NAWAPOL THAMRONGRATTANARIT (http://visuallyyours2.exteen.com/ ) and ENNISDELMAR (http://maximomlist.exteen.com/ ) wrote a comment on these short films. You can read their comments in Thai at:
http://film.nitade39.net/board/viewtopic.php?t=104&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
This is the list of the films that I saw in KANG JOR 14 in my preferential order:
NOTE 1: I give the grades according to my own pleasure in viewing the films. So if any director happened to read my comment, please bear in mind that these grades actually mean nothing. The film I like the least in this festival might be a very good film, but I just don’t like romantic films. This is just a comment from an ordinary audience. I usually give A+ to bad movies.
NOTE 2: Most of the films I saw have no official English titles at the moment, so I translate the titles by myself from the Thai titles. These titles might differ from their official English titles in the future. I also transcribe the names and nicknames of the directors by myself, so these names might be spelled differently in other places.
NOTE 3: I apologize in advance if I write anything wrong.
1.YE THAMMA (2007, Wattana Rujirojsakul, A+) 15 min
This film satires many Thai social, religious, and political problems in a very funny way. It is daring. It also seems to condemn the Thai censorship board for the case of SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY. This is a kind of film which I like very much, because it records the political problems of Thailand. This film also reminds of the films directed by Manutsak Dokmai (DON’T FORGET ME) and Prap Boonpan (SPECTRE: 16 YEARS LATER), which also records the problems of Thailand, and in some cases involve a lot of talking. But the main difference is that YE THAMMA is a comedy, while the films by Manutsak Dokmai and Prap Boonpan are a bit more serious. However, I think all these films by Manutsak Dokmai, Prap Boonpan, and Wattana Rujirojsakul might be called ESSAYISTIC FILMS, which is a kind of films which are rare to be found in Thailand.
2.WASABI (2007, Asit Wangsuekul or Q, A+) 30 min
3.GRANDMOTHER (KHUN YAI) (2007, Nawanont Wongkajit or Nont, A+) 4 min
4.FAT GIRL (CONTEMPORARY DANCE FILM) (2007, Chanchana Akajirattikal, A+)
5.GREEN PLANET (KHAJEE POP) (2007, Tanapol Chaowanit or Dew, A+) 15 min
I like the content of this film very much, because it questions some of the practices of the anti-global warming campaign.
6.THE SUCKSEED (2007, Chayanop Boonprakob or Moo, A+) 30 min
7.UGLY IS BEAUTIFUL (2007, Sukhapat Lohwatcharin, A+) 27 min
8.AWAY (2007, Patpimpa Chantranontawongs or Fai, A+) 12 min, black and white
9.JOB APPLICATION (SAMAK NGAN) (2007, Wanwaew Hongwiwat + Waewwan Hongwiwat, A+/A) 20 min
I think the emotion in this film doesn’t run smoothly in some parts, but what I like very much is the heroine of this film. I think she is a very interesting character. She is very much like a normal person who feels insecure about the future, and gets torn between the desire to stand on her own feet or giving her dream up and bowing down to her biased mother. I think this film can be adapted into a feature film focusing on the dramatic life of the heroine, her fear, her hope, her shattered dream, during this turning point in her life.
If the heroine of this film is successful in her job application and her career, I imagine that her life might be like the heroine of JANE (2006, Tania Sng, Singapore, A+), who feels unhappy even if she is materially successful. These two films should make a good double bill.
10.POLICE SERGEANT YEMAR AND THE MURDER MYSTERY CASE 2: LUCKY COOKIE ROBBERY (2007, Thanes Limcharoen or Giaw, A+/A) 20 min
11.HA (2007, Punnawich Tessana, A+/A) 20 min
12.THE ZOMBIE CHICK (2007, Thitimon Mongkolsawasdi, A) 15 min
13.SCHOOL FOR MISTRESSES (BAAN NOI: STABUN PALIT CHOO) (2007, Suchanya Jantrakulasri, A) 20 min
14.IMAGES BEHIND YOUR BACK (PARP KANG LUNG) (2007, Tongtar Wipismakul or Tao, A) 8 min
Nawapol stars in this film. I like his anxious face very much.
15.CAN’T SEE (MONG MAI HEN) ( 2007, Orapim Choenkwansri or Pim, A) 8 min
I agree with Nawapol that I don’t understand this animation, but I still enjoy it.
16.POCKY (2007, Sarawan Weerawat or Joke, A-) 15 min
17.THE DAY I DISAPPEAR (WAN TEE CHAN HAI PAI) (2007, Thitirush Jariyatrakul or Leng, A-) animation, 7 min
18.THE INVISIBLE (2007, Buncha Sritinont, A-)
19.INSANE (FUN FUEN) ( 2007, Venusnun Kanchananukul, A-)
This is a music video.
20.LET GO (PLOI) (2007, Pimpimol Banlutangtam or Jib, A-/B+) 20 min
I like the first half of this film very much. I give A+ to the first half of this film. And I agree with Nawapol that the first half of this film is like a romantic dream of a woman.
21.TWIST LOVE BUS TICKET (TUA RUK PLIK LOCK) (2007, Kriangkrai Wachirathammaporn or Ping, B+) 20 min
FILM AND REAL LIFE 1
GREEN PLANET (KHAJEE POP) reminds me of many pieces of news I read, such as:
--The switching from petroleum to palm oil causes much deforestation, and many animals in Indonesia have been brutally killed in order to clear the forest to make palm plantation.
--Some farmers in cold countries turn to plant tropical plants, so that they can cut down the petroleum used in transporting this food from tropical countries. But they end up using much energy in heating the place where they plant tropical fruit or vegetable.
--IKEA supports the idea of using woods from plantation forest, not from indigenous forest, but some people comment that IKEA furniture are so trendy that the consumers tend to buy new ones every five year, instead of using the furniture for a long period.
A POSTER OF KANG JOR 14
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