Can a student have many qualities, like being a mathematical genius, winning a distinguished prize, receiving a scholarship, attending a school in the United States but, at the same time, being dishonest, corrupt, false and cowardly?

This is Arnold, a high school student in Bangkok. He is the negative protagonist of the film Arnold Is a Model Student - Arnon pen nakrian tuayang by Thai director Sorayos Prapapa presented at the 15th Bangkok World Film Festival 2022.

Scala was a very famous cinema in Bangkok. The most iconic. This phase of dismantling is narrated tenderly in the documentary Scala, by young filmmaker Ananta Thitanat presented at the Bangkok World Film Festival 2022 in which it won the Grand Jury Prize.

The documentary closely follows the work of tearing down the interiors and furnishings of the theatre. The style of the building was brilliant, with an extended foyer, staircase, and a huge chandelier. They removed the red seats and unclean curtains. When they fell, the dust rose; it was the dust of the history of world cinema.

The life of a couple of Burmese illegal immigrant boys in Bangkok. Prostitution, drugs, backbreaking work, disturbing loneliness.

These are the themes of the film, The Road to Mandalay by director Midi Z, born in Myanmar and moved to Taiwan as a teenager. The film was presented at the 73 Venice Film Festival.