Tourism Dept pushes for Thailand to become international film destination

Na-ark Rojanasuvan

 

 

BANGKOK, 02 March 2019, (NNT) - The Tourism Department will organize Thailand International Film Destination Festival 2019 (TIFDF 2019) from March 25th to April 2nd.

 

Since 2013, the annual event has been a vital force in promoting Thailand as a prime location for shooting international films and helped to generate income for the Kingdom. It has also drawn foreign tourists to the country’s famous attractions being featured in these films.

 

The department’s data show that a total of 714 films were shot in Thailand last year, generating 3.1 billion baht in revenue. The Thai government’s policy to attract international filmmakers through various incentives have also contributed to the figure.

 

According to Director-General of the Tourism Department Anan Wongbenjarat , the 7th Thailand International Film Destination Festival which will kick off today will feature a competition on short films in Thailand being held under the concept “Beyond Destination Thailand.” He explained that these films had been shot in secondary destinations, which is part of the government’s policy to promote 55 lesser-known provinces.

 

The result of the short film competition will be announced on April 2nd. Free viewing of international films being shot in Thailand will be held from March 27th to 31st at Siam Paragon Cineplex.

 

-- nnt 2019-03-03

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

He explained that these films had been shot in secondary destinations, which is part of the government’s policy to promote 55 lesser-known provinces.

The promotion to tourists of 55 lesser known secondary rubbish dumps. 

Hope it is more successful that the defunct Bangkok International Film Festival that resulted in several people doing time in the USA.

Yes they can shoot ''Beaches 2'' in Pattaya....

Edited March 3, 20197 yr by mok199

"Death by Dangerous Driving" would make a good movie in Thailand

And I am sure the new cyber law will help them meet its goal faster than they thought. Can just see. Actors and actresses doing 90 day check ins or border runs and needing 20k and a return flight ticket with .

With the ever growing list of daily crackdowns and cant do's the movie vapors in paradise has been shelved ????   

Bangkowood?

2 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The department’s data show that a total of 714 films were shot in Thailand last year

93% of them were Bollywood films. Maybe a single western film among them. Western studios don't need cheap incentives like free visas to film the next Hollywood big movie. 

How about

Carry on Somchai  

Lock, Stock and no smoking barrels?

Perhaps the next Wolverine film - he could fight rabied dog packs on beaches, and on the way to the hospital get tossed out of the ambulance when it’s brakes fail and crashes into a ditch


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Just put a dashcam on a motocycle and drive around Thailand, it will be the best horrormovie ever.

I wonder how many of those were “movies” shot in Pattaya with prostitutes...

It's been a while since Thailand declared itself a new "hub" of anything.

4 minutes ago, quandow said:

It's been a while since Thailand declared itself a new "hub" of anything.

Hey they forgot to put the word HUB in the headline....They are really slacking off...

2 hours ago, stanleycoin said:

How about

Carry on Somchai  

Opening scene

Somchai and Tingtong do a cover version of a Neil Diamond hit entitled

Meth' on the Rocks.

How time flies. Has it been twenty years since the filming of “The Beach” degenerated into an absolute clusterpuck?! Perhaps that is enough time to pretend it never happened and attract a new group of directors and production companies.
 

There are still the gullible who believe the brouhaha about the filming of The Beach was due to ecological and environmental concerns. IT was not. It was part of the political fallout form the 97 meltdown and was used to discredit the government in power, at the time. Western film producers and companies remember this and how they got caught holding the bag.

 

The Tourism Department has their work cut out for them. Our hopes and prayers are with you. 

3 hours ago, mikebell said:

Lock, Stock and no smoking barrels?

Was that a typo, ?

Lock stock and two smoking Bar girls !!!!!!!!!!!!! 

7 minutes ago, stanleycoin said:

Was that a typo, ?

Lock stock and two smoking Bar girls !!!!!!!!!!!!! 

They could for a re-make of the other one and film Snatch 2 in Nana.

Yeah Hollywood loves the military and what is going on here.

5 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

Yeah Hollywood loves the military and what is going on here.

They used to have to byo, but then reduced the overheads to Chuck Norris and Sly Stallone

 

Be amazed if ever a remake of The Ugly American was ever attempted! - too close to the (current) bone... 

19 minutes ago, tifino said:

They used to have to byo, but then reduced the overheads to Chuck Norris and Sly Stallone

 

Be amazed if ever a remake of The Ugly American was ever attempted! - too close to the (current) bone... 

The trailers for that are on the news every day.

"It has also drawn foreign tourists to the country’s famous attractions being featured in these films." Ironically, one of the other topics featured in the right hand column when I read this item was

Thai authorities don’t know if Maya Bay will re-open to tourists

"The bay, made famous by the movie The Beach starring Leonardo DiCaprio, has been closed to visitors since 2018, after mass tourism destroyed bay’s coral ecosystem. ... The ecosystem is starting to recover, but it could be decades before it fully recovers, experts have said."

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The promotion to tourists of 55 lesser known secondary rubbish dumps. 

Well why promote it as film destination, we’ve got plenty of videos on YouTube and other video channels about Scandals and daily car accidents

 

 

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3 hours ago, dcnx said:

I wonder how many of those were “movies” shot in Pattaya with prostitutes...

According to the officials, there's no such thing.

Edited March 3, 20197 yr by Vacuum

Yeah it's good for making action movies about coups, just let the cameras roll and one will eventually be captured on film.

1 hour ago, NCC1701A said:

Yeah Hollywood loves the military and what is going on here.

Well there are a lot of katoys around, that should be right up hollywood's current alley of catering for minorities.

14 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

Well there are a lot of katoys around, that should be right up hollywood's current alley of catering for minorities.

In that case they could do

'Bag Snatch 2' in Pattaya.

Well that just doubled the cost of making any film..