PALME D'OR

Congratulations to P'Joei Apichatpong Weerasethakul and his team for winning the Palme D'Or at Cannes this year for Uncle Boonmee Recalls his Past Lives . . .

In his own words "I would like to thank all the spirits and all the ghosts in Thailand who made it possible for me to be here " . . .

Props to Tim Burton, the president of the Jury . . .for letting this film which is described as "barely a film; more a floating world" by the Telegraph to WIN . . .

This hopefully is only the beginning and will make it more apparent that his vision, talent and achievements should not just thrive away from home.

CONGRATULATIONS . . .

PS. Thank you to Kong Rithdee, P'Lee and the team at CNN for making an exclusive interview of P'Joei at Cannes exclusively for Channel 9 and ASEAN TV possible . . .should be broadcasted tmr.