Scala Directed by Ananta Thitanat

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.