Five foreign filming companies want to cover Tham Luang incident

BANGKOK, July 20 (TNA) -- Five foreign companies have expressed interest in producing movies on the rescue of 12 young footballers and their coach from Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai province, Culture Minister Vira Rojpojchanarat said. The approaches were made as the Culture Ministry’s National Board of Film and Video resolved to support the production of films and documentaries related to the rescue of the 13 people from the Wild Boars or Moo Paa Academy football club because the rescue led to many useful lessons, he said. Lessons included rescue techniques, generosity, problem-solving, leadership, and meditation for disaster victims. The international introduction of such lessons through films and documentaries would also help promote the image of Thailand, the minister said. Mr Vira said the board would propose next week that the government form a special censorship committee to supervise the production of such films to prevent distortion of information. Thanes Weerasiri, president of the Engineering Institute of Thailand, said the rescue mission faced technical challenges and required sophisticated academic knowledge and a wide range of equipment and software applications. He cited instruments to measure heat and electrical resistivity, 3D scanners for the imaging of Tham Luang cave and pipe jacking instruments. The rescue informed concerned parties of the profiles of international specialists and world-class technologies, he said. Jongkhlai Worapongsathorn, deputy director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, said a plan to promote Tham Luang as a tourist attraction would take shape late this year. (TNA)