The Philippine film “BWAYA”, a film based on a true-to-life account of an incident in 2009 when a 12 year old girl was attacked and killed by a crocodile in the marshland of Agusan de Sur, directed by Mr. Francis Xavier Pasion is chosen by the National Federation of Motion Pictures and Contents Associations of Thailand to participate as the Philippine film entry in the Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival 2015 organized by the Ministry of Culture of Thailand.

The Festival will be hold free public screening of the films, with Thai and English subtitles, at SF World Cinemas located at Central World in Bangkok (capital) from 27 to 30 August; Chiang Mai Province in the Thai North from 3 to 6 September; Khon Kaen Province in the Thai Northeast from 10 to 13 September and Surat Thani Province in the Thai South from 17 to 20 September 2015.

Mrs. Sylvia Reyes, Cultural Officer, and Mr. Karlo Berme, Records Officer, attended the opening ceremonyand the world premier screening of Mad Pa Yak-The Great Muay Thai Fighter, held at SF World Cinema at Central World, Bangkok, on 26 August 2015. Mrs. Reyes also attended the first film screening of the film on 27 August 2015.  

                                                        Group photo of Minister Rojpojchanarat with                                         (L-R) Mr. Karlo S. Berme, Director Francis

                                                       actors and directors of the participating films.                                                Xavier Pasion and Mrs. Sylvia Reyes