POST- FESTIVAL STATEMENT From Jason Rosette, Director of BANGKOK INDIEFEST
POST- FESTIVAL STATEMENT From J Rosette, Director of BANGKOK INDIEFEST 1.0 August 6-8 2553/2010 ( www.bangkokfest.com ) August 14, 2553/2010 Hello BANGKOK INDIEFEST 1.0 community, fans, press, and participating filmmakers! Thanks again to all supporters for your generosity in participating in the first edition of our emerging festival. After a very intense effort in producing and wrapping the 1st edition, there is now a bit of time at last to reflect on the event... Just a little over two months ago, the protest situation here in Bangkok was at a critical juncture...parts of the city were burning and a curfew was in place...automatic weapons fire crackled through parts of town. As director of the festival (Jason Rosette, aka J "J" R) I had, at one point, a bag packed with my passport inside, ready to head to a more stable environment in case the rumors of "civil war" in Thailand became reality. No one knew how, or when, the protest situation would be resolved. Our f...