BANGKOK, Thailand -- Extra Virgin, a new Thai independent film company created by former officials of the Bangkok International Film Festival, launched Wednesday with the announcement of a documentary about a media activist's clash with former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Founders Mai Meksawan and Ruengsang Sripaoraya, both with roots in BIFF, are joined in Bangkok-based Extra Virgin by Pimpaka Towira, director of the 2003 thriller One Night Husband, which played at film festivals including Pusan and Berlin.
Towira will direct two of the four films the company has quickly begun putting together since forming the company in April.
"There's an extreme gap in the film industry in Thailand between big studios and indie filmmakers, with nothing in between," Meksawan said. "We hope to connect these two worlds."
The company's first release is The Truth Be Told, a documentary directed by Towira about Supinya Klangnarong, a well-known media activist in Thailand, who suggested in a 2003 newspaper editorial that then-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was creating policies to benefit his telecommunications film.
Founders Mai Meksawan and Ruengsang Sripaoraya, both with roots in BIFF, are joined in Bangkok-based Extra Virgin by Pimpaka Towira, director of the 2003 thriller One Night Husband, which played at film festivals including Pusan and Berlin.
Towira will direct two of the four films the company has quickly begun putting together since forming the company in April.
"There's an extreme gap in the film industry in Thailand between big studios and indie filmmakers, with nothing in between," Meksawan said. "We hope to connect these two worlds."
The company's first release is The Truth Be Told, a documentary directed by Towira about Supinya Klangnarong, a well-known media activist in Thailand, who suggested in a 2003 newspaper editorial that then-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was creating policies to benefit his telecommunications film.
- 8/17/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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