Crossing boundaries

Two events are coming up at the end of this month and the beginning of next month that will be of interest to followers of Southeast Asian cinema.
First up on March 30 and 31 at the Reading Room on Bangkok's Silom Soi 19 is the two-part screening series "In Lav We Trust", featuring two recent works by the master of long-form black-and-white human suffering, Filipino auteur Lav Diaz.
The films are 2011’s "Century of Birthing" ("Siglo ng pagluluwal") and last year’s "Florentina Hubaldo, CTE".
They are being brought in by Film Virus, the same outfit of film lovers who brought Diaz and several of his films to Bangkok in 2009.
The showtime is 1pm and both films clock in at six hours. Best getthere early in order to stake out the spot you'll be occupying for the day, and perhaps bring along a pillow.

"BOUNDARY" FROM BERLIN

Next up, from April 1 to 7, is the third Salaya International Film Festival – Salaya Doc 2013 – at the Thai Film Archive in Salaya, Nakhon Pathom, and at the Bangkok Art and Culture Center.
Programmers expect to finalise their schedule sometime this weekend, but the opening film has been announced – Nontawat Numbenchapol’s "Boundary", which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival last month. It presses the hot-button topic of the Thai-Cambodia border area around Preah Vihear Temple.
Salaya Doc will also feature a competition program of Southeast Asian documentaries. Keep a watch on the "SalayaDoc" Facebook page for more details.