festival – Tom Vater

Thai environmental film festival goes international, in Nikkei Asia

March 1, 2024March 13, 2024tom

‘Changing Climate, Changing Lives’ awards top prize to Japan’s ‘Miwatari’ BANGKOK — “Welcome to the fourth CCCL Film Festival in Bangkok; I am so glad you made it.” There was a poignant element to the opening speech by Christopher Moore, founder of Bangkok’s “Changing Climate, Changing Lives Film Festival,” as he thanked participants and audience […]

My Selection of Bangkok Festivals in The Daily Telegraph

November 23, 2012November 23, 2012tomLeave a Comment

In The Daily Telegraph this week: Our expert in Bangkok, Tom Vater, picks his favourite festivals in Thailand’s capital, from water fights to celebrations of light. Including Wai Kru at Wat Bang Phra, Thailand’s best known tattoo temple!!! Surely a first for The Daily Telegraph. Read it all here!

From the Archives: The real Phuket – Tom Vater reports on the Vegetarian Festival for Fortean Times

October 20, 2012October 20, 2012tomLeave a Comment

Another golden oldie, that old chestnut, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival, which I covered in 2005 for Fortean Times and several other publications. Never mind the flash resorts, sleazy bars, high rise condos and MacHolidays on offer on Thailand’s largest and most overdeveloped tourist island. Phuket also has culture. Every year, men and women have their […]

UBUD Writers & Readers Festival Diary by Aroon Thaewchatturat

October 3, 2012October 5, 2012tomLeave a Comment

This week, I am at the UBUD Writers and Readers Festival in Bali to present my books Sacred Skin (with co-author and photographer Aroon Thaewchatturat, published by Visionary World) and The Cambodian Book of the Dead (published by Crime Wave Press). I will also be taking part in several panel discussions. Owner of Visionary World […]

From the Archives: The Greatest Show On Earth – Trailer!

August 31, 2011June 7, 2016tomLeave a Comment

The trailer for the first documentary film I worked on (screenplay and production manager), The Greatest Show on Earth, can now be viewed on director Marc Eberle’s website. The 30 min documentary follows Alok Sharma, the top policeman in charge of the 2001 Maha Kumbh Mela, the largest gathering of people on planet earth, ever! Being […]