Namaste Thailand Film Festival goes digital, to present 10 films across different genres

Team L&M

After a gap of two years due to pandemic, the maiden edition of The Namaste Thailand Film Festival 2021 is back with a curated bouquet of 10 popular films. This is the fourth edition of the annual Thai film festival, hosted by the Royal Thai Embassy in New Delhi to foster closer socio-cultural ties with India, that film connoisseurs can enjoy round-the-clock from August 20-22, on the online platform Festival Scope https://www.festivalscope.com/page/namaste-thailand-film-festival/ .

The selected films, to be screened in Thai with English subtitles, will display the unique and diverse Thai culture and tradition while portraying the quintessential folklores as well as the universal tales of friendship, love, companionship, and yearning.

Viewers can watch these films anytime from anywhere in India during the three-day festival for free on Festival Scope, every film will have a limited number of 1,000 entries. Viewers can also win exciting prizes during the festival by watching the films online and participating in the Facebook (www.facebook.com/namastethailand) and Instagram (@namastethailand) activities.

The Embassy’s annual film festival made a debut in 2017 on the 70^th anniversary of Thailand-India diplomatic relations, and continues to be an event to celebrate the two countries’ close ties and long-lasting relations.

                             Watch out for

1. Friend Zone (118 mins | Romance / Comedy | 2019)

2. Homestay (136 mins | Drama / Fantasy / Thriller | 2018)

3. Nha Harn (120 mins | Romance / Comedy | 2019)

4. Present Still Perfect (118 mins | Romance / Drama | 2020)

5. The Exchange (90 mins | Action / Drama | 2019)

6. Where We Belong (130 mins | Drama | 2019)

7. Nakorn Sawan (77 mins | Drama | 2019)

8. Krabi, 2562 (93 mins| Documentary / Experimental | 2020)

9. BNK48 One Take (85 mins | Documentary | 2020

10. Manta Ray (105 mins | Drama | 2019)