This weekend was the first Hua Hin International Film Festival. On Friday, there was an opening ceremony on the beach in front of the Intercontinental Hotel. All of the directors, producers and movie stars who are in town for the festival walked on the red carpet into the ceremony. My friends and I went to the red carpet to see if we could see anyone famous. Some of the press didn't show up so we ended up being allowed to sit in the press seats, which were bleachers right above the ocean.
The red carpet
Our seats
Thai movie stars
The best part of the day was that my favorite movie star, Ryan Gosling, was there.
The ceremony was all in Thai, so it was actually pretty boring but it was cool to see Ryan Gosling. He's in Thailand right now shooting his next movie in Bangkok.
Later that night, Webster students got free tickets to see one of the films showing at the festival. We also got free popcorn and soda, which was even better than the actual movie. After the movie, all of the actors from the movie came out and answered questions and took pictures with us.
The cast of "It Gets Better."
