Most favorite films I saw in Bangkok Experimental Film Festival 6 in 2012

This list is inspired by Wiwat Lertwiwatwongsa's list:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150575745996390

1.COMING ATTRACTIONS (2010, Peter Tscherkassky, Austria, A+30)

2.MADANG BO SAI (1999, Paisit Punpruksachat, A+30)

3.EXPLORER (1968, Pramod Pati, India, A+30)

4.PULSATION (2011, Pieter Geenen, Belgium/Cyprus, A+30)

5.LIFE CONTINUED (1966, Zhuang Ling, Taiwan, A+30)

6.FILM FROM LAMPANG (around 1971, Anonymous, A+30)

7.Found footage of Lucy Mills (around 1930, New Zealand, documentary, A+30)

8.BERNADETTE (2008, Duncan Campbell, A+30)

9.ROGHIEH (2009, Alysse Stepanian, Iran, A+30)

10.THE GARDEN (2010, Ann Steuernagel, USA, A+30)

11.PRAXIS-8 (2010, Dietmar Brehm, A+30)

12.UNTITLED ROAD MOVIE (around 1970's, Winai Euarchukiate, documentary, A+30)

13.STAR (ALTERNATIVE VERSION) (2011, Choi Sai Ho, Hong Kong, A+30)

14.HOME WORK (1966, Ho Fan, Hong Kong, A+15)

15.WORLD WITHOUT END (1953, Paul Rotha + Basil Wright, UK/Thailand/Mexico, documentary, A+15)

16.MAKE IT NEW JOHN (2009, Duncan Campbell, UK, A+15)

17.CONFERENCE (2011, Norbert Pfaffenbichler, Austria, A+15)

18.BEGGAR (1977, Law Kar, Hong Kong, A+15)

19.THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF KNOWING (2011, Tan Pin Pin, Singapore, A+15)

20.TWO CORONATIONS (2011, Stephen Connolly, UK, A+15)

21.MOROLOJA (2008, Manuela Barile. Portugal, A+15)

22.THE CITY AND THE OTHER (2010, Albert Merino, Spain, A+15)

23.HOW TO CLEAN A PUDDLE (2008, Roland Wegerer, Austria, A+15)

24.MORNING (2010, Kok Siew Wai, Malaysia, A+15)

25.SOMETHING ABOUT FIVE PEOPLE (1973, Lau Fung Kut, Hong Kong, A+10)

26.GHOSTS IN THE CLASSROOM (2011, Ukrit Sa-nguanhai, A+10)

27.UNTITLED#1, FROM THE SERIES 'EIGHT MEN LIVED IN THE ROOM' (2010, Hyewon Kwon, South Korea, A+10)

28.200,000 PHANTOMS (2008, Jean-Gabriel Périot, France, A+10)

29.SUTADI AIN'T HERE ANYMORE (2010, Marthen Luther Sesa, Indonesia, A+10)

30.OCEANO NOX (2011, Georg Wasner, Austria, A+10)

31.ENDEAVOUR (2010, Johan Lurf, Austria, A+10)

32.SPACES (2010, Signe Chiper-Lillemark, Denmark, A+10)

33.THE 7TH OF NOVEMBER (2009, Yuriy Kruchak + Yulia Kostereva, Ukraine, A+10)

34.WITHOUT WINDOWS (2009, Mohammed Harb, Palestine, A+10)

35.FOOTAGE FROM COLONEL HODGKINSON COLLECTION (1945-1947, Thailand/Burma, A+10)

36.CATWALK (Amarin Pajonyuth, A+10)

37.PERHAPS (2006, Kok Kai Foong, Malaysia, A+10)

38.AN ESCALATOR IN WORLD ORDER (2011, Kim Kyung-man, South Korea, documentary, A+5)

39.HARD RAILS ACROSS A GENTLE RIVER (2011, Tran Tranh Hien + Pham Thu Hang + Do Van Hoang + Tran Thi Phuong, Vietnam, documentary, A+5)

40.CHRONICLE OF A TAPE RECORDED OVER (2011, Nguyen Trinh Thi, Vietnam, documentary, A+5)

41.A SOLDIER'S SONG SAMPLE EXPERIMENT (2011, Nguyen Trinh Thi, Vietnam, A+5)

42.HOLD STILL (2009, Rachel Shearer, New Zealand, A+5)

43.SPACE DRAWING NO.5 (2009, Sai Hua Kuan, Singapore, A+5)

44. 2:48 MINUTES WITH THE DOOR (2009, Andres Jurado, Colombia, A+5)

45.LUNAR ECLIPSE (Boonserm Punnahitanonda, documentary, A+5)

46.WHITENESS IN DARKNESS (2012, Koji Tambata, Japan/Thailand, A+5)

There are also a lot of other films which I like very much in this festival, but I haven't included them here, because I like them a little bit less than the 46 films above.

Films seen on Sunday, February 5, 2012

1.EXPLORER (1968, Pramod Pati, India, A+30)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asQ9TgvEKvI

2.STAR (ALTERNATIVE VERSION) (2011, Choi Sai Ho, Hong Kong, A+30)
A part of the film can be viewed here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6tShDKwSSw
http://www.st-saiho.com/

3.HOME WORK (1966, Ho Fan, Hong Kong, A+15)

4.BEGGAR (1977, Law Kar, Hong Kong, A+15)

5.MORNING (2010, Kok Siew Wai, Malaysia, A+15)

6.SOMETHING ABOUT FIVE PEOPLE (1973, Lau Fung Kut, Hong Kong, A+10)

7.PERHAPS (2006, Kok Kai Foong, Malaysia, A+10)

8.WHITENESS IN DARKNESS (2012, Koji Tambata, Japan/Thailand, A+5)

9.RIOT IN HONG KONG (1974, Hou Man Wan, Hong Kong, A+)

10.AND I MAKE SHORT FILMS (1968, S.N.S. Sastry, India, A+)

11.CLAXPLOSION (1970, Pramod Pati, India, A+)

12.ABID (1972, Pramod Pati, India, A+)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7nKVTZ3uuA&feature=related

13.VLADIMIR KEMPSKY'S FILM (2010, Ichiro Sueoka, Japan, A+)

14.SUKIHARTI HALIM (2008, Ariani Darmawan, Indonesia, A+)

15.ARS COLONIA (2011, Raya Martin, Philippines, A+)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCudtngAqxw

16.FADE IN: EXT. STORAGE-CU CHI-DAY (2010, The Propeller Group, Vietnam, A+)

17.CHILD ON CHESS BOARD (1979, Vijay B Chandra, India, A+)

18.FLOW (2011, Chew Win Chen, Malaysia, A+)

19.MAKING OF TOKYO (2011, Yousuke Sano, Japan, A+)

20.ROUTINE (1970, Law Kar, Hong Kong, A+)

21.THE TRIP (1970, Pramod Pati, India, A+)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZatZD4KeLis

22.DEMONSTRATE (197?, Lau Fung Kut, Hong Kong, A+)

23.THE BUTTERFLY (2004, Chan Seahuvi, Malaysia, A+)

24.WHEN THE TIME WITHOUT MY MEMORIES (2010, Alison Khor, Malaysia, A+)

25.iso (2011, Katsuyuki Hattori, Japan, A+)

26.PASSING II (2009, Au Sow Yee, Malaysia, A+)

27.SKY DON'T FALL (2011, Akiko Nakamura, Japan, A+/A)

28.THE GREEDY WHISPER (2011, Kanokporn Maleesriprasert, A+/A)


The photo comes from THE TRIP.

Films seen on Saturday, 4 February, 2012

1.FILM FROM LAMPANG (around 1971, Anonymous, A+30)

2.UNTITLED ROAD MOVIE (around 1970's, Winai Euarchukiate, documentary, A+30)

3.WORLD WITHOUT END (1953, Paul Rotha + Basil Wright, UK/Thailand/Mexico, documentary, A+15)

4.FOOTAGE FROM COLONEL HODGKINSON COLLECTION (1945-1947, Thailand/Burma, A+10)

5.CATWALK (Amarin Pajonyuth, A+10)

6.LUNAR ECLIPSE (Boonserm Punnahitanonda, documentary, A+5)

7.ROUTE 3 (2011, David Kelley + Patty Chang, Laos, A+)

8.LETTER TO SRI MOH (2011, Santiphap Inkong-ngam, A+)

9.SPRING AND FESTIVALS (1953/1954, Nguyen Van Vinh, Vietnam, documentary, A+)

10.KIDS (Amarin Pajonyuth, documentary, A+)

11.FILMS SHOT BY J C Lamster (around 1912, Indonesia, documentary, A+)

12.CITY LIGHTS (Nij Hinchiranan, A+)

13.SAHAPANICH SIGNBOARD OPENING CEREMONY (Winai Euarchukiate, documentary, A+)

14.WATERFALL, ENTERTAINMENT (Nij Hinchiranan, documentary, A+)

Austrian Fillms seen on Thursday, February 2, 2011

1.COMING ATTRACTIONS (2010, Peter Tscherkassky, A+30)

2.PRAXIS-8 (2010, Dietmar Brehm, A+30)

3.CONFERENCE (2011, Norbert Pfaffenbichler, A+15)

4.OCEANO NOX (2011, Georg Wasner, A+10)

5.ENDEAVOUR (2010, Johan Lurf, A+10)

6.TRANQUILITY (2010, Siegfried Fruhauf, A+)

Films seen on Wednesday, February 1, 2012

1.ROGHIEH (2009, Alysse Stepanian, Iran, A+30)
You can watch this film here:
http://vimeo.com/5614187

2.GARDEN (2010, Ann Steuernagel, USA, A+30)
You can watch the film here:
http://vimeo.com/20218252

3.MOROLOJA (2008, Manuela Barile. Portugal, A+15)

4.THE CITY AND THE OTHER (2010, Albert Merino, Spain, A+15)

5.HOW TO CLEAN A PUDDLE (2008, Roland Wegerer, Austria, A+15)
http://www.rolandwegerer.com/

6.200,000 PHANTOMS (2008, Jean-Gabriel Périot, France, A+10)
You can watch this film here:
http://vimeo.com/11457021

7.SPACES (2010, Signe Chiper-Lillemark, Denmark, A+10)
I think this film should be screened together with BERLIN (10 NOV 1974 - 28 JAN 1975) EXERCISES IN NINE PARTS: DREAMING UNDER WATER OF THINGS AFAR (1974-1975, Rebecca Horn)

8.THE 7TH OF NOVEMBER (2009, Yuriy Kruchak + Yulia Kostereva, Ukraine, A+10)

9.WITHOUT WINDOWS (2009, Mohammed Harb, Palestine, A+10)

10.SPACE DRAWING NO.5 (2009, Sai Hua Kuan, Singapore, A+5)
You can see another film of Sai Hua Kuan here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df2vMQpx6nE

11.2:48 MINUTES WITH THE DOOR (2009, Andres Jurado, Colombia, A+5)

12.WINTER'S END (2010, Wrik Mead, Canada, A+)

13.NOLI ME TANGERE (2008, Marsha Yozefpolsky, Israel, A+)

14.BLACK HOLE (2009, Johanna Reich, Germany, A+)
You can watch the film here:
http://www.johannareich.com/english/black-hole

15.NOT WITHOUT A BANG (2008, Alessandro Amaducci, Italy, A+/A)

16.142-143 (2010, Pablo Fernandez-Pujol, Spain, animation, A+/A)

Films seen on Monday, January 30, 2012

1.BERNADETTE (2008, Duncan Campbell, A+30)
I just watched BLOODY SUNDAY (2001, Paul Greengrass, A+30) last year, so watching BERNADETTE helps me see the broader picture of the Northern Ireland conflict. I also like the last part of the film very much, though I don't know what the voiceover is saying in the last part. The coupling of the voiceover which seems to speak in a stream-of-consciousness way with the image of a white screen with brief glimpses of something else from time to time reminds of the sublime feelings I get from the coupling of voiceover-images in Marguerite Duras' films.


2.TWO CORONATIONS (2011, Stephen Connolly, UK, A+15)
This film seems like a perfect antidote to THE KING'S SPEECH (2010, Tom Hooper), THE QUEEN (2006, Stephen Frears), and W.E. (2011, Madonna). Hahaha

Films seen on Sunday, January 29, 2012

1.PULSATION (2011, Pieter Geenen, Belgium/Cyprus, A+30)
You can watch this film here:
http://vimeo.com/31168927

The act of watching something relentlessly for a long time in this film reminds me a little bit of RUHR (2009, James Benning, A+30). Another reason why I like this film very much is because it shows the national symbol as a symbol of oppression. Some people in some countries may hate some national symbols very much, but these powerless ordinary people can do nothing against these national symbols, except turning their eyes away from the symbols.

2.LIFE CONTINUED (1966, Zhuang Ling, Taiwan, A+30)

3.Found footage of Lucy Mills (around 1930, New Zealand, documentary, A+30)
I like this found footage very much, because it seems to depict a happy lesbian relationship 80 years ago.

4.MAKE IT NEW JOHN (2009, Duncan Campbell, UK, A+15)

5.THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF KNOWING (2011, Tan Pin Pin, Singapore, A+15)
The impossibility of knowing the real motive of a suicide in this film reminds me of the film GILLES' WIFE (2004, Frédéric Fonteyne, A+15) and UNINVITED (2003,Lee Soo-yeon, A+30).

6.UNTITLED#1, FROM THE SERIES 'EIGHT MEN LIVED IN THE ROOM' (2010, Hyewon Kwon, South Korea, A+10)

7.SUTADI AIN'T HERE ANYMORE (2010, Marthen Luther Sesa, Indonesia, A+10)

8.HOLD STILL (2009, Rachel Shearer, New Zealand, A+5)

9.COMS DEVICE (2011, Nadav Assor, Israel, A+)

10.SACK BARROW (2011, Ben Rivers, UK, A+)

11.THE BIG PICTURE องค์ประกอบของเวลา: ในโลกไทยทัศนา (2011, Suporn Shoosongdej, A+)

12.BLUR LUMINOUS (2011, Taweewit Kijtanasoonthorn, A+)

13.PROGRESS IN TAIWAN (1960, Taiwanese Government, A+)

14.LAY CLAIM TO AN ISLAND (2009, Chris Kennedy, Canada, A+)

15.RE-BANHO (2011, Tales Frey, Portugal, A+)

16.724 14TH ST (2010, Ching Yi Tseng, Taiwan/USA, A+)

17.MY NEWBORN BABY (1967, Zhuang Ling, Taiwan, A+/A)

18.6TH BIRTHDAY AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU 1962 (1962, Charles Ong Cheng Yam, Singapore, documentary, A+/A)

19.VINCENT'S 8TH BIRTHDAY (1965, Charles Ong Cheng Yam, Singapore, documentary, A+/A)

20.BIRTHDAYS 1965 AND 1967 (1965+1967, Charles Ong Cheng Yam, Singapore, documentary, A+/A)

21.OZ@1950 (2010, Dirk De Brwyn, Netherlands, A)

22.PHI (2011, Jessica Mautner, UK, A)

Films seen on Saturday, January 28, 2012

1.MADANG BO SAI (1999, Paisit Punpruksachat, A+30)

2.AN ESCALATOR IN WORLD ORDER (2011, Kim Kyung-man, South Korea, documentary, A+5)

3.HARD RAILS ACROSS A GENTLE RIVER (2011, Tran Tranh Hien + Pham Thu Hang + Do Van Hoang + Tran Thi Phuong, Vietnam, documentary, A+5)

4.CHRONICLE OF A TAPE RECORDED OVER (2011, Nguyen Trinh Thi, Vietnam, documentary, A+5)

5.A SOLDIER'S SONG SAMPLE EXPERIMENT (2011, Nguyen Trinh Thi, Vietnam, A+5)

6.GHOSTS IN THE CLASSROOM (2011, Ukrit Sa-nguanhai, A+5)

7.CHULAYARNNON (2008, Chulayarnnon Siriphol, A+)

8.BORING BLINKER (1985, Surabongse Binichkhah, A+)

9.NANG SOD (1985, Dome Sukawong, A+)

10.CUTTER, TRIMMER AND CHAINSAW (2011, Pathompon Tesprateep, A+)

MY TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR WFFBKK 2011

SAT 5
1200 ILLUSIONIST
1430 SHORT WAVE 3
1640 SHORT WAVE 4
1920 WALKOVER
2130 DANCE TOWN

SUN 6
1200 TOKYO DAY + A FORMAL FILM IN NINE EPISODES
1440 SHORT WAVE 2
1720 TURIN HORSE
2040 GEORGE THE HEDGEHOG

MON 7
1300 ONE LUCKY ELEPHANT
1540 SHORT WAVE 5
1750 DOG SWEAT
2000 FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE

TUES 8
EVA 8
http://knookiew.blogspot.com/2011/09/eva8-experimental-video-art-8.html
1100 LEAVING BAGHDAD
1330 IF A TREE FALLS
1610 LAS ACACIAS
1840 WASTE LAND
2030 I CARRIED YOU HOME

WED 9
1230 PUSHED
1440 CHEONGGYECHEON MEDLEY
1720 ZEPHYR 93 MIN
1930 LA DANSE: THE PARIS OPERA BALLET (158 MIN), Alliance Française

THURS 10 ESPLANADE
1300 RETURN TICKET
1530 LOVE LIKE POISON
1800 SEVEN DAYS IN HEAVEN
2040 ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA

FRI 11
1330 CORNER PLOT + KIDS WITH CAMERAS
1600 THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE
1850 UNDERTOW
2100 LUNG NEAW VISITS HIS NEIGHBOUR

SAT 12
1310 MY ROHINGYA
1520 SHORT WAVE 1
1740 MANGO FILMMAKER PROJECT
2000 OCEAN HEAVEN

SUN 13
1100 MAKE BELIEVE
1330 THE CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAM
1610 LOVELY MAN
1830 HAIR

CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL

A friend asked me what to see in the Cinequest Film Festival at San Jose, California. So here are my recommendations:

1.22ND OF MAY (Koen Mortier, Belgium)

2.3 BACKYARDS (Eric Mendelsohn, USA)

3.APART TOGETHER (Quan'an Wang, China)

4.EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE (Christoffer Boe, Denmark)

5.KOSMOS (Reha Erdem, Turkey)

6.LITTLE BABY JESUS OF FLANDR (Gust Van den Berghe, Belgium)

7.POTICHE (Francois Ozon, France)

8.RAAVANAN (Mani Ratnam, India)

9.SODANKYLA FOREVER – THE CENTURY OF CINEMA (Peter von Bagh, Finland)

10.TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER (Dorota Kedzierzawska, Poland)