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The 2004 Bangkok International Film Festival is here! Running from January 22 until February 2, it'll showcase some 150 films, including some as premiere showings. This should make up for missing the Toronto film fest in September (I was thinking about catching films before jetting to Bangkok). Anyways, I should be pretty happy about catching some 9 international films (more, if I want to spend my birthday weekend watching a film or two).

So I have bought a bunch of tickets off of ThaiTicketMaster.com, and I'm making them available on a first-come-first serve basis. They're only 100 Baht, which is a major bargain when compared to $10CAD+ (about 300 Baht) per ticket for the TIFF when you purchase a block of tickets. I have some other thoughts (gripes and kudos) about my ordering experience, but that'll come later.

So, in chronological order, I have tickets for the following films:

• FRI Jan 23 A Nation Without Women (India), 8pm, Major WTC 3, 3 seats available: 2
  
• SAT Jan 24 One Night Husband (Kuen Rai Ng) (Thailand), 11am, Lido 2, 3 seats available: 2
  
• SAT Jan 24 Barbarian Invasions (Canada), 8pm, Siam, 2 seats available
  
• SUN Jan 25 Nicotina (Mexico/Argentina/Spain), 2pm, Grand EGV7, 1 ticket available: all taken
  
• SUN Jan 25 S21M The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (Cambodia/France), 5pm, EGV Metropolis 9, 1 ticket available: all taken
  
• MON, Jan 26 Zatoichi (Japan), 8pm, Siam, 1 seat available: all taken
  
• TUE Jan 27 Choker Bali-Passion Play (India), 8pm, Siam, 2 seats available: 1
  
• THR Jan 29 When Ruoma was Seventeen (China), 8pm, Grand EGV7, 2 seats available: 1

You can also order online (I have the film guide as a zip file for anyone who wants it) and then pick up your tickets at Thai TicketMaster locations (in Central Department stores), and you can order there, too, but cash only for those orders.

Anyways, check your schedules - I've chosen films that are "work hours friendly", so first come first serve. If you want a ticket or two to a film, drop me an email, or put down your order in the comments box - I get them as emails right away. I'll update the site as orders come in.

UPDATE: Jan 19, 1:44pm: There are no more tickets for Nicotina.
UPDATE: Jan 19, 11:50pm: 2 more taken, 11 tickets left.
UPDATE: Jan 21, 3:25pm: 4 more taken, 1 returned, 8 tickets left. There are no more tickets for Zatoichi and for S21.
UPDATE: Jan 27, 5:48pm: All tickets are sold (well, I couldn'te get rid of two for Saturday, ended it giving it away to an older couple on the street).