The 10th World Film Festival of Bangkok (เทศกาลภาพยนตร์โลกแห่งกรุงเทพฯ ครั้งที่ 10) will open on 16th November with a screening of Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s new film
Mekong Hotel (แม่โขงโฮเต็ล), a semi-documentary set on the Thai/Laos border. It will be screened again on 21st November.
The opening-night screening of
Mekong Hotel will be at Paragon Cineplex (the venue for the
6th,
7th, and
8th festivals), with subsequent films showing at Esplanade Cineplex (the venue for the
5th festival, and the
9th earlier this year). The festival will close on 25th November.