Nonzee Nimibutr’s Dang Bireley’s and Young Gangsters [sic] (2499 อันธพาลครองเมือง), one of the most influential Thai films ever made, will be screened at Bangkok’s oldest cinema, Sala Chaloem Thani, on 1st August. The screening is organised by the Thai Film Archive, which reopened the historic wooden cinema last year.
Dang Bireley’s and Young Gangsters, the film that launched the Thai New Wave in 1997, was shown last year at the Microwave Film Festival in Sisaket. It had two outdoor screenings in 2022: in Chiang Mai (in 35mm) and Bangkok. It was shown at Scala in 2018, and at Ramada Plaza in 2010. It was shown twice at the Archive in 2020.
1997 was a pivotal year for Thai cinema, as Dang Bireley’s and Young Gangsters broke domestic box-office records and Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s debut Fun Bar Karaoke (ฝันบ้าคาราโอเกะ) premiered at the Berlinale. The Bangkok Experimental Film Festival (เทศกาลหนังทดลองกรุงเทพฯ ครั้งที่) — then known as the Bangkok International Art Film Festival (เทศกาลภาพยนตร์ศิลปะนานาชาติ กรุงเทพ) — was founded in 1997. The Thai Short Film and Video Festival (เทศกาลภาพยนตร์สั้น) also began in that year.
Dang Bireley’s and Young Gangsters, the film that launched the Thai New Wave in 1997, was shown last year at the Microwave Film Festival in Sisaket. It had two outdoor screenings in 2022: in Chiang Mai (in 35mm) and Bangkok. It was shown at Scala in 2018, and at Ramada Plaza in 2010. It was shown twice at the Archive in 2020.
1997 was a pivotal year for Thai cinema, as Dang Bireley’s and Young Gangsters broke domestic box-office records and Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s debut Fun Bar Karaoke (ฝันบ้าคาราโอเกะ) premiered at the Berlinale. The Bangkok Experimental Film Festival (เทศกาลหนังทดลองกรุงเทพฯ ครั้งที่) — then known as the Bangkok International Art Film Festival (เทศกาลภาพยนตร์ศิลปะนานาชาติ กรุงเทพ) — was founded in 1997. The Thai Short Film and Video Festival (เทศกาลภาพยนตร์สั้น) also began in that year.
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