“Not Friends” is the directorial debut of Atta Hemwadee. This coming-of-age comedy-drama was released in Thailand at the end of 2023, and was chosen as Thailand's submission for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, although it did not receive a nomination.
Not Friends is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
The story, written by the director himself, centres around Pae (Anthony Buisseret), a teenage student who was recently transferred to a new school during his sixth semester. There, he meets Joe (Pisitpol Ekaphongpisit), a popular and sociable student, who wants to befriend the main protagonist. After Joe tragically dies in a car accident, Pae decides to exploit the situation by making a short film that would help him get into a university, as he would rather not work at the family business. However, one girl at the school who knew Joe quite well, Bokeh (Thitiya Jirapornsilp), sees...
Not Friends is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
The story, written by the director himself, centres around Pae (Anthony Buisseret), a teenage student who was recently transferred to a new school during his sixth semester. There, he meets Joe (Pisitpol Ekaphongpisit), a popular and sociable student, who wants to befriend the main protagonist. After Joe tragically dies in a car accident, Pae decides to exploit the situation by making a short film that would help him get into a university, as he would rather not work at the family business. However, one girl at the school who knew Joe quite well, Bokeh (Thitiya Jirapornsilp), sees...
- 2/1/2024
- by Tobiasz Dunin
- AsianMoviePulse
Screen is profiling every submission for best international feature at the 96th Academy Awards.
Entries for the 2024 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline...
Entries for the 2024 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
The 96th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between December 1, 2022, and October 31, 2023. The deadline...
- 10/17/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Films about twins are not exactly unusual in international cinema. It is unusual, though, for this kind of movie to be directed by twin directors, which is exactly what is happening in “You & Me & Me”, where, even more, the twins of the movie are both played by the same actress.
“You & Me & Me” is screening at Udine Far East Film Festival
The story takes place in 1999, just before the Y2K scare had many people believing that the world would end. It is also the same for twin sister Me and You, whose loving relationship and constant shenanigans with their identical appearance seem to not be enough for them to be happy, for the first time in their life. That their parents are on the verge of a divorce is just the beginning, but when their mother decides to take them from Bangkok to her former home in Nakhon Phanom Province,...
“You & Me & Me” is screening at Udine Far East Film Festival
The story takes place in 1999, just before the Y2K scare had many people believing that the world would end. It is also the same for twin sister Me and You, whose loving relationship and constant shenanigans with their identical appearance seem to not be enough for them to be happy, for the first time in their life. That their parents are on the verge of a divorce is just the beginning, but when their mother decides to take them from Bangkok to her former home in Nakhon Phanom Province,...
- 4/24/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Leading Thai production and sales company Gdh 559 is introducing comedy drama Not Friends and twin sister story You & Me & Me to buyers at Filmart, produced respectively by award-winning directors Baz Poonpiriya and Banjong Pisanthanakun.
The new films mark the first time both renowned filmmakers have acted as producer for other directors.
Baz is the director of Thai box office hit Bad Genius and Sundance award-winning One For The Road, while Banjong is the filmmaker behind acclaimed horror The Medium and Pee Mak, which became Thailand’s highest grossing-film of all time when it was released in 2013.
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The new films mark the first time both renowned filmmakers have acted as producer for other directors.
Baz is the director of Thai box office hit Bad Genius and Sundance award-winning One For The Road, while Banjong is the filmmaker behind acclaimed horror The Medium and Pee Mak, which became Thailand’s highest grossing-film of all time when it was released in 2013.
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- 3/13/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Films about twins are not exactly unusual in international cinema. It is unusual, though, for this kind of movie to be directed by twin directors, which is exactly what is happening in “You & Me & Me”, where, even more, the twins of the movie are both played by the same actress.
You & Me & Me is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The story takes place in 1999, just before the Y2K scare had many people believing that the world would end. It is also the same for twin sister Me and You, whose loving relationship and constant shenanigans with their identical appearance seem to not be enough for them to be happy, for the first time in their life. That their parents are on the verge of a divorce is just the beginning, but when their mother decides to take them from Bangkok to her former home in Nakhon Phanom Province,...
You & Me & Me is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The story takes place in 1999, just before the Y2K scare had many people believing that the world would end. It is also the same for twin sister Me and You, whose loving relationship and constant shenanigans with their identical appearance seem to not be enough for them to be happy, for the first time in their life. That their parents are on the verge of a divorce is just the beginning, but when their mother decides to take them from Bangkok to her former home in Nakhon Phanom Province,...
- 3/13/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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