Not many winners of the Cannes Film Festival Palm d’Or thank ghosts and spirits in their acceptance speech.

But for Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand’s first ever winner of the film award, it was a natural thing to do.

“It was kind of an in-joke. At the same time, I think [“Uncle Boonmee Who . . . → Read More: Ghosts, spirits and Thailand’s award-winning film director