query: country_of_citizenship porntip papanai
supports: Phang Nga Bay is a 400 km bay in the Strait of Malacca between the island of Phuket and the mainland of the Malay peninsula of southern Thailand. Since 1981, an extensive section of the bay has been protected as the Ao Phang Nga National Park. The park is in Phang Nga Province, at 08°17'N 098°36'E. Thailand (or  ), officially the Kingdom of Thailand, formerly known as Siam, is a country at the centre of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia. With a total area of approximately , Thailand is the world's 51st-largest country. It is the 20th-most-populous country in the world, with around 66 million people. The capital and largest city is Bangkok. Monrak Transistor (Thai: , English: Transistor Love Story) is a 2001 Thai film directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. Blending several genres, including comedy, romance, musical and crime, it is the story of a young man named Pan and his odyssey after he goes AWOL from the army and tries to make it as a luk thung singing star. Ploy is a 2007 Thai film written and directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. The film premiered during the Directors' Fortnight at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. Bangkok is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. It is known in Thai as "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" (pronounced ) or simply . The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in Central Thailand, and has a population of over 8 million, or 12.6 percent of the country's population. Over 14 million people (22.2 percent) live within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, significantly dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in terms of importance. There are 581 high-rise buildings in the city, ranking number 5 in the world. Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (born 8 March 1962, Bangkok, Thailand) is a Thai film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his arthouse work, "Last Life in the Universe", and is considered to be one of Thai cinema's leading "new wave" auteurs, alongside Wisit Sasanatieng and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. He goes by the nickname Tom and is sometimes credited as Tom Pannet. Krabi is one of the southern provinces ("changwat") of Thailand, on the shore of the Strait of Malacca. Neighbouring provinces are (from north clockwise) Phang Nga, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, and Trang. Phuket Province lies to the west across Phang Nga Bay. Krabi town is the seat of provincial government. A screenplay writer, screenwriter for short, scriptwriter or scenarist is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media such as films, television programs, comics or video games are based. Luk Thung, or Phleng Luk Thung (Thai:  or  ], "Child of the Field song"), often known as Thai country music, is an acculturated song genre that emerged after World War II in the central region of Thailand. The genre was derived from Phleng Thai Sakon, and developed in the early 20th century. Suphan Buri in particular became the center of Luk Thung music, producing many major artists, including Suraphol Sombatcharoen, and Pumpuang Duangjan. The genre has been prominently popularized in the northeastern region, having from its beginnings drawn upon northeastern Morlam musical traditions and the northeastern Isan language. The 2007 Cannes Film Festival, the sixtieth, ran from 16 to 27 May 2007. Wong Kar-wai's "My Blueberry Nights" opened the festival, and Denys Arcand's "The Age of Ignorance" closed (Wong was the 2006 Cannes Film Festival's Jury president). The President of the Official Jury was British director Stephen Frears. Porntip Papanai ( rtgs : Phonthip Papanai ; Thai :   , nickname `` Cartoon '' , b. 1982 in Krabi ) is a Thai actress and model . Among her film roles are supporting parts in Pen - Ek Ratanaruang 's Monrak Transistor ( 2001 ) , in which she played the country singer Dao , and Ploy ( 2007 ) , in which she portrayed Tum , the hotel maid . She portrayed the legendary Thai ghost Mae Nak in Ghost of Mae Nak in 2005 In 2008 she also featured in Queen of Langkasuka by Nonzee Nimibutr and in 2009 in Nymph , a film about the Thai legendary Nang Mai tree deity . The Krabi River is a river in Southern Thailand. The Krabi river is 5 kilometres long, as it is the main channel within a larger estuary to the Andaman Sea. The other two main channels are the Yuan River to the south and Chi Lat to the west. The 31 km upper stretch of the river are named "Khlong Krabi Yai", which originates at the Phanom mountain. Apichatpong "Joe" Weerasethakul (IPA:; born July 16, 1970) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. His feature films include "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives", winner of the prestigious 2010 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or prize; "Tropical Malady", which won a jury prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival; "Blissfully Yours", which won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard program at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival; "Syndromes and a Century", which premiered at the 63rd Venice Film Festival and was the first Thai film to be entered in competition there; and "Cemetery of Splendour", which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim. Krabi is the main town in the province of Krabi ("thesaban mueang") on the west coast of southern Thailand at the mouth of the Krabi River where it empties in Phang Nga Bay. As of 2010 the town had a population of 52,867. The town is the capital of Krabi Province and Krabi District. Tourism is an important industry. Krabi is 783 km south of Bangkok by road. 
candidates: british thailand venice writer
answer: thailand