Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul poses with his trophy during a photocall after he was joint winner of the Jury Prize for the film “Memoria” during the closing ceremony of the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes on Saturday. (AFP photo)
A film by acclaimed Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul was joint winner of the Jury Prize, the third-ranked prize in the Best Film category, at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday.
Apichatpong’s Memoria shared the award with Ahed’s Knee by Israel’s Nadav Lapid.
The Thai moviemaker won the top prize, the Palme d’Or, in 2010 with Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.
Memoria is his first feature film in more than a decade and his fist shoot outside Thailand.
It is also his first with an internationally recognisable star in…
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