In Thailand's film industry, there are few movies where the main character has a disability as the protagonist is usually in perfect health. In the real world, Thai actors who are disabled are extremely rare, so when actors have to play a disabled role, they cannot portray it realistically.
In order to help aspiring filmmakers have the right mindset about people with disabilities, the Institute of Asian Studies (IAS) and Chulalongkorn University (CU) recently organised the talk forum "Disabilities In Film" at the Faculty of Communication Arts. The forum was hosted by Luxsnai Songsiengchai, of the executive committee of Asian studies at IAS. The speakers included Sopon Tubklong, a visually impaired actor, Thipphawan Pollongchang, a physically disabled lecturer at Srinakharinwirot University, Piyawan Ongsuwan, manager of Movie2gether at Klongdinsor, and Thanapol Chaowanich, a lecturer at the Department of Motion Pictures and Still Photography at CU.
