July 2010
 

Mundane History in Paris, La Rochelle, and Durban

Mundane History plays two festivals in France this month, Paris Cinema, where it is selected for International Competition http://www.pariscinema.org, and La Rochelle International Film Festival http://www.festival-larochelle.org.

Then, it will head to Durban International Film Festival, South Africa. The screening dates are July 27th and August 1st.

 

June 2010


Mundane History won top prize at Transilvania International Film Festival!

Mundane History was awarded the Transilvania Trophy, the top prize at the 9th Transilvania Int’l Film Festival at the award ceremony which took place on June 5th in Cluj, Romania. The award was presented by Wim Wenders, who himself, received a lifetime achievement award. http://www.tiff.ro/en/news/mundane-history-wins-the-transilvania-trophy/94


Mundane History in Edinburgh, Moscow, and Munich

Mundane History will have a UK premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival in Rosebud strand, a programme dedicated to first and second works from the directors to watch. http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/whats-on/2010/mundane-histor

Then, it will screen in Moscow International Film Festival before it heads to Filmfest Munchen where it is among 15 titles selected in Focus on the Far East programme. Another Thai film in the programme is this year’s Palme d’Or winner, Apichatpong’s “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives”. http://www.filmfest-muenchen.de/dc/ffm_en/filmabc/detail.asp?FilmID=3887


Mundane History in Mexico.

Mundane History is screening in the 1st Edition of DISTRITAL. Semana Semana de cine mexicano y otros mundos, http://www.distrital.mx


Four Boys, White Whiskey and Grilled Mouse in Poland and Germany.

Four Boys is screening in the 50th Krakow Film Festival, http://www.kff.com.pl/en/films/out_of_competition/38/four_boys__white_whiskey_and_grilled_mouse

Then, it will screen in 26th International Short Film Festival Hamburg, http://festival.shortfilm.com

 

May 2010

 
Mundane History in competitions in Spain and Romania.
 
"Mundane History” is competing in the Barcelona Asian Film Festival. http://www.baff-bcn.org/en/secciones/oficial
 
In Romania, ‘Mundane’ is in competition at Transilvania International Film Festival where it’s the only non-European film in the line-up and the first Thai film ever selected in the TIFF Competition! http://www.tiff.ro/en/news/competitions-line-ups-for-transilvania-iff-announced/20
 

Plus, ‘Mundane’ plays 3 U.S. cities this month;
 
Maryland Film Festival http://www.md-filmfest.com/schedule.cfm,
Seattle International Film Festival http://www.siff.net/festival/prelaunch.aspx,
and Melnitz Movies at UCLA http://happenings.ucla.edu/arts/event/27317

 

April 2010

 
Mundane History in competitions in Singapore and Belgium.
 
"Mundane History” is competing in the Singapore International Film Festival. It is among 12 titles selected in the Asian Feature Film Competition. For more info: http://www.filmfest.org.sg/displayFilm.php?filmID=132&filmCat=3
 
After Singapore, “Mundane” will head to the Open Doek Film Festival in Belgium, where it is also selected for competition: http://www.opendoek.be/?navigatieid=9&filmid=990
 
 
Four Boys, White Whiskey, and Grilled Mouse won Best Fiction Award from Tampere! This month, it is in another competition in Lisbon, plus another screening in Finland!
 
“Four Boys” won Best Fiction Award from Tampere Film Festival: http://www.tamperefilmfestival.fi, after which, it will screen in the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki on 23rd March: http://www.kiasma.fi/index.php?id=2404&L=1

“Four Boys” will head to IndieLisboa, where it is selected for International Competition in the Short Films category. For complete line-up, check out: http://www.indielisboa.com/support.php?lang=2&id=26


 

March 2010

 
Mundane History in New York, San Francisco, Spain, and Hong Kong!
 
Busy month. “Mundane History” will have a screening in New York on March 6 at 6:30 pm as part of Rotterdam @ BAM series. For tickets and more info, please visit:
 
After its New York screening, “Mundane” will screen at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival on March 14, 17, 18. For tickets and info, please visit:
 
Then, “Mundane” will compete in the New Directors section of the International Film Festival of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
 
And last, but certainly not least, two screenings at the Hong Kong International Film Festival, on March 27 and April 5.
 
 
Four Boys, White Whiskey, and Grilled Mouse in Finland!
 
Wichanon’s “Four Boys” has been selected in the International Competition at Tampere Film Festival, where it will screen on March 12 and 13 in a program with a cool name “System Error”. It is the only Thai film in the festival this year.
 
 
Lee Chatametikool’s PAST LOVE at HAF (Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum)
 
Lee’s first feature, “Past Love” will participate in HAF, a co-production platform hosted by Hong Kong International Film Festival, during March 22-24. The film is being produced by Houdini Studio and Electric Eel Films. Both Lee and Anocha will attend HAF.
 
 
****Meet Electric Eel Films / “Mundane” Team in Hong Kong!****
 
Most of our team will be present in Hong Kong during the festival. The list includes:
 
Anocha Suwichakornpong(director/producer)
Lee Chatametikool(director/editor)
Ming Kai Leung (DoP and director, who’s...umm...from Hong Kong, but wait, he lives in New York!) Arkaney “Pun” Cherkham from “Mundane History” (actor)
Wasunan Hutawach(office manager and everything else related to film production)
Tulapop Saenjaroen (film/video artist)
And our lovely intern Ohm Machima!
 
 
 
 
February 2010
 
Two awards from Rotterdam!
"Mundane History" by Anocha Suwichakornpong is one of the three films to win the Tiger Awards at International Film Festival Rotterdam. The other two winners are "Agua fria de mar" by Paz Fabrega and "Alamar" by Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio.
In addition, Anocha's new project "By the Time It Gets Dark" which was presented at CineMart, a co-production platform hosted by International Film Festival Rotterdam, was also awarded the Prince Claus Film Fund Grant. The jury, chaired by documentary filmmaker Bregtje van der Haak, was impressed by the “unconventional episodic storytelling” of Suwichakornpong's proposal – a highly personal take on contemporary Thailand.
 
Wichanon Somumjarn attended the 8th edition of Berlinale Talent Campus 2010. Wichanon was one of the two participants representing Thailand at the annual Talent Campus, a training program for up-and-coming young filmmakers hosted by the Berlinale. The other Thai participant was Noth Thongsriphong.
 
(via Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal)
 
 
 
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.
 
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4994859&id=228186450218
 
 
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)
Electric Eel Films