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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.
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).
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 National Film Heritage Registry of Thailand is a collection of historically and culturally significant films compiled and maintained by the Thai Film Archive for their recognition and preservation. The listed films range from historical footage to works of classic Thai cinema and contemporary feature films, unrestricted by subject matter ...
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 ...
Southeast Asian cinema is the film industry and films produced in, or by natives of Southeast Asia.It includes any films produced in Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Scala in July 2021, four months prior to it being thorn down. On Scala's last day, four movies curated by the Thai Film Archive were shown. They included two Italian classics by Michelangelo Antonioni: Blowup at noon; followed by a double-bill of Thai documentaries The Scala, [11] and Phantom of Illumination, [12] which pay homage to standalone movie theaters at 15:00; and Antonioni's Cinema ...
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]