Bangkok International Film Festival

Held yearly in January or February in Bangkok, Thailand

(THE FESTIVAL WAS NOT HELD IN 2010)

Categories: International Competition, Asean Competition, Asian Short Films Competition, New Voices (for 1^st or 2^nd time feature directors), Documentaries Competition

Requirements: entries should have been produced within the last 18 months

Awards: Competition for locally produced digital films with cash awards

Fee: US$65, free from ASEAN films

Co-organised by the Tourism Authority of Thailand and the private American company, Festival Management, Bangkok International Film Festival will host its fifth edition in 2007.

The event presents an exciting programme of world-class films, informative workshops, master classes, symposiums, special tributes, the Bangkok Film Market (BFM), and, of course, the spectacular special events for which Thailand has become so well known to the viewing public.

Associated with the festival, the Thai Film Foundation, a respected non-profit assembly working to promote Thai film studies and classic film preservation, is assisting Thai shorts, Asian film and documentary programmes.