{"id":2962,"date":"2019-06-06T21:14:22","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T14:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemaoasis.com\/?p=2962"},"modified":"2019-08-16T21:22:51","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T14:22:51","slug":"the-amazing-stoner-movie-fest-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinemaoasis.com\/en\/cinema\/the-amazing-stoner-movie-fest-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing Stoner Movie Fest 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Golden Ganja Award:\u00a0<\/strong>
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\nThailand \/ Sagar Singh Sivaraman<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Amazing Stoner Movie Manifesto<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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At first there was some fearful resistance way back in March 2018 at a Cinema Oasis meeting when I suggested the idea of a stoner movie contest. It did seem a bridge too far. We\u2019re already taking on the battle for cinematic freedom, how stupid is it to jeopardize such a lofty mission impossible with something so\u2026well, silly.<\/p>\n

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The plain simple fact is I wanted to see a Thai stoner movie. The world has Cheech & Chong, Harold & Kumar, but no Piak & Odd, say. Ganja is our culture since \u201cthe days of King Louse\u201d\u2014when we were cavemen infested with lice. It\u2019s in our blood, our cuisine, our medicine, our relaxation; it\u2019s in the music of Kamron Samboonyananont. But no Thai stoner cinematic culture (except for the lovely smoked-out taxi scene in one of the great Mum Jokmok movies). Why is this?<\/p>\n

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The obvious answer is the state censors\u2019 power to ban any cinematic behavior deemed to promote drug use and promiscuity, the questioning of the nature of reality and so the end of tin-pot civilization.<\/p>\n

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Our simple prayer to see Thai stoner movies has been miraculously answered, as you can see for yourself. Amazingly, we\u2019ve also received some lovely films from abroad including from Saudi Arabia, Japan, Italy, Korea, Germany, Philippines, USA and Malaysia. All here to celebrate the freedom to live our truth.<\/p>\n

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But what is a stoner movie? This was the Golden Ganja question as we watched these exotic entries one after another. It\u2019s not just the dude stuff or the trippy images with disassociated dialogue. It dawned on us that what makes a film a stoner movie is its sense of reality, a certain observational distance\u2014Zen detachment. They don\u2019t all show ganja on screen or even touch on weed culture, but they all have in common the state of being stoned.<\/p>\n

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The point being: If contemporary consensus reality with its abusive half-truths is clearly losing its mind, artists, filmmakers and cinephiles have the right\u2014even the dharma\u2014to subvert and shatter that cherished mirage.<\/p>\n

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All we need is love.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dr Alice Skinhead, programmer<\/p>\n

Cinema Oasis Amazing Stoner Movie Fest<\/p>\n

Bangkok, August 2019<\/p>\n

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