Just a few more days and we'll be stepping into the new year. For those celebrating in Thailand this year, here's an invitation to watch movies across the new year that's actually worth taking up.
Film I Trust and Documentary Club put on the 'Countenance of Time' festival, and it's shaping up to be a pretty special way to see in 2026. The idea is to slow down time, let your heart go with film and text, and swap the usual countdown frenzy for something more meaningful. Over three days you can catch 10 seriously good films at libraries, independent bookstores and art spaces around the country.
In Bangkok the festival lands at GalileOasis, which screens Before Sunrise and Before Sunset back to back on December 31 from 7pm onwards. Tickets are B200 for the double bill, so you can spend New Year's Eve falling in love with Vienna and Paris all over again. Or you can head to House of Commons to read your way into the new year.
The full film lineup includes:
- Before Sunrise (1995)
- Before Sunset (2004)
- Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996)
- La Chimera (2023)
- The Gleaners and I (2000)
- Herb & Dorothy (2008)
- Happened (2017)
- Opus (2017)
- Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)
- Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2022)
The festival spans eight locations across Thailand:
- Bangkok: GalileOasis and House of Commons
- Nongkhai: Nongkhai and Friends
- Nakhon Sawan: STREAMLINE FILM and Sannyas
- Chanthaburi: bliss project
- Nan: Banban Nannan library
- Songkhla: Greenbook Cafe-Space
The whole thing runs from December 30 through to January 1 2026.