POLL 69: ANIMATION MUSIC VIDEOS

This is about a poll in my bilingual blog at http://celinejulie.blogspot.com

 

My poll 69 is inspired by a wonderful blog called ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEOS, which can be found here:
http://animvids.blogspot.com/

I think some animation music videos are like an ultimate combination between films, music, and paintings.
THESE ARE MY FAVORITE ANIMATION MUSIC VIDEOS. WHICH ONES DO YOU LIKE?

1.ABTAKON (SECRETLY SHOUTING) – Yui Nop-arpa (dir by Tawatpong Tangsajjapot)
http://radio.sanook.com/mv/player/แอบตะโกน/108331/
The magazine FUSE SHOWCASE VOL.4 has an interview with Tawatpong Tangsajjapot.

2.BANANA CHIPS (1998) – Shonen Knife
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wa95CvhESQ
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419FH1DYKFL._SS500_.jpg

3.FAIR WEATHER FRIENDS (2007) – Daedelus (dir by Jordan Kim)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRJ2YvRv3N4
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YGIjNzFRL._SS400_.jpg

4.FLY UP TO THE MOON – Black/Sam Brown
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41K1D3YJKWL._SS500_.jpg

5.GENIUS OF LOVE – Tom Tom Club (dir by Rocky Morton & Annabel Jankel)
Thanks to Vespertine for telling us about this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnC1Xzm5uKM
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/7d/32/026e53a09da0f31107e84110.L.jpg

6.GIRLS – Takagi Masakatsu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEQV_YmhZcE
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/c8/3a/250b820dd7a081769c03f010.L.jpg

7.I MISS YOU – Bjork (dir by John Kricfalusi)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3as9a_bjork-i-miss-you_music

8.KHOR BORG – Photo Sticker Machine (dir by Wit Pimkanchanapong)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8qYz20N_yg

9.KUM TAM (QUESTIONS) – Toffy (dir by Mr. Roger S)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ4UhZXEahk

10.MIRADOR – Efterklang (dir by Hvass & Hannibal & UFEX)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSKIl-NeZeE
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516lNYusFzL._SS500_.jpg

11.MOVE YOUR FEET – Junior Senior (dir by Shynola)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfqL7bwx9fs
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/b7/ac/a493c060ada050e1d2bda110.L.jpg

12.OPPOSITES ATTRACT – Paula Abdul/The Wild Pair (dir by Candace Reckinger & Michael Patterson)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEQV_YmhZcE

13.PICO – Samurai Jazz Quintet (dir Takafumi Tsuchiya)
http://vimeo.com/6753639

14.PULLING OUR WEIGHT – The Radio Dept
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1aT8fNBts8
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/f9/22/d43062e89da05bfeff894110.L.jpg

15.SHOT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD – Moby (dir by David Lynch)
http://vimeo.com/4146911

16.TAKE ON ME (1985) – A-HA (dir by Steve Barron)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AXNBR2smPY

17.THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO – FAB featuring MC Parker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9zqDvffN0Q

18.WE HAVE EXPLOSIVE – The Future Sound of London (dir by Run Wrake)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3zDV5V3SPg

19.WE OWN THE SKY – M83 (dir by Dax Norman)
http://vimeo.com/2808191
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BORcNCPNL._SS500_.jpg

20.WHISTLE AND A PRAYER – Coldcut (dir by Woof Wan-Bau)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRzZNZuLgC4
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519WZCEG8AL._SS500_.jpg

You can cast multiple votes.

–I like the following music videos very much, though I’m not sure if I should include them in animation category or not.

1.ORINOCO FLOW – Enya (dir by Michael Geoghegan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfVJ11GXzXQ

2.TIME TO MAKE YOU MINE – Lisa Stansfield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLcUWABNkEM

–Any suggestions for some animation music videos you like?

I FORGOT THE TITLE AND FLOODING IN THE TIME OF DROUGHT ARE THE WINNERS

My poll 68 ended with 9 votes. Thanks very much to everyone who participated in it. Here is the result:

THESE GREAT FILMS WERE SHOWN IN THE WORLD FILM FESTIVAL OF BANGKOK 2009. WHICH ONES DO YOU LIKE?

1.I FORGOT THE TITLE (2009, Christelle Lheureux, Italy)
+FLOODING IN THE TIME OF DROUGHT (2009, Sherman Ong, Singapore)

Each of them got 5 votes, or 55 %.

3.A LAKE (2008, Philippe Grandrieux, France)
+A LETTER TO UNCLE BOONMEE (2009, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)

Each of them got 4 votes, or 44 %.

5.JONAH WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 (1976, Alain Tanner, Switzerland)
+GREEN ROCKING CHAIR (2008, Roxlee, Philippines)
+THEY ALL LIE (2009, Matias Pineiro, Argentina)
+GULABI TALKIES (2008, Girish Kasaravalli, India)

Each of them got 3 votes, or 33 %.

9.LETTER TO A CHILD (2008, Vlado Skafar, Slovenia)
+THE WET SEASON (2008, Brigid McCaffrey & Ben Russell, Suriname)
+BLOCK B (2008, Chris Chong Chan Fui, Malaysia)
+COLORS OF OUR HEARTS (2009, Supamok Silarak, Thailand)

Each of them got 2 votes, or 22 %.

13.A VIRUS IN THE CITY (2008, Cedric Venail, France)
+SHANGHAI, WAITING FOR PARADISE (2007, Sylvie Levey, China, documentary)
+THE RAT HERB (2009, Julio Bressane, Brazil)
+UPRISE (2008, Sandro Aguilar, Portugal)
+THE LAST BUS (2008, Maria Hengge, Germany/Austria)

Each of them got 1 vote, or 11 %.

18.BAD BOYS CELL 425 (2009, Janusz Mrozowski, Poland)
+TO DIE LIKE A MAN (2009, Joao Pedro Rodrigues, Portugal)
+RECONSIDERING “THE NEW INDUSTRIAL PARKS NEAR IRVINE, CALIFORNIA” BY LEWIS BALTZ, 1974 (2009, Mario Pfeiffer, USA)

Each of them got 0 vote.

Filmsick wrote about his favorite things in the festival here:
http://filmsick.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/summary-7th-wffbkk/

Filmsick wrote in Thai about I FORGOT THE TITLE here:
http://filmsick.exteen.com/20091122/i-forgot-the-title-christelle-lheureux-2009-italy-france

Wise Kwai wrote more about the festival here:
http://thaifilmjournal.blogspot.com/2009/11/wffbkk-09-final-notes.html

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My ten favorite scenes in the World Film Festival of Bangkok 2009:

1.Glimpses of a body walking in darkness – A LAKE (2008, Philippe Grandrieux, A+)

2.Characters sit still in the forest at night, while a song is played – TO DIE LIKE A MAN (2009, Joao Pedro Rodrigues, A+)

3.An old couple who are having a meal refuse to give some money to the heroines – MESSIDOR (1979, Alain Tanner, A+)

4.The talking about the Jakarta riot in 1998 – FLOODING IN THE TIME OF DROUGHT (2009, Sherman Ong, A+)

5.A female friend of the heroine talks about a mad man, and becomes mad herself by saying something repeatedly for a long time – THE TALE OF THE DEVIL’S HILL AND ENDLESS SEARCH FOR FREEDOM (2009, Keren Cytter, A+)

6.The ending of MILK (2008, Semih Kaplanoglu, A+)

7.Two little sisters slap the face of each other – THE KOREAN WEDDING CHEST (2009, Ulrike Ottinger, A+)

8.The heroine closes the window when she thinks the hero has left her — IN THE WHITE CITY (1983, Alain Tanner, A+)

9.The woman blows a bubble gum and laughs, distracting the man who is narrating THE BIRDS — A MISCHIEVOUS SMILE LIGHTS UP HER FACE (2009, Christelle Lheureux, France, A+)

10.The shouting scene in A VIRUS IN THE CITY (2008, Cedric Venail, A+)

 

FUSE SHOWCASE VOL. 4

FUSE SHOWCASE VOL. 4 is available now in bookstores. It includes a dvd of Thai short films and interviews with many Thai short filmmakers, including Prap Boonpan, Tuksina Pipitkul, Napat Treepalawisetkun, Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, Janenarong Sirimaha, Suphisara Kittikunarak, Wassachol Sirichanthanun, Professional Dry Cleaner, Romrawin Chumjin, Chaiwat Wiansantia, Issara Boonprasit, Chaloemkiat Saeyong, Taiki Sakpisit, Nok Paksnavin, and Yutthana Seneewong.

I’m very glad that FUSE SHOWCASE VOL. 4 captures some images and texts from PERU TIME (2008, Chaloemkiat Saeyong, A++++++++++), so that I can decode more of its texts. The texts captured in this magazine include: okogmjkwsijclh; 3sinv4xudyocoj skd0t[vd;jk ,;]8;k,i^hl7dvpjk’g8p oyhopy’8′vp^j8′9vcs]lbhofu z,fyo9bfvp^jdy[mujvpjk'ouhgv']jt i^h;jk m6dvpjk’,yow,jgs,nvogfb,vudc]h;

The texts can be decoded into Thai as:

นานเท่าไหร่แล้ว –หรือกี่ปีกันแน่
How long ago? Or How many years?

หากจะบอกว่า มวลความรู้สึกอย่างเคย
นั้นยังคงอยู่คงตอแหลสิ้นดี
If I say that the mass of past feelings still remain, that would be a total lie.

ผมดันติดอยู่กับที่อย่างนี้เองล่ะ
It’s me who just got stuck right here.

รู้ว่า ทุกอย่างมันไม่เหมือนเดิมอีกแล้ว
I know that everything has changed.

IT IS IN THE INSIGNIFICANT MOMENT THAT SIGNIFICANCE BECOMES DISTURBED

 I found the following quotes in Mubarak Ali’s blog. I like them so much that I copy them and post them here, too.

http://supposedaura.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-hand-outstretched-to-winged-distance_13.html

Nathaniel Dorsky in Devotional Cinema: “If you have ever looked at your hand and seen it freshly without concept, realized the simultaneity of its beauty, its efficiency, its detail, you are awed into appreciation. The total genius of your hand is more profound than anything you could have calculated with your intellect. One’s hand is a devotional object.

“If a film fails to take advantage of the self-existing magic of things, if it uses objects merely to mean something, it has thrown away one of its great possibilities. When we take an object and make it mean something, what we are doing, in a subtle ot not so subtle way, is confirming ourselves. We are confirming our own concepts of who we are and what the world is. But allowing things to be seen for what they are offers a more open, more fertile ground than the realm of predetermined symbolic meaning. After all, the unknown is pure adventure.”

(Gregory Markopoulos: It is in the insignificant moment that significance becomes disturbed and the power of filmmaking is established.)

UNCATEGORIZABLE

This is my comment in Wise Kwai’s blog:
http://thaifilmjournal.blogspot.com/2009/11/wffbkk-09-final-notes.html

Thank you very much for the links. I’m glad you like GREEN ROCKING CHAIR and MY WHITE BABY. I like the freeze frames in MY WHITE BABY very much. This film unintentionally makes me think about my own childhood or the time when I still played with some Caucasian-looking dolls. I also like the use of voiceover and animation in this film. I also think GREEN ROCKING CHAIR and THE WET SEASON are “uncategorizable”.

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This is my comment in Screenout webboard:
http://zaa.xq28.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=79&sid=63c0630f385a13bf2d69a7d2145395a2&start=700

 

I love the presenters in the advertisement for Chang beer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELZym2H3WxY

BRITISH FILM FESTIVAL 2009

http://www.britishcouncil.org/thailand-arts-film-schedule.htm

Films Schedule at the SF World CinemaAll films are subtitled in Thai

4 December
19:00 Is Anybody There?

5 December
15:00 It’s a Free World
19:00 The Boat that Rocked

6 December
15:00 Is Anybody There?
19:00 Looking for Eric

7 December
19:00 The Boat that Rocked

8 December
19:00 The Age of Stupid

10 December
19:00 It’s a Free World

11 December
19:00 Looking for Eric

Film Schedule at the TK Park (Mini Theatre 2)

5 December

Thomas and Friends “The Great Discovery” with activities
10:30 English version with Thai subtitle
12:00 Thai version
13:30 Thai version
15:00 Thai version
16:30 English version with Thai subtitle

8 December
16:00-17:30 Airplay UK Volume 1
18:00-19:30 Airplay UK Volume 2

9 December
16:00-17:30 Airplay UK Volume 3
18:00-19:30 Airplay UK Volume 4

UPCOMING VIDEO ART AND SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

GHOST !!!

THANKS TO KICHO FOR FORWARDING ME THIS SCARY PHOTO.

POLL 68: WORLD FILM FESTIVAL OF BANGKOK 2009

This is about a poll in my bilingual blog at http://celinejulie.blogspot.com

My poll 68 is inspired by the World Film Festival of Bangkok 2009, which is one of the best things ever happened in my whole life. I worship this film festival.

THESE GREAT FILMS WERE SHOWN IN THE WORLD FILM FESTIVAL OF BANGKOK 2009. WHICH ONES DO YOU LIKE?

1.I FORGOT THE TITLE (2009, Christelle Lheureux, Italy)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/68/I-Forgot-the-Title.html

2.JONAH WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 (1976, Alain Tanner, Switzerland)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/25/Jonah-Who-Will-Be-25-in-the-Year-2000.html
http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC15folder/JonahStam.html
http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC15folder/JonahAgainst.html
http://twilightvirus.blogspot.com/2009/11/alain-tanner-retrospective-7.html

3.LETTER TO A CHILD (2008, Vlado Skafar, Slovenia)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/62/Letter-To-A-Child.html

4.GREEN ROCKING CHAIR (2008, Roxlee, Philippines)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/5/Green-Rocking-Chair.html

5.A LAKE (2008, Philippe Grandrieux, France)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/31/Lake,-A.html
http://www.rouge.com.au/13/diary.html
http://enyxynematryx.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/un-lac-th/

6.THE WET SEASON (2008, Brigid McCaffrey & Ben Russell, Suriname)
http://cinema-scope.com/wordpress/?page_id=1004

7. BLOCK B (2008, Chris Chong Chan Fui, Malaysia)

8.THEY ALL LIE (2009, Matias Pineiro, Argentina)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/44/They-All-Lie.html

9.FLOODING IN THE TIME OF DROUGHT (2009, Sherman Ong, Singapore)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/10/Flooding-in-The-Time-of-Drought.html

10.GULABI TALKIES (2008, Girish Kasaravalli, India)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/12/Gulabi-Talkies.html

11.A VIRUS IN THE CITY (2008, Cedric Venail, France)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/61/Virus-in-the-City,-A.html

12.SHANGHAI, WAITING FOR PARADISE (2007, Sylvie Levey, China, documentary)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/108/Shanghai,-Waiting-for-Paradise.html

13.THE RAT HERB (2009, Julio Bressane, Brazil)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/41/Rat-Herb,-The.html

14.BAD BOYS CELL 425 (2009, Janusz Mrozowski, Poland)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/51/Bad-Boys-Cell-425.html

15.TO DIE LIKE A MAN (2009, Joao Pedro Rodrigues, Portugal)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/21/To-Die-Like-a-Man.html
http://www.girishshambu.com/blog/2009/11/lines-of-inspiration-popular-cinema-to.html
http://twitchfilm.net/interviews/2009/09/tiff09-to-die-like-a-man–interview-with-joao-pedro-rodrigues-alexander-david.php
http://www.cinema-scope.com/cs39/spot_lim_rodrigues.html

16.A LETTER TO UNCLE BOONMEE (2009, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/48/Letter-to-Uncle-Boonmee,-A.html
http://academichack.net/TIFF2009.htm

17.UPRISE (2008, Sandro Aguilar, Portugal)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/30/Uprise.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCZboYx7R9o

18.THE LAST BUS (2008, Maria Hengge, Germany/Austria)

19.RECONSIDERING “THE NEW INDUSTRIAL PARKS NEAR IRVINE, CALIFORNIA” BY LEWIS BALTZ, 1974 (2009, Mario Pfeiffer, USA)

20.COLORS OF OUR HEARTS (2009, Supamok Silarak, Thailand)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/3/Colors-of-our-Hearts.html
http://thaifilmjournal.blogspot.com/2009/07/review-colors-of-our-hearts.html

You can cast multiple votes.

The films in the list above are ranked according to my preferential order, which makes it different from other lists which were ranked according to alphabetical order.

“I FORGOT THE TITLE” IS MY MOST FAVORITE

FILMS SEEN IN THE WORLD FILM FESTIVAL OF BANGKOK 2009

IN ROUGLY PREFERENTIAL ORDER

(EXCLUDING SOME FILMS I HAD SEEN BEFORE THE FESTIVAL, SUCH AS MAN AND GRAVITY: PLATEAU AND THE DEVIL’S STREAMS)

1.I FORGOT THE TITLE (2009, Christelle Lheureux, Italy, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/68/I-Forgot-the-Title.html

2.JONAH WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 (1976, Alain Tanner, Switzerland, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/25/Jonah-Who-Will-Be-25-in-the-Year-2000.html

3.LETTER TO A CHILD (2008, Vlado Skafar, Slovenia, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/62/Letter-To-A-Child.html

4.GREEN ROCKING CHAIR (2008, Roxlee, Philippines, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/5/Green-Rocking-Chair.html

5.A LAKE (2008, Philippe Grandrieux, France, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/31/Lake,-A.html

6.THE WET SEASON (2008, Brigid McCaffrey & Ben Russell, Suriname, 47 min, A+)

7. BLOCK B (2008, Chris Chong Chan Fui, Malaysia, 20 min, A+)

8.THEY ALL LIE (2009, Matias Pineiro, Argentina, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/44/They-All-Lie.html

9.FLOODING IN THE TIME OF DROUGHT (2009, Sherman Ong, Singapore, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/10/Flooding-in-The-Time-of-Drought.html

10.GULABI TALKIES (2008, Girish Kasaravalli, India, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/12/Gulabi-Talkies.html

11.A VIRUS IN THE CITY (2008, Cedric Venail, France, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/61/Virus-in-the-City,-A.html

12.SHANGHAI, WAITING FOR PARADISE (2007, Sylvie Levey, China, documentary, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/108/Shanghai,-Waiting-for-Paradise.html

13.THE RAT HERB (2009, Julio Bressane, Brazil, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/41/Rat-Herb,-The.html

14.BAD BOYS CELL 425 (2009, Janusz Mrozowski, Poland, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/51/Bad-Boys-Cell-425.html

15.TO DIE LIKE A MAN (2009, Joao Pedro Rodrigues, Portugal, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/21/To-Die-Like-a-Man.html

16.A LETTER TO UNCLE BOONMEE (2009, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/48/Letter-to-Uncle-Boonmee,-A.html

17.UPRISE (2008, Sandro Aguilar, Portugal, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/30/Uprise.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCZboYx7R9o

18.THE LAST BUS (2008, Maria Hengge, Germany/Austria, 11 min, A+)

19.RECONSIDERING “THE NEW INDUSTRIAL PARKS NEAR IRVINE, CALIFORNIA” BY LEWIS BALTZ, 1974 (2009, Mario Pfeiffer, USA, A+)

20.COLORS OF OUR HEARTS (2009, Supamok Silarak, Thailand, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/3/Colors-of-our-Hearts.html

21.SEX TOY STORIES (2009, Anne Deluz + Beatrice Guelpa, France, documentary, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/58/Sex-Toys-Stories.html

22.SPEECH MEMORY (2007, Caroline Key, USA, 23 min, A+)

23.LIGHT YEARS AWAY (1981, Alain Tanner, Switzerland, 110 min, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/28/Light-Years-Away.html

24.THE LAST APPLAUSE (2009, German Kral, Argentina, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/66/Last-Applause,-The.html

25.THE TALE OF THE DEVIL’S HILL AND ENDLESS SEARCH FOR FREEDOM (2009, Keren Cytter, Germany, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/69/Tale-of-the-Devils-Hill-and-Endless-Search-for-Freedom,-The.html

26.FOUR SEASONS (2009, Keren Cytter, Germany, 12 min, A+)

27.IAHGNAHS ONHCET (2009, Speedism, China, animation, A+)
http://arthubasia.org/archives/speedism-in-shanghai/
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/109/Shanghype-condensed!.html

28.HAWKER (2008, Dustin Feneley, Australia, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/97/Hawker.html

29.MILK (2008, Semih Kaplanoglu, Turkey, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/16/Milk.html

30.IN THE WHITE CITY (1983, Alain Tanner, Switzerland, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/29/In-The-White-City.html

31.GIVER TAKER HEARTBREAKER (2009, Christopher Arcella, USA, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/33/Giver-Taker-Heartbreaker.html

32.MESSIDOR (1979, Alain Tanner, Switzerland, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/27/Messidor.html

33.THIS LONGING (2008, Azharr Rudin, Malaysia, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/8/This-Longing.html

34.ALL MOUNTAINS LOOK ALIKE (2008, Christelle Lheureux + Sebastien Betbeder, France, 12 min, A+)

35.IN COMPARISON (2009, Harun Farocki, Germany, documentary, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/110/In-Comparison.html

36.SHOULD I REALLY DO IT? (2008, Ismail Necmi, Turkey, documentary, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/17/Should-I-Really-Do-It-.html

37.CHARLES, DEAD OR ALIVE (1969, Alain Tanner, Switzerland, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/24/Charles,-Dead-or-Alive.html

38.TIME WITHIN TIME (2009, Menno Otten, Netherlands, 20 min, A+)

39.NOW SHOWING (2009, Nitipong Thinthupthai, A+)

40.KARAOKE (2009, Chris Chong Chan Fui, Malaysia, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/6/Karaoke.html

41.FACE (2009, Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/4/Face.html

42.THE KOREAN WEDDING CHEST (2009, Ulrike Ottinger, South Korea, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/59/Korean-Wedding-Chest,-The.html

43.STEEL HOMES (2008, Eva Weber, Scotland, documentary, 10 min, A+)

44.BILLO IL GRAND DAKHAAR (2008, Laura Muscardin, Senegal, Italy, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/20/Billo,-Il-Grand-Dakhaar.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltt8FRN-5w0

45.HOME (2009, Ursula Meier, Switzerland, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/32/Home.html

46.MY WHITE BABY (2008, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Ghana/USA, 22 min, A+)

47.DESTINATION FINALE (2008, Philip Widmann, Germany/South Vietnam, A+)

48.SOUNDSCAPE: THE ABSENT INSLAND (2009, Nok Paksnavin, A+)

49.A MISCHIEVOUS SMILE LIGHTS UP HER FACE (2009, Christelle Lheureux, France, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/47/Mischievous-Smile-Lights-Up-Her-Face,-A.html

50.UNTIL THE MORNING COMES (2009, Lucky Kuswandi + Moonaya, Indonesia, 44 min, A+)

51.THE CROSS-BORDER 2 (2008, Zaw Tun, Australia, documentary, 27 min, A+)

52.BLACKBERRY WINTER (2006, Brent Stewart, USA, A+)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/67/Blackberry-Winter.html

53.HOLLYWOOD (2008, Stephanie Owens, USA, 12 min, A+)

54.A SILENT STORY (2005, Olivo Barbieri, China, 13 min, A+)

55.GREAT ERA (2007, Zhang Ding, China, 14 min, A+)

56.MY LOVE MY LOVE (2008, Igal Peeri, Israel, 15 min, A+)

57.YET UNTITLED (PIECES OF NATURE) (2008, Mario Pfeiffer, Germany, 12 min, A+)

58.UNTITLED (TWO GUYS) (2008, Mario Pfeiffer, Germany, 8 min, A+)

59.LOST NATION (2009, Zart Tancharoen, Thailand, A+/A)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/7/Lost-Nation.html

60.AUTOSUGGESTION (2008, Vasilis Siafakas, Greece, 12 min, A+/A)

61.SPIRITS (2009, Chulayarnnon Siriphol, A+/A)

62.THE GREAT DICTATOR (2009, Noraset Vaisayakul, A+/A)

63.LOOP LOOP (2008, Patrick Bergeron, 5 min, A+/A)

64.PARALLEL: THE DAY, THE DAWN, THE DUSK, THE DARK (2008, Sudsiri Pui-ock, A+/A)

65.LUMPHINI 2552 (2009, Tomonari Nishikawa, A+/A)

66.MY MOTHER AND HER PORTRAIT (2009, Chaisiri Jiwarangsan, A+/A)

67.FATHER OF MY CHILDREN (2009, Mia Hansen-Love, France, A)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/34/Father-of-My-Children.html

68.HOME (2009, Filippi Francesco, Italy, 15 min, A)

69.WHITE DAYS (2009, Lei Yuan Bin, Singapore, A)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/13/White-Days.html

70.EIGHT WOMEN (2009, Laura Bouza, USA, documentary, 29 min, A)

71.ESCAPE TO NOTHINGNESS (2008, Richard Legaspi, Philippines/South Korea, 10 min, A/A-)

72.KISSING FACES (2009, Wesley Leon Aroozoo, Singapore, 11 min, A/A-)

73.TAI AN LU (2008, Mathieu Borysevicz, China, 13 min, A/A-)

74.MA BAR (2008, Finlay Pretsell, Scotland, documentary, 12 min, A/A-)

75.NOMAD’S LAND (2008, Gael Metroz, Switzerland, documentary, A/A-)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/52/Nomads-Land.html

76.ABSURDISTAN (2008, Veit Helmer, Germany, A/A-)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/35/Absurdistan.html

77.FLASHED (2009, Julian Krubasik, Scotland, 4 min, A/A-)

78.DIAMONDS (2009, Mikael Enlund, Thailand, documentary, A-)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/72/Diamonds.html

79.ZIFT (2008, Javor Gardev, Bulgaria, A-)
http://www.worldfilmbkk.com/films/19/Zift.html

80.KITCHEN SINK (2008, Seymour Barros Sanchez + Ginalyn Dulla, Philippines, 17 min, A-)

81.CLICK IN FEAR (2009, Saikyaw Khaing, Myanmar, documentary, 12 min, A-)

82.THE DANAIDES’ BARREL (2008, David Guiraud, France, 13 min, A-)

83.NEKRO (2008, CJ Andluz, Philippines, 19 min, A-/B+)

SUMMARY:
A+ 58
A+/A 8
A 4
A/A- 7
A- 5
A-/B+ 1

Other people’s comments on the festival:

WISE KWAI:
http://thaifilmjournal.blogspot.com/2009/11/wffbkk-09-capsule-reviews-part-1.html
http://thaifilmjournal.blogspot.com/2009/11/wffbkk-09-capsule-reviews-part-2.html
http://thaifilmjournal.blogspot.com/2009/11/wffbkk-09-capsule-reviews-part-3.html
http://thaifilmjournal.blogspot.com/2009/11/wffbkk-09-capsule-reviews-part-4.html

FILMSICK:
http://filmsick.exteen.com/20091115/my-summary-wffbkk-09-one-of-the-best-film-fest-i-ve-ever-att
http://filmsick.exteen.com/20091108/wffbkk-diary

SONTHAYA SUBYEN:
http://twilightvirus.blogspot.com/2009/11/alain-tanner-retrospective-7.html

POL PAYAB:
MILK
http://www.matichon.co.th/matichon/view_news.php?newsid=01ent01011152&sectionid=0105&day=2009-11-01

HOME (URSULA MEIER)
http://www.matichon.co.th/matichon/view_news.php?newsid=01ent03251052&sectionid=0105&day=2009-10-25

ABSURDISTAN
http://www.bloggang.com/viewdiary.php?id=aloneagain&month=10-2009&date=31&group=1&gblog=110
(This graph is made for joking. Don’t be serious about it.)