Hotel was screened in the Special Screenings section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. In March 2013, Apichatpong and fellow Kick The Machine artist Chai Siri received the "Sharjah Biennial Prize" at the 2013 Sharjah Biennial 11 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), alongside five other artists, including Magdi Mostafa and Fumito Urabe. Apichatpong was also awarded Japan's "Fukuoka Art and Culture Prize" in June, alongside Indian visual artist Nalini Malani, worth 3,000,000 yen (US$30,530). In March 2014, it was announced that Apichatpong will feature among 32 directors from four continents, including Vincent Gallo and Gaspar Noé, to direct Short Plays, a soccer-themed omnibus production shot around the world. Apichatpong's short is set in his home town, features 22 shots of its lake, almost the only recognizable feature from his childhood, which are arranged like players in a soccer game. Apichatpong's latest film, Memoria, a collaboration with Tilda Swinton, produced by Diana Bustamante and shot in Colombia in 2019, had its premiere in the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. It received the Jury Prize (ex aequo), alongside Nadav Lapid's Ahed's Knee. Apichatpong also directed a segment of The Year of the Everlasting Storm, an anthology film. Perspectives In a May 2013 interview for the Encounter Thailand journal, Apichatpong stated that all of his films are personal in nature and he does not consider himself a cultural ambassador for Thailand. In relation to the concept of "queer", he explained: "For me, the word queer means anything’s possible." Filmography Feature films Short films and installations Bullet (1993) 0116643225059 (1994) Kitchen and Bedroom (1994) Like the Relentless Fury of the Pounding Waves (1996) Rice Artist Michael Shaowanasai's Performance (1996) 100 Years of Thai Cinema (for Thai Film Foundation, 1997) thirdworld (1998) The Lungara Eating Jell-O (for World Artists for Tibet, 1998) Windows (1999) Malee and the Boy (1999) Boys at Noon (2000) Boys at Noon / Girls at Night (2000) Haunted Houses Project: Thailand (for Istanbul Biennial, 2001) Secret Love Affair (for Tirana) (2001) Narratives: Masumi Is a PC Operator / Fumiyo Is a Designer / I Was Sketching / Swan's Blood (for Intercross Creative Center, 2001) Second Love in Hong Kong, co-director (2002) Golden Ship (for the Memlingmuseum, 2002) This and Million More Lights (for 46664, 2003) GRAF: Tong / Love Song / Tone (2004) It Is Possible That Only Your Heart Is Not Enough to Find You a True Love: True Love