Naween Noppakun reflects on his experience at IFFR 2024 as a Tiger Short Award winner. Here is some highlights on his statement :

“I just tried to be myself. It was the most memorable night of my life, I will never forget it.”

Originally being a classical music composer, Naween Noppakun, who was preparing Crazy Lotus for “four years before the screening” says he wanted to “transform musical language into visual language.” Crazy Lotus presents a world where people can escape from reality by wearing Distant Heart Glasses, and was characterised by the jury as “a weird, pink, flashy and delightful oddity that will leave no one indifferent.” Naweeen explained that receiving a prize was as joyful as it was unexpected saying: “I just tried to be myself. It was the most memorable night of my life, I will never forget it.” Attending the festival for the first time last year, he enjoyed its dynamic, pointing out how inspired he was by the variety and diversity of the films that were screened, mentioning that IFFR is a perfect place for innovative films. In his own words, he wanted to be a “new organism” in the nature of filmmaking.

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