Awards

Colombia

For the subtle and original way to narrate the capture of a moment of plenitude, within a well-defined cultural context of universal scope.

"The Gold Hugo for Best Film goes to Memoria from Apichapong Weerasethakul, for its sense of cinematic poetry and humanism. In this profound and meditative film, the director creates a story that emphasizes the connections people have to the places that they live, to the past and present, and to the terrestrial and beyond. Tilda Swinton's note-perfect performance embodies Weerasethakul's faith in cinema, in science, in secular mysticism, and in the possibilities of cross-cultural empathy and understanding."

International Jury

Thailand

Tied with Woman of Water (2002).

Taking story-telling an ancient human activity as its material the film nimbly jumps across the conventional dichotomy of fiction vs documentary creating a new hyper-art that foreshadows the arrival of images in the 21st century.

It follows the thread of innumerable tales, from the trivial to the legendary, spun across the country of Thailand. In the course of its making and unfolding, what started out as an epic narrative becomes more and more of a documentary. Through their fictional representation, whether original or media-produced, it captures the lives of those who appear in it.

For stunning and unique vision.

For its innovative structure, the mystery of its bold visual poetry, and the fact that it impacts the strong sense of a film master in the making.

For its unconventional style that tells the nature of human beings and cinema. It brings audience into nature naturally, and stimulates their imagination to set their mind free.

7th place

4th place. Tied with David Cronenberg for A Dangerous Method (2011).

6th place.

4th place. Tied with Arnaud Desplechin for Kings and Queen (2004) and Michael Haneke for Caché (2005).

Thailand

Thailand

3rd place

Tied with Flotel Europa (2015).