers. Singapore veteran filmmaker Eric Khoo's NO DAY OFF (39 min) records the life of a maid who leaves her husband and baby for Singapore. Darezhan Omirbayev's ABOUT LOVE (38 min) is a bitter love story based on Anton Chekhov's novel, in which a lonely math teacher falls in love with her married university classmate. Pen-ek Ratanaruang's TWELVE TWENTY (30 min) depicts the encounters of a man and a woman on a long haul flight, where they spend the next twelve hours and twenty minutes reading, drinking, eating and watching movies and sleeping by each other's side, as if they are a married couple.

One of three films commissioned by the Jeonju International Film Festival in 2006. It is a short film based on Beauty and an Airplane, a short story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Ratanaruang's film tells the story of a man (Ananda Everingham) who falls in love with a woman (Khemapsom Sirisukha) he sees at the check-in counter of an airport. Most of the film takes place in the sleek blackened interior of the plane's cabin -- the camera panning between the two seats, lighting now one, now the other of the occupants. The two passengers never exchange a word, title cards occasionally allowing us to know what the man is thinking. Those familiar only with his work on Dumplings or Wong Kar-wai's films might be surprised at cinematographer Christopher Doyle's uncustomary restraint. Christopher Doyle doubles as both taxi driver and captain in the film.

꿈이 없는 남자 팟은 꿈을 찾아 방콕으로 향한다. 도시에 가면 엉덩이에 꼬리가 날 거라는 할머니의 경고도 뒤로한 채. 방콕의 통조림 공장에서 일하는 팟. 어느 날 손가락을 잃어버린 팟은 겨우 손가락을 찾아 붙이고, 통조림 공장을 그만둔다. 대기업의 경비로 취직하는 팟. 팟은 그곳에서 뜻 모를 하얀 책을 가지고 다니는 청소부 아가씨 진을 만난다. 진을 본 순간, 사랑에 빠지는 팟. 팟은 그녀를 집에 바래다 주기 위해 이번엔 택시기사가 된다. 하지만 하얀 책을 읽을 수 있는 날, 자신의 꿈이 이뤄질 거라 믿는 진은 팟보다 환경운동가 피터에게 더 관심이 많다. 피터를 따라 환경운동가가 되는 진. 그녀의 집 앞은 그녀와 팟이 모은 플라스틱 병들로 어느새 산을 이룬다. 플라스틱 산 위에서 매일매일 진을 기다리는 팟. 꿈을 찾아 떠나버린 진은 팟을 만나러 그곳에 다시 올 수 있을까?

On hearing the news of the death of his sister, a Buddhist monk leaves the temple where he has lived since childhood and struggles to adjust to life on the outside as an uncle to a young niece and as a businessman running a hair salon in a small Thai town in a southern province. He even must learn to ride a bicycle and zip up his trousers without injuring himself. He is confronted by a flood of feelings - sexual, for a woman and family friend across the street; as well as fear and hatred for the Muslims, who he believes is responsible for his sister's death and other sorrows in his life.

An obsessive-compulsive Japanese librarian living in Bangkok spends most of his days contemplating suicide in his apartment. His life changes when he witnesses the death of a young girl and becomes acquainted with her elder sister.

An obsessive-compulsive Japanese librarian living in Bangkok spends most of his days contemplating suicide in his apartment. His life changes when he witnesses the death of a young girl and becomes acquainted with her elder sister.

An aspiring singer leaves his pregnant bride a radio for company when he is drafted into the army; unfit for military life, the man goes AWOL and joins a pop music troupe but soon after his wife tracks him down his life spirals out of control.

An aspiring singer leaves his pregnant bride a radio for company when he is drafted into the army; unfit for military life, the man goes AWOL and joins a pop music troupe but soon after his wife tracks him down his life spirals out of control.

A woman, fired from a financial corporation during the Asia crisis, returns home with no money. However, she finds a box with a fortune in front of her door, and decides to keep it. However, the people that left it there soon want it back.

A woman, fired from a financial corporation during the Asia crisis, returns home with no money. However, she finds a box with a fortune in front of her door, and decides to keep it. However, the people that left it there soon want it back.

A woman, fired from a financial corporation during the Asia crisis, returns home with no money. However, she finds a box with a fortune in front of her door, and decides to keep it. However, the people that left it there soon want it back.

Pu is a young woman who is having some bad dreams. Her father, meanwhile, has fallen in love with a karaoke bar hostess girl named Yok who's the girlfriend of a mobster. A hitman named Noi is then dispatched to kill the father, and Pu ends up falling in love with Noi.

Pu is a young woman who is having some bad dreams. Her father, meanwhile, has fallen in love with a karaoke bar hostess girl named Yok who's the girlfriend of a mobster. A hitman named Noi is then dispatched to kill the father, and Pu ends up falling in love with Noi.