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[Free and open to all.]The Baturu Women’s Film Festival will be showing films from around the world in venues across Bangkok from November 25 to December 7. Come to the FCCT on November 26 to hear first-hand from the film directors who will explain their work and address the issues of women’s rights and empowerment that feature in the movies they have brought to Bangkok.
At the event, you can pick up the full schedule of events and movies for the week, which will be shown at venues including the Alliance Francaise, the Goethe Institute, the Jim Thompson Art House, House Samyan, and others. The festival kicks off the day before the FCCT event, on November 25, to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Li Dan, the Chairperson of the Baturu Women's Film Festival, will discuss the festival and the newly established international cooperative platform in Bangkok for women's film festivals and female filmmakers. Six renowned international guests alongside leading Thai voices in film and academia will then discuss women’s creative agency, representation, and equality in the film industry, reflecting on how cinema can serve as a tool for cultural transformation and empowerment. They will also discuss how to further accelerate the realization of this goal through advancing support and cooperation for the newly established international women’s film platform in Thailand.
Speakers include:
Patricia Franquesa (Spain), Barcelona-based director of My Sextortion Diary (2024), whose work explores digital and gender violence.
Asha Magrati (Nepal/USA), protagonist of "Pooja, Sir!", award-winning screenwriter, producer, and actress, co-founder of Aadi Films and Gograha Film Workshop.
Faridah Gbadamosi (USA), senior programmer at Tribeca Enterprises, championing inclusive storytelling and diverse authorship in film.
David Averbach (USA), creative director of The Film Collaborative (TFC) and director of distribution education initiatives called TFC’s distripedia™ program.
Orly Ravid (USA), founder of The Film Collaborative (TFC). She manages the organization, and supervises all TFC’s distribution programs and educational services.
Mala Reinhardt（Germany, German filmmaker known for Familiar Places (2025). She is also a Berlinale Talents Alumni, German Films Face2Face Ambassador 2025 and a member of the European Film Academy.
Li Dan, founder and chairman of the Baturu Women's Film Festival Thailand.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand - FCCT, 518/5 Ploenchit Road, Maneeya Center, Penthouse, Nana Plaza, Thailand
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