The Chulalongkorn University International Film Festival will show six acclaimed recent movies from Monday to August 28.
It opens with the Chinese comedy "Mad About English". Others are the animated Israeli war drama "Waltz With Bashir", the South Korean horror "Hansel and Gretel", the quirky Swedish comedy "You, the Living", Turkey's "Time and Winds" and "I've Loved You So Long" from France. The movies will be on DVD with English subtitles and will be followed by a panel discussion by critics Kittisak Suvannapokhin, Nopamat Veohong and Kong Rithdee. Show times are at 5 on Monday and Friday in Chula's Boromrajakumari Building, room 503. Admission is free. Call (02) 218 4802 or visit ChulaFilmFest.multiply.com.
In full bloom
The Emporium joins with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Ikebana International Bangkok, Muang Thai and ThaiBev in celebrating Her Majesty the Queen's 77th birthday with a floral show from tomorrow through August 16 in the shopping centre's Fashion Hall. There will also be an art exhibition, demonstrations by Ikebana flower-arranging masters and live music. Call (02) 269 1334.
Lofty buys
Find your Mother's Day gift in the "Loft, I Love Mom" sale through August 12. Choose from funky photo frames, dolls, cards, kitchenwares, fashion accessories, cosmetics and electronic gadgets. Something will surely please her! Call (02) 658 0328 (Siam Discovery) or (02) 160 5161 (Chamchuri Square).
Temple tales
Shutterbugs are invited to capture "Wat Pathumwanaram's Reflections on the Contemporary Era" for a photo contest that focuses on the temple's ubosot restoration. The contest is open amateur and professional photographers, both Thais and foreigners. Send your photo and details about your inspiration, to the Corporate Social Responsibility Department, Central Retail Corporatin, Zen World Level 16 or download an application from www.PowerBuy.co.th. The deadline for submissions is November 30.
All about love
Artists Pilaiporn Pethrith and Yotaka Ponsak explore the depths of maternal emotions in "Unconditional Love" showing at Gossip Gallery until August 31. Pilaiporn, the mother of a 12-year-old girl, looks at the mother-and-daughter relationship through 12 ink paintings while Yotaka's oils on acrylic express the contentment she has achieved as the mother of a 10-year-old son. Gossip Gallery in on the third floor of Silom Galleria. Call (02) 237 5568 or (089) 812 2589 or visit www.GossipGallery|BKK72.com.
Trendy threads
Following the launch of its autumn-winter collection, chic Thai brand Sretsis is offering its earlier designs at discounts of up to 80 per cent through tomorrow in the Top Thai Designers Sale at Amarin Plaza. Other brands taking part are Issue, Greyhound, Kloset, Munchu's, Playhound, Senada and Theatre. Call (02) 714 7295.
All about crafts
Stock on up gifts and handicrafts at the ThaiCraft Fair on Saturday at the Jasmine City Building on Sukhumvit Soi 23. Running from 10 to 2, the fair features the latest products from skilled artisans along with photos displayed as part of the "Khon Lek Lek" exhibition. Admission is free. Visit www.ThaiCraft.org.
Arty Indonesia
Until Saturday, La Lanta Fine Art is showing paintings by five talented Indonesian artists in "Poetical Junctures", in which they reflect on the social, political, and cultural changes in their country and examine the role of memory and its connection to history. The gallery is on Sukhumvit Soi 31. Call (02) 204 0583.