Sivaroj wins the Tiger at Rotterdam for 'Eternity'
By The Nation
Director Sivaroj Kongsakul won the Tiger Award at the Netherlands' 40th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) for his film "Eternity", ("Tee Rak" in Thai) - an honour that is as great as the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or, Prisana Pongthadsirikul, director of the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture, said yesterday.
IFFR awards were given last Friday to South Korea's Park Jung-Bum for "The Journals of Musan"; Spain's Sergio Caballero for "Finisterrae"; and to Sivaroj for "Eternity". The two other short Thai films presented at the festival included "Immortal Woman" by Jakrawal Nilthamrong and "Cherie is Korean-Thai" by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit.
The director said "Eternity" was inspired by his parent's love for each other, and the short story that his mother wrote after her husband died when Sivaroj was still a child. The story was divided into three parts. The first part speaks of the stage when a man dies, becomes a ghost and goes back to his childhood home to recount the happiest time of his life. The second speaks of him as a young man, when he falls in love with the woman who is to be his wife; and the third part deals with the void that is left behind after this man's death.
The film, funded by the IFFR's Hubert Bals Fund and the Pusan International Film Festival's Asian Cinema Fund, is also eligible to seek more funding under the Paris Cinema International Film Festival's Paris Project.
Prisana said "Hi-So" ("High Society") by the 2010 Silpathorn Award recipient Aditya Assarat and "Terribly Happy" ("Sudsanan") by the 2009 Silpathorn award recipient Pimpaka Towira have been submitted to compete for the Golden Bear at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival from February 10-20.
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