Breaking the Cycle
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Breaking the Cycle is a 2024 Thai political documentary directed by Aekaphong Saransate and Thankrit Duangmaneeporn.{{Citation |last1=Duangmaneeporn |first1=Thanakrit |title=Breaking the Cycle |date=2024-06-06 |type=Documentary |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31639539/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |others=Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, Pannika Wanich, Piyabutr Saengkanokkul |last2=Saransate |first2=Aekaphong |archive-date=2024-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905144140/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31639539/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Frater |first=Patrick |date=2022-11-01 |title=Purin Pictures Awards Seven Grants to Southeast Asia Films in Funding Round – Global Bulletin |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/purin-pictures-grants-to-southeast-asia-films-1235419361/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905144139/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/purin-pictures-grants-to-southeast-asia-films-1235419361/ |url-status=live }} The film chronicles the establishment of the Future Forward Party by Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and the party's subsequent dissolution.{{Cite web |last=Frater |first=Patrick |date=2024-06-06 |title='Breaking the Cycle,' Thai Doc Charting Rise and Fall of Country's Pro-Democracy Parties, Gets Rare Theatrical Release: 'Our Future Has Been Lost' |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/breaking-the-cycle-thai-political-documentary-release-pro-democracy-1236027094/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905144140/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/breaking-the-cycle-thai-political-documentary-release-pro-democracy-1236027094/ |url-status=live }} The film was first shown at the 2024 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and was subsequently shown in Thai theaters.{{Cite web |title=Breaking the Cycle {{!}} Hot Docs |url=https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/hot-docs-festival/films/2024/breaking-the-cycle |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=hotdocs.ca |archive-date=2024-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905144141/https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/hot-docs-festival/films/2024/breaking-the-cycle |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |title=New movies out this week: June 6–12 |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/arts-and-entertainment/2806259/new-movies-out-this-week-june-6-12 |access-date=2024-06-10 |work=Bangkok Post |date=6 June 2024 |language=en |archive-date=2024-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905144149/https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/arts-and-entertainment/2806259/new-movies-out-this-week-june-6-12 |url-status=live |last1=Sereemongkonpol |first1=Pornchai }}