LAV DIAZ RETROSPECTIVE IN BANGKOK AND PHUKET

DEATH IN THE LAND OF MELANCHOLIA: LAV DIAZ RETROSPECTIVE IN THAILAND

Duangkamol Filmhouse (Filmvirus), in coordination with the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC), King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi's Bangkok CODE, Bioscope magazine, Conference of Birds Gallery, and BO(OK)HEMIAN, invites you to see special species of films by Lav Diaz, a Filipino director who is the trailblazer of new independent filmmaking in the Philippines.

Lav Diaz is well-known as a director who never conforms to the studio system. He made most of his films by himself. He breaks the normal time boundary of film experience by making longer-than-average films, or films which are 5-10 hours long. Diaz's films unhurriedly tell the stories of ordinary people in the Philippines, and have been made to record, argue about, and make a firm political stand on his own country for the past two decades. His films have become the inspiration for the new generation of Filipino directors who have become the focus of international film festivals around the world.

Duangkamol Filmhouse invites all of you to see these epic films of ordinary people in venues around Bangkok and in Phuket, and participate in the discussions with Lav Diaz and Alexis Tioseco, a Filipino film critic.

Friday, July 31, 2009 at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre
16.00 hrs HEREMIAS BOOK II (rough cut) (2 hours)
18.00 hrs Discussion on the films of Lav Diaz and contemporary Filipino films with Lav Diaz, Alexis Tioseco, and Adadol Ingawanij


Saturday, August 1, 2009 at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre
12.00 hrs MELANCHOLIA (7 hours 30 minutes) (winner of Horizons Award at the 2008 Venice Film Festival)


Sunday, August 2, 2009 at Bangkok CODE
12.00 hrs DEATH IN THE LAND OF ENCANTOS (9 hours)


Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Campus Tour at Bangkok University


Saturday, August 8, 2009 at Conference of Birds Gallery
10.00 hrs EVOLUTION OF A FILIPINO FAMILY (11 hours)


Sunday, August 9, 2009 at Conference of Birds Gallery
12.00 hrs HEREMIAS BOOK 1 (9 hours)


Saturday, August 29, 2009 at BO(OK)HEMIAN, Phuket
12.00 hrs MELANCHOLIA (7 hours 30 minutes) (winner of Horizons Award at the 2008 Venice Film Festival)


Sunday, August 30, 2009 at BO(OK)HEMIAN, Phuket
12.00 hrs DEATH IN THE LAND OF ENCANTOS (9 hours)


Saturday, September 5, 2009 at BO(OK)HEMIAN, Phuket
12.00 hrs EVOLUTION OF A FILIPINO FAMILY (11 hours)


Sunday, September 6, 2009 at BO(OK)HEMIAN, Phuket
12.00 hrs HEREMIAS BOOK 1 (9 hours)


For more information, contact:
filmsick@gmail.com


Addresses and phone numbers:

The Bangkok Art and Culture Centre
839, Rama I Road, Wangmai, Patumwan District, Bangkok, 10330
Tel: 02-214-6630-1

Bangkok CODE
231/2, South Sathorn Road, Yannawa, Sathorn District, Bangkok 10120
Tel: 02-673-9434-5

Conference of Birds Gallery
131/18, Thanon Pan, Silom, Bangrak District, Bangkok, 10500
Tel: 02-492-1152

BO(OK)HEMIAN, Phuket
61, Thalang Road, Muang District, Phuket, 83000
Tel: 07-625-8254


NOTE: The information above is translated from Thai to English by me. Please tell me if there is anything that should be corrected. I'm not sure if I have used the right English words or not.

For more information on Lav Diaz, please read:
http://unspokencinema.blogspot.com/2009/06/links-lav-diaz.html