Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track… So, we’re going to do the hard work for you.
This week we’re featuring Taweewat Wantha’s Thai horror pic Tee Yod (aka Death Whisperer). A smash in its home market, it set an opening day record for the year in late October and has the distinction of being the first Thai film ever released in IMAX.
Name: Tee Yod (Death Whisperer)
Country: Thailand
Producers: Major Join Film, Bec World, M Studio
Distributor: M Pictures
For fans of: Shutter, Pee Mak, supernatural horror
Following quickly in the footsteps of another 2023 Thai horror hit,...
This week we’re featuring Taweewat Wantha’s Thai horror pic Tee Yod (aka Death Whisperer). A smash in its home market, it set an opening day record for the year in late October and has the distinction of being the first Thai film ever released in IMAX.
Name: Tee Yod (Death Whisperer)
Country: Thailand
Producers: Major Join Film, Bec World, M Studio
Distributor: M Pictures
For fans of: Shutter, Pee Mak, supernatural horror
Following quickly in the footsteps of another 2023 Thai horror hit,...
- 12/6/2023
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Titles include ‘Good Night’ and ‘Death Whisperer’.
Thai production and sales company M Pictures has lined up a string of horror titles including Poj Arnon’s Good Night at Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market (Acfm).
Good Night is a horror comedy about five high school students who move into a cheap rental house ahead of their university entrance exam, only to find out that a mysterious girl lives next door and haunting whispers can be heard at night. Seasoned director Poj has made more than 30 films, including Bangkok Love Story and more recently Tiger Running, which grossed more than...
Thai production and sales company M Pictures has lined up a string of horror titles including Poj Arnon’s Good Night at Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market (Acfm).
Good Night is a horror comedy about five high school students who move into a cheap rental house ahead of their university entrance exam, only to find out that a mysterious girl lives next door and haunting whispers can be heard at night. Seasoned director Poj has made more than 30 films, including Bangkok Love Story and more recently Tiger Running, which grossed more than...
- 10/8/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
The combination of rom-com and slapstick comedy has been one that has brought great box-office results in Thailand repeatedly, and Mez Tharatorn proves that he has the recipe to make these films work, as was the case with “I Fine, Thank You, Love You” back in 2014. This time, in order to make his narrative more appealing, he has included elements of a con movie, filled with absurd twists and even more absurd characters.
The Con-Heartist is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
Ina is a somewhat aloof ex-bank employee currently working as a debt collector, whose boyfriend, Petch, dumped her unceremoniously, even though she has took a loan in her name to pay for his tuition. The whole thing has left her in extreme debt, to the point that she shoots videos asking for money from people to pay her monthly installments, while her “boyfriend” is proven to be a con-artist,...
The Con-Heartist is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
Ina is a somewhat aloof ex-bank employee currently working as a debt collector, whose boyfriend, Petch, dumped her unceremoniously, even though she has took a loan in her name to pay for his tuition. The whole thing has left her in extreme debt, to the point that she shoots videos asking for money from people to pay her monthly installments, while her “boyfriend” is proven to be a con-artist,...
- 3/9/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The Thailand International Film Destination Festival wrapped on April 29, with awards presented to the winners of the Amazing Thailand Film Challenge.
The short film competition involves 112 filmmakers, both students and professionals, flying to Thailand to make a short film in seven days.
The New Talent Award for Best Film went to Man by Charlotte Rabate and Chananun Chotrungroj, while Return Of The Golden Lily, directed by Takashi Hirose and Magnus Orn Thors, won the Experienced Vision Award for Best Film.
Launched last year, the festival aims to showcase Thailand as an international shooting destination, and also featured screenings of films that have shot in Thailand such as Peter Fudakowski’s Secret Sharer, Roy Alfred Jr’s Glory Days and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.
Awards also went to guests for their contributions to Thailand’s international film industry, including producer Daemon Hillin (A Stranger In Paradise), production designer James Newport (Bangkok Dangerous) and actresses [link=nm...
The short film competition involves 112 filmmakers, both students and professionals, flying to Thailand to make a short film in seven days.
The New Talent Award for Best Film went to Man by Charlotte Rabate and Chananun Chotrungroj, while Return Of The Golden Lily, directed by Takashi Hirose and Magnus Orn Thors, won the Experienced Vision Award for Best Film.
Launched last year, the festival aims to showcase Thailand as an international shooting destination, and also featured screenings of films that have shot in Thailand such as Peter Fudakowski’s Secret Sharer, Roy Alfred Jr’s Glory Days and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.
Awards also went to guests for their contributions to Thailand’s international film industry, including producer Daemon Hillin (A Stranger In Paradise), production designer James Newport (Bangkok Dangerous) and actresses [link=nm...
- 5/2/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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