Ireland is making a rare appearance in a major Asian Film Festival. The movie, My Beautiful Rambutan Tree In Tanjung Rambutan, will run in the 10-day Bangkok Film Festival until July 29.
It marks a collaboration between Irish producers leBrocquy/Fraser productions and India's U-Wei Bin HajiSaari.
The film was previously showcased at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year and was made by the same company who produced the Golden Globe-winning Afghan drama, Osama.
It comes on the same week that the Irish-made TV series The Tudors was nominated for a clutch of prestigious Emmy awards, placing Ireland on the map as a destination for high-quality productions.
The Bangkok festival has been held annually for the last five years and is organised by the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
Each year the festival showcases more than a hundred feature and short films representing some of the best and the brightest in the current international cinema.
The festival focuses on works by emerging filmmakers throughout Asia and in particular those of the Southeast Asian region.
My Beautiful Rambutan Tree tells the story of brother and sister Atan and Tina, close siblings who are left alone one night when their parents go out, to disastrous consequences.
It is one of dozens of films showcased from all around the world, from Algeria to the US, UK and France.
Meanwhile The Tudors, which was filmed at Ardmore Studios in Bray, Co Wicklow, has been nominated for Emmys in the Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series and Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series categories.
It is also in the running to win both the Outstanding Costumes For A Series and Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music categories for shows recorded in Ireland last year.
Starring Cork actor Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, the series, focusing on the tumultuous early years of Henry VIII, was shot in various locations around Ireland with the help of the Irish film board.