Apichatpong Weerasethakul to direct CINDI trailer

Apichatpong Weerasethakul [Cinema Digital Seoul]

Celebrated Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul will be directing the offical trailer for Korea's fifth Seoul Cinema Digital (CINDI) film festival.

The news came on Wednesday through the official website of CINDI, an annual event presenting digital cinema, which this year is set to kick off its week-long festivities on August 17.

This is not the first time he will participate in CINDI -- his 2010 Cannes Palme d'Or award-winning pic "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" was the opening film of last year's CINDI and he also served as a member of its competitive Red Chameleon judge panel.

"With my special love of CINDI and desire, I’ll do my utmost to make the trailer," Weerasethakul was quoted as saying of his thoughts on getting to work on the project.

CINDI consists of two main categories: two competition sections including the Butterfly for Korean films only and the Asian Competition for 15 feature films by Asian filmmakers with experience of directing less than three full-length projects.

The Asian Competition then awards four awards -- the Red Chameleon Award selected by a jury consisted of internationally renowned directors, actors and film staff members, the Blue Chameleon Award by internationally well-known film critics, film journalists and film festival programmers, the Green Chameleon Award by Korean film critics and journalists and the White Chameleon Award by the CINDIphile (audience).

Three or less winners take the Butterfly award, also handed to filmmakers with over one but less than three films directed under their name.

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