HOPE (2008, Siwadol Ratee, A+++++)

I went to see 2008: VERY SHORT NEW YEAR CINE-BRATION yesterday. This event shows 29 Thai short films. Each of them is about 3-minute long. I like this event very much, though there might not be a real great film in this event. I think most of the films in this event are not highly ambitious. So watching these films makes me feel like having a casual talk with many people, instead of feeling like listening to someone making a presentation or making a report about some serious topics in front of the class. The latter kind of feeling is the feeling I get when I watch some films in the Thai short film competition.


These are the list of films:
(Some films have no official English titles, so some English titles which appear here are the ones I translate from the Thai titles.)

GROUP A+
(in alphabetical order)

1.CULTURE AND NATURE (Prap Boonpan)
2.GIRAFFE (Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit)
3.HOPE (Siwadol Ratee)
4.SILENT LIGHTS (Panu Aree)
5.SPORT NEWS: THE BULLSHIT ARE GOING, THE WANDERING GHOSTS ARE COMING (Manussak Dokmai)
6.TARN (Wanweaw Hongwiwat + Weawwan Hongwiwat)
7.2008 (Soraya Nakasuwan)
8.UNIFIED FIELD (Jakrawan Nilthamrong)


GROUP A+/A
(in alphabetical order)

9.ANOTHER EVENING OF THE THIRD (Wiwat Lertwiwatwongsa)
10.2008, LET’S COME OUT (Thanapol Chaowanich)
11.…UNPRONOUNCABLE IN THE LINGUISTIC IMPERIALISM OF YOURS (Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke)
12.WE SHALL TRY TO GIVE THIS FILM A DIFFICULT TITLE AS 200ooPs! (Kriangkrai Wachirathammaporn)


GROUP A
(in alphabetical order)

13.AMEE AMIGO (Thitimon Mongkolsawasdi + Nichamon Mongkolsawasdi)
14.IF IT WAS THEN, HE WOULD CALL THIS THING LOVE (Punlop Horharin)
15.A LITTLE BLISS (Teepisit Mahaneeranont)
16.NEW YEAR AGAIN (Winai Kitcharoen)
17.ROY TAI PRAE (Uruphong Raksasad)
18.TIMELESS MEMORY AND EVERYTHING I’VE DONE FOR YOU (Tanwarin Sukhapisit)
19.2008 (Tulapop Saenjaroen)
20.2008…YEAR OF PROSPERITY OR BANKRUPTCY (Prempapat Palitpolkarnpim)
21.UP AND DOWN 2551 (Sivaroj Kongsakul)


GROUP A/A-
(in alphabetical order)

22.A CONVERSATION WITH A WHORE ABOUT A WHORE (Patana Chirawong)
23.GOODBYE, 2008 (Yanin Pongsuwan)
24.ONE MORE NIGHT STAND (Chakorn Chaipreecha)
25.OY IS 3 MINUTE LATE (Teepanun Petchsri)
26.REVERSE (Noppasorn Limchaiyawat)
27.STILL (Nuttorn Kangwanklai)
28.THE STORY OF SIAM SQUARE IN THE EARLIER YEARS AND THE NEXT YEAR (Pas Pattanakamjorn)
29.TIME STILL DESTROYS EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH (Kanchat Rungseekarnsong)