Festival Data:

• Established: 2008
• Genre: Documentary, General
• Total Number of Films Screened: 18

Festival Website:

Festival Description:

The Phangan Film Festival is a 3-day (or better said 3-night) event held at Koh Phangan Island, a tropical island in the Gulf of Thailand with unspoiled white sand beaches, and azure seas surrounded by a coral reef. Founded by independent filmmaker Julien Balmer in 2008, the festival provides the local community as well as travelers with a diverse presentation of high-quality independent films from around the world. The Phangan Film Festival grew out of a pure love for meaningful independent filmmaking. Its organizers are world travelers who rejoice in the cross-cultural expansion that subtly transforms all those who wander far and wide, and they embrace film as a medium for this soul-level evolution.

Festival themes are NATURE and SPIRIT, two widely cherished and intimately related subjects which bear increasing relevance for both Koh Phangan and our planet at large. PFF organizers hope that the event will profoundly touch festival-goers, stimulate thoughtful reflection on our own ways of life, and bring about appropriate attitudinal change and responsible action. For the community, they wish to open the doors to spiritual activism and ultimately contribute to the harmonious development of Koh Phangan for all of its inhabitants and visitors. Last year the PFF screened 18 films, 6 films per night. screening time was varying between 3 mins. to 90 mins. there is no restriction with regards to genres, so PFF has animations as well as feature documentaries.

Film Submissions:

• Accepts direct submissions
• Call for Entry: http:/ / www.phanganfilmfestival.com/ filmmakers.html