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A young location scout meets the art director of her project in a day they will keep in their memories for a while, each for their own reasons.

Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy

Mary is in her last course of school. She'll confront sudden changes in her life, loving relations and friendship. Based on some tweets of an anonymous girl.

The Scala

This documentary explores the cinematic magic of Bangkok's last remaining stand-alone movie theater through the eyes of its long-serving staff.

Last Summer

A story about three youngsters who are haunted by the spirit of their teen-idol friend, Joy, who died under mysterious circumstances in Last Summer.

Wonderful Town

Local girl Na runs a small hotel where every day is more of less the same until Ta arrives one day. Ta is an architect from the city who has come to oversee the building of a new development and very slowly the two build a friendship that develops into something more romantic.

Ten Years Thailand

A collection of short films by five Thai directors imagining their country ten years into the future.

Distance

Three stories which each focus on one of three types of relationships: family, friendship, and love. The first story is about conflicted manager on a business trip who is intrigued by an elderly worker and investigates his life. The second story is about a young father who receives a letter that brings him to a foreign land, where old emotions come unburied. The last story is about a visiting professor from overseas who sets a student's heart fluttering, while having to deal with his own.

I Am the Beauty of Your Beauty, I Am the Fear of Your Fear

Gita, a young woman in search of a life purpose, leaves her hometown in China for Malaysia. As she struggles to come to terms with her past and identity, Gita devotes herself to an intense martial arts training course—turning inwards and arriving to groundbreaking epiphanies about herself.

Insects in the Backyard

In the absence of their parents, Johnny and Jennifer are being brought up by their sister Tanya, an overdressed transvestite. Both kids mess up their pursuit of romance, and both look for ways to break away from the family home and become independent.

Letters from the South

Six filmmakers present six short films about the experiences of Chinese immigrants. Shot across Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Myanmar, the anthology depicts the crisis of identity that accompanies international migration.

Hi-So

Ananda has returned home from abroad. Unsure of his career plans, he accepts an invitation to act in a new movie for a famous director. During the filming in a small seaside town, Zoe, his American girlfriend from University, arrives for a week-long visit.

Waiting

Mr. Koon undertakes a 700-mile journey from North to South Thailand to find the woman who lived next door when he was young. During the journey, he crosses the path and lives of other travelers, who are also waiting for something and moved by the same laws of nature, yet indefinite desire that drove Mr. Koon to look for a childhood dream forty years old.

6 to 6

A man cleaning an upscale house is joined by his mother and girlfriend for lunch. The women later help him clean, watching him with unease when he takes a phone call. Aditya Assarat's short film unravels restless and insecure emotions of love where the dusty, empty space of a house and its fluttering white sheets block our view.

Now Now Now

Paula and her friends, who have Chinese roots, entertain her cousin Mumu, who is visiting Thailand. This short originally appeared as part of Letters from the South, an omnibus centered around Chinese diaspora.

Bangkok Stories

The film features six themes of love in Bangkok's famous districts: Mo Chit, Yaowarat, Khaosan, Phahurat, Silom, and Sukhumvit in the hands of six different directors.

Sukhumvit

Beat goes to the public swimming pool on Sukhumvit to spy on Pat and Paula. He has had a crush on Pat since freshman year of university. But she has a boyfriend who is on the national football team and has never given Beat much thought. But the day is long and the sun is hot. Maybe today will be different from all the rest. A short film about the kids down the street.