Thai Media Fund and Zati Studio Co., Ltd. invited all media and public to attend the Pre-screening of the exclusive version and exhibition to meet and greet the director, Mr. Phanuthep Sutthithepthamrong, and actor/ music composer, Mr. Paul Ewing, of a film “Blood Song: A Silent Ballad” in the “Blood Song: A Silent Ballad Screening/ Talk/ Exhibition” on 28 November 2019 at Alliance Française, Bangkok.

Zati Studio Co., Ltd. received 2018 fund under the “Blood Song: A Silent Ballad” project from Thai Media Fund. The film is a black and white silent film directed by Mr. Phanuthep Sutthithepthamrong based on the graphic novel by Eric Drooker, the winner of American Book Award.

Review

A story about the fate of a young woman who loss her family from the war. She tried to escape from the war from the eastern to the western part of the world with the hope to begin her new life. However, she faced the truth of life with a change in every step of her life.

The card game “Media and Information Literacy” was developed by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and Thai Media Fund (TMF). It encourages young players to take a critical approach to media. The game aims to raise awareness among young students about the media they consume and create. Our approach is to provide training to primary and high school teachers believing that those trained teachers will use our card games in their classrooms to raise awareness about media and information literacy to their students.

The card game “Media and Information Literacy” was invited by the host to join and present

during World Democracy Forum during 6 – 7 Nov. 2019 at Strasburg, France. The card game was presented on Thursday 7 November 2019 during Second Series Of Labs and Forum Talks: Lab 4 – Building Resilience to Disinformation. Ms. Pimrapaat DUSADEEISARIYAKUL, Project Manager, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, Thailand and Ms. Katrin BANNACH, Project Manager, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, Thailand and Myanmar were our presenters. After the presentation, we got a lot of attention from many international audiences.

Mr. Wasan Paileeklee, CEO of Thai Media Fund (TMF), and Dr. James Gomez, Regional Director of Asia Centre have signed the Memorandum Of Cooperation between TMF and Asia Centre on 1st November 2019 at the Thai Media Fund Office, Bangkok. The objective of the cooperation is to develop media network and create a good media ecosystem in Thailand.

TMF and Asia Centre will collaborate in promoting Media Information and Digital Literacy (MIDL) and doing research or organizing the seminar to disseminate knowledge on disinformation such as fake news and hate speech, etc. in Thai society.

During 8 – 10 July 2020, TMF and Asia Centre will co-host an “International Conference on Hate Speech in Asia: Challenges and Solutions” at the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, Tha Prachun Campus, Bangkok.

Click here for more information:  https://asiacentre.org/event/hate-speech-in-asia-challenges-and-solutions/