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By the 1920s, a local film industry had started and in the 1930s, the Thai film industry had its first "golden age", with a number of studios producing films. The years after the Second World War saw a resurgence of the industry, which used 16 mm film to produce hundreds of films, many of them hard-driving action films.
Executives at The Taiwan Creative Content Fest were told Tuesday that Thailand will soon increase its location production rebate system to 30% of applicable spending, up from the current 20%. They ...
Thailand is poised to get serious about its commitment to the film industry, and plans to launch a major new body, the Thailand Creative Culture Agency, with a budget of THB7 billion ($200 million).
The Thailand Film Office is a Thai government agency that supports and facilitates foreign film production teams in Thailand and acts as an information center for foreign film production crew. The TFO's main objectives are as follows: To generate national income and to promote tourism, culture and arts in Thailand
Hollywood has played an important role in the development of Thailand's film industry. One of the first feature films made in Thailand, 1923's Miss Suwanna of Siam, was a Hollywood co-production, made with the royal assistance of King Vajiravudh, who gave the production free use of his 52 automobiles, 600 horses, use of the Royal Thai Navy, the Grand Palace, the railways, the rice mills, rice ...
The following is a list of the highest-grossing films in Thailand. This list only accounts for the films' box office earnings in Bangkok, Metropolitan region and Chiang Mai cinemas with the gross in Thai baht and not their ancillary revenues (i.e. home video sales, video rentals , television broadcasts, or merchandise sales).
Thailand has a thriving film industry, with a rich history dating back to the late 19th century when King Chulalongkorn first encountered movies and cinema equipment during a visit to Switzerland. [ 64 ] : 11 Since then, Thai cinema has produced a wide range of genres and styles, including horror films about ghosts, spirits, and the ...
The Film Archive (Public Organization) (FA; Thai: หอภาพยนตร์ (องค์การมหาชน)), [1] also commonly referred to as the Thai Film Archive (TFA), [2] is a film archive in Thailand. It was established in 1984 as the National Film Archive, operating under the Fine Arts Department. [3]