Cannes 2026: Plah Blah Blah and Piangruthai Walk Red Carpet as Mahout Film Selected as One of 15 Thai Entries
Mahout, a Thai film about elephants featuring actress and producer Piangruthai Gomartat, has been selected as one of 15 Thai entries for Cannes Film Festival 2026 with support from Thailand's Commerce Ministry.
Piangruthai Gomartat, executive producer at Plah Blah Blah Production, is bringing the film Mahout—which presents Thai elephants to a global audience—to Cannes Film Festival 2026. The film about Thai elephants from various perspectives has generated significant buzz even before its release and received strong backing from the Department of International Trade Promotion under the Commerce Ministry to establish a booth at the prestigious festival in France.
Piangruthai shared that she will walk the red carpet four times this year, not just for appearances but to attend the world premieres of all four films. She personally designed her Cannes red carpet gowns and commissioned designers to tailor them, while sourcing her own accessories. Beyond the red carpet, she is bringing the Mahout film—in which she also stars as the lead actress—to sell at the Cannes booth.
This year, multiple Thai films are heading to Cannes, with Mahout selected as one of 15 films in the "Thailand Where Films Alive" program at Thai Night. Piangruthai has been invited to attend, and the film is scheduled for release in Thailand very soon.
Mahout has already earned recognition at several international festivals. The film won Best Narrative Feature at Bangkok Movie Awards 2025 and at Indonesia's Dimension Independent Film Festival 2025, plus Best Asian Feature Film at Moscow Asian Film Festival in Russia.
The film's theme song "Reborn Love" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB3ljBc0dtw), performed by Plah Blah Blah and Pairat Khammanee, has gained millions of followers.
