12th Thai Short Film & Video Festival

The 12th Thai Short Film & Video Festival opened on 29th August at the new Bangkok Art & Culture Centre, running until 14th September. Last year's 11th Festival provided an opportunity for Thai film-makers to respond to the 2006 military coup, and featured several marquee-name directors.

This year's event began with Sompot Chidgasornpongse's film Diseases & A Hundred Year Period. Sompot was an assistant director on Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Syndromes & A Century, and his new film is a reaction to the Thai censorship of Apichatpong's work.