Oscar-winning shorts on screen at the FCCT

From 2012, “Saving Face” deals with acid attacks. The short follows a London-based Pakistani plastic surgeon Dr Mohammad Jawad as he journeys to Pakistan to perform facial-reconstruction surgery.
And from last year is “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness”, which profiles a young woman who survived an “honour killing” by her father and uncle. She ran into conflict in Pakistani society for not forgiving the men for the attempted killing.
Both are courtesy of SOC Films. Admission is Bt150 baht. For details, check FCCThai.com.

Also showing

Bangkok Gay and Lesbian Film Festival – The second edition of the BGLFF is underway at the Quartier CineArt with a lineup of a dozen award-winning, much-acclaimed LGBT films. The fest runs until June 19. Tickets can be booked through MajorCineplex.com. For more details, check www.Facebook.com/BGLFF.

The Friese-Greene Club – Classic and not-so-classic movies made in Thailand are on tap tonight and tomorrow with Oscar-winning “The Killing Fields” tonight and 1976’s “Emanuelle in Bangkok” tomorrow. Shows are at 8pm. For more details, check FGC.in.th.

Alliance Francaise – There are three French film events this week. Tonight’s French film with Thai subtitles is “Un chateau en Italie” (“A Castle in Italy”) in which a dysfunctional family is forced to sell their home. Tomorrow has a matinee for the kids, “Les contes de la nuit” (“Tales of the Night”), which has distinctive animator Michel Ocelot weaving together various fantastic stories. And next Wednesday’s French film with English subtitles is “Les chโteaux de sable” (“Sand Castles”), in which a young woman returns to her family home after her father’s death and is reunited with an ex-lover. Shows are at 7pm except for the 2pm Saturday matinee. Admission is Bt100. For details, check AFThailande.org.