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| Thai Female Film Director Wins Award at Rotterdam Film Festival |
| UPDATE : 9 February 2010 |
A Thai female film director won an award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2010 in the Netherlands with her debut feature film entitled 'Jao Nok Kra Jog', or Mundane History.
Anocha Suwichakornphong, a Thai female film director won an award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2010, or IFFR.
Mundane History, Anocha's first feature film, was selected as one of three winners of the VPRO Tigers Award, which is given to debut or second features by new directors.
The other two films that won awards were 'Cold Water of the Sea' by Paz Fábrega and 'To the Sea' by Pedro González-Rubio.
Each winner received 15,000 euro, or 690,000baht, in cash prizes.
Previously, Anocha's other film project named 'By the Time It Gets Dark' was awarded financial support worth 15,000 euro from the Prince Claus Fund Film at the Rotterdam Film Festival.
Mundane History was screened at last years Cannes International Film Festival in France and at the Bangkok International Film Festival.
It was also nominated for an award at Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea. Anocha both writes and directs all of her films.
Mundane History is about a son who is wheelchair bound after an accident caused by his father and is the story of his growing resentment of his father.
The dramatic film also offers viewpoints on Thai politics and philosophy.
Edited by Lee Chatameteekul and produced by Soros Sukhum, Mundane History is 80-minutes-long and was shot in 35- millimeter film.
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