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.
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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!
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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)
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