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25 January 2013
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gone Victor with the wind?
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mystery of the disappearing film festival
hua hin, THAILAND This time last year Hua Hin was gearing itself up to welcome the great and good of the film world to the first Hua Hin International Film Festival, with the expectation that this would become an annual event, and a sign of the higher profile the town was getting. However, so far this year there is absolutely no sign of the festival being repeated, with both the dedicated website (huahinfilmfest.com) and the Facebook page having no information since last year’s event and emails to the organisers bouncing back. National daily newspaper The Nation made a very brief mention of a 2013 festival in a look ahead to Thai films for the coming year but this appears to be more of an assumption than firm information. It will be a great shame if another high profile event disappears from the calendar, as the Jazz Festival did last year and possibly permanently, especially at a time when Hua Hin is experiencing expansion and improvements at a rate of knots. The area needs keynote festivals and events to broaden it’s appeal and to encourage visitors, as well as to provide variety for those that live here. It may be that the festival will take place at a different time than last year, but given the publicity drive that accompanied the first one and the lack of any mention anywhere for a follow up, the fear is that this has indeed gone with the wind..
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