Amazing Stoner Movie Manifesto

What is a stoner movie?

This was the Golden Ganja question as we watched the exotic entries one after another. It’s not just the dude stuff or the trippy images with disassociated dialogue. It dawned on us that what makes a film a stoner movie is its sense of reality, a certain observational distance—Zen detachment. They don’t all show ganja on screen or even touch on weed culture, but they all have in common the state of being stoned.

The point being: If contemporary consensus reality with its abusive half-truths is clearly losing its mind, artists, filmmakers and cinephiles have the right—even the dharma—to subvert and shatter that cherished mirage.

All we weed is love.

Dr Alice Skinhead
programmer

Cinema Oasis Amazing Stoner Movie Fest

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The Golden Ganja award + 30,000 baht cash (1,000 usd)
The Baby Golden Ganja award + 5,000 baht cash (200 usd)

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Selected films will be screened at

Amazing Stoner Movie Fest #5

20-23 November 2025

at Cinema Oasis in Bangkok, Thailand

Deadline 15 September 2025
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We can’t wait to see your films!

Technical Information

Screening Format :  MP4 / Bluray / DVD / DCP/most other files, but sadly no 16 or 35mm film

Entry Fee: 500 baht/ 1 film

No need for an application form, but please include all practical information (filmmaker’s name, film title, length, format, contact info, brief synopsis).

Please send your screener to:

Cinema Oasis (Stoner Movie Contest)

4 Sukhumvit 43, Bangkok 10110

or Email : cinemaoasis.bk@gmail.com