Set in America, the multicultural film centres on Juana, a Mexican single mum, and her life working to support her father and young child. She has a flair for cooking, and when she takes up a job at a Sushi restaurant, she learns the art and craft of Japanese cuisine very fast.

She longs to become a sushi chef but the restaurant owner is very clear: the position can only be given to a Japanese male. So Juana takes matters into her own hand, signing up for a TV Sushi Competition in the hope that it will change her life.

The heartwarming film has won several festival awards including the Special Jury Award for Bridging Cultures.

The film screening is supported by the US Embassy in Bangkok. Sushi from Tuna Ichiban restaurant and drinks from Chang will be served after the screening.

Admission is free. The movie is being screened in Room 201 (Second Floor) of River City Bangkok.

Book a seat by emailing anusorn@rivercity.co.th or rcbfilmclub@gmail.com or call (02) 237 00778 extension 622 and 701.

Updates programme and more information at Facebook RiverCityBangkok or http://www.rivercitybangkok.com.

From sci-fi horror series “Stranger Things” to drama “Big Little Lies” and sitcom “Blackish”, one notable feature of many contenders for this weekend’s Emmy Awards is that they star children.

Unlike the elaborate riders sometimes specified by their adult counterparts, these pint-sized thespians have more mundane requirements – time for homework, regular breaks and the odd afternoon nap.

“They are not trained actors like adults, but the kids that get the roles have an inherent ability,” says casting director Amanda Lenker Doyle, who worked on “Blackish”.

“They have the charisma, the willingness to dive into a role. They listen well … They’re very smart.”

Child actors sometimes arrive at auditions better prepared than adults and with scripts memorised from top to bottom, despite not yet being able to read.

While the maxim “never work with children or animals” is clearly not worth heeding, there are of course challenges to hiring youngsters for TV or film.

“With children I’m dealing with the family dynamics, the family politics. It’s a lot about the parents,” says talent manager Jason MacRay.

MacRay says he will turn a young actor away – even a kid with clear talent – if the parents don’t give off the right vibe.

“I can just tell it’ll be a disaster dealing with mum or dad or both, particularly if they don’t agree,” he says.

Another challenge in working with actors who are far from fully mentally developed is getting them to access and express the full range of emotions that they might not yet have experienced in real life.

A successful series director who asked to remain anonymous remembers having filmed with a boy for the role of “a six-year-old who has lost his mother and is living with a father who can’t come to terms with his wife’s death”.

“Pretty heavy stuff, and I was very worried about how I would get across to this boy all of the complex emotional turns that were needed from him,” the director says.

“One day I saw that he was playing with Pokemon cards on set and so I sat down and had him explain who all the characters were. There were a lot of them but by the time he was finished, we were friends … It helped both of us.”

Children are limited in their contracts to about nine hours a day on set, but it’s invariably an intense day.

They can be required to start at dawn and, on top of all the usual pressures of acting, they have to find time to squeeze in three hours a day for schooling.

“There’s millions of dollars involved – each minute on the set costs thousands of dollars – then you ask a 10-year-old to behave professionally and be at the level of Tom Cruise,” MacRay says.

The manager said he considers 12 auditions or more a month “too much” for his young clients.

Child actors have to learn to keep their feet on the ground amid the sudden glare of the media spotlight and previously unimaginable wages, which isn’t easy if they have pushy parents trying to live vicariously through their newly famous offspring.

For every Leonardo DiCaprio or Natalie Portman who transitions successfully from child star to adult actor, there is a Lindsay Lohan or Macaulay Culkin, who cracks under the pressure or just falls by the wayside.

“It’s about the parents, managers et cetera being in tune … they need grounding in the family. The teens I work with are very reasonable,” MacRay says.

Edouard Holdener, a 13-year-old French actor living in Los Angeles, has always dreamed of being an actor and is being educated by correspondence course to free up more time to dedicate to his passion.

He has already begun chalking up his first feature films, including a leading role in independent picture “Hunky Dory” (2016) and has just shot a series for Amazon with JeanClaude Van Damme, due to come out in the autumn.

“I love preparing for auditions, immersing myself in the script and learning my lines, but it’s hard when you don’t get picked for a role. You cannot help being angry with yourself,” he says.

Among his biggest regrets is getting to the third round of auditions before missing out on Netflix’s “Stranger Things” – which is up for five Emmy Awards, including for its 13yearold star Millie Bobby Brown, at Sunday’s ceremony in Los Angeles.

“I’m still sad when I see the posters,” he says wistfully.

They are: “The Quiet Man” (1952), “Ryan’s Daughter” (1970) and last year’s hit “Sing Street”

“The Embassy is absolutely delighted to present the first Irish Film Festival in Bangkok. Filmmaking in Ireland has a rich tradition and the films being showcased are great examples of this tradition. I invite all Thais to come and see these films to get a flavour of Irish culture, landscape and humour, “ Irish ambassador Brendan Rogers says.

“This event marks another wonderful, positive milestone in Irish-Thai relations. Since the Irish Embassy opened almost 3 years ago relations between Thailand and Ireland have been going from strength to strength and I look forward to welcoming local Thais to our inaugural Film Festival.”

Directed by the late David Lean , who is also known for “Bridge on the River Kwai” and “Lawrence of Arabia,” “Ryan’s Daughter”, “Ryan’s Daughter” takes place in the political turmoil of Ireland in 1916. While the British battle European aggressors in World War I, The Irish Republican Army makes a secret deal with the Germans for a cache of weapons to battle British rule. Charles (Robert Mitchum) who meets rosy (Sarah Miles) on a return trip to Dublin. They fall sin love and marry, but Rosy has an illicit affair with British officer Randolph Doryan (Christopher Jones). Tim O’Leary (Barry Foster) is the IRA gun runner waiting for a shipment of German rifles to arrive by sea on the West coast of Ireland. When evidence of the affair is paraded in the streets to discredit the unfaithful Rosy, Charles ignores the indignant neighbours but tells the British authorities of the impending gun shipment in an effort to halt reprisals from the occupied forces.

“The Quiet Man” is directed by John Ford and stars John Wyane as the retired Irish American boxer who returns home where he finds love. The film won the Academy Award for Best Director for John Ford and for Best Cinematography.

“Sing Street” is set in 1980s in Dublin and is told through the eyes of a 14-year-old Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo), who tries to adjust to his new inner-city public school where the kids are rough and the teachers are rougher. He meets beautiful Raphina (Lucy Boynton), and with the aim of winning her heart he invites her to star in his band’s music videos. There’s only one problem: he’s not part of a band…yet. She agrees, and now Conor must deliver what he’s promised – calling himself “Cosmo” and immersing himself in the vibrant rock music trends of the decade, he forms a band with a few lads, and the group pours their heart into writing lyrics and shooting videos.

Tickets are Bt120 for adults and Bt90 for children, students, and BKKSR members. They can be booked at bkksr.com/irishfilmfestival

Find out more at http://www.Dfat.ie/Thailand or Bkksr.com/irishfilmfestival.

A spin-off of Marvel’s “Daredevil”, the series revolves around Frank Castle, who uses lethal methods to fight crime as the “Punisher”. In the new story, Castle, who has now exacted revenge on those responsible for the death of his wife and children, uncovers a conspiracy that runs far deeper than New York’s criminal underworld.

Jon Bernthal reprises his role as Frank Castle with Ben Barnes, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Amber Rose Revah, Deborah Ann Woll, Daniel Webber, Jason R Moore, Paul Schulze, Jaime Ray Newman, and Michael Nathanson making up the rest of the cast.

“The Punisher” is the sixth series ordered thus far as part of the groundbreaking collaboration between Marvel Television and Netflix. The others include the upcoming “Marvel’s Luke Cage,” “Marvel’s Iron Fist,” “Marvel’s The Defenders” and the Peabody Award-winning “Marvel’s Jessica Jones.”

Find out more at Facebook.com/MarvelsPunisherNetflix/, #ThePunisher or http://www.Netflix.com/punisher.

Weir dedicated his trophy to his fellow talent and the production team at Channel 7 “who have supported me so much”.

“In my 12-year career I never thought I’d ever have the chance to stand on an international stage. I’m very proud and very glad that I have fans who admire my work, and not only in Thailand. This award is a measure of my success.”

Weir has been dubbed in the Korean media as “the Jung Woo-sung of Thailand”.

The annual awards sponsored by the Korean Broadcasters Association recognise excellence in drama productions around the world. This year 266 productions in 55 nations were nominated.

Among the notable Korean winners, Ailee took home the Hallyu Drama Theme Song Award for her track “I Will Go to You Like the First Snow”. “Moonlight Drawn by Clouds” won the Top Excellence Award for a Hallyu Drama, while “W” and “Doctors” earned Excellence awards in the same category.

Park Bo-gum and Park Bo-young were named Best Actor and Actress in a Hallyu Drama.

The Grand Prize went to the American TV comedy-drama “This is Us”, which has achieved critical success at home, being nominated for a Golden Globe and a Critics’ Choice Award.