WONG KAR-WAI - THAI FILM VOTED BEST OF DECADE

THAI FILM VOTED BEST OF DECADE

Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Syndromes and a Century, was selected as the best film of the decade in a poll conducted by the Toronto International Film Festival. Of some 60 film curators, historians and programmers polled by the festival, Syndromes received 53 votes. Coming in second was Chinese director Jia Zhangke's Platform , which received 49 votes by the panel. Jia also nabbed third place, with 48 votes going to his Still Life , which won the Golden Lion for best film at the Venice Film Festival in 2006. French filmmaker Claire Denis's Beau Travail took fourth place with 46 votes. And Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love rounded out the top five with 43 votes.

24/11/2009