SYNOPSIS:
In a remote village in north-east Thailand, the only phone begins to ring. It is a call from the city that Grandfather Koon's son has been killed in a motorcycle crash. Somehow, Koon must bring the body back to the village and ensure that there is a proper funeral.

Awards and festivals:
Sundance Film Festival 2001, USA
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2001, France
Tampere International Short Film Festival 2001, Finland
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival 2001, Germany
London Film Festival 2001, UK
Golden Gate Award Grand Prize, San Francisco International Film Festival 2001, USA
Pusan Asian Short Film Festival 2001, South Korea
Buenos Aires International Film Festival 2001, Argentina
Iran Young Cinema Society Short Film Festival 2001
South by Southwest Film Festival 2001, USA
Special Jury Award, Aspen Shortsfest 2001, USA
Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival 2001
Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival 2001, Brazil
Hamburg International Short Film Festival 2001, Germany
Shortcuts Cologne Film Festival 2001, Germany
Shorts! International Film Festival Amsterdam 2001
St. Petersburg Documentary, Animation, and Short Film Festival 2001
Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival 2001
Special Jury Prize, Festival del Cortometraggio Sienna
2001 Tuebingen International Film Festival 2001
Fribourg International Film Festival 2001
First Prize for Fiction Film, Voladero Short Film Festival 2001
Oslo Films From The South Festival 2001
New York Asian American International Film Festival 2001, USA
San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival 2001, USA
Toronto Worldwide Shorts Festival 2001, Canada
Phat Shorts Film Festival 2001 Cinequest San Jose Festival 2001, USA
Sarawak Millenium Film Festival 2001, Malaysia
Dhaka International Short and Independent Film Festival 2001
Singapore International Film Festival 2001
Kerala International Film Festival 2001
New York MOMA Award-winning Shorts Screening 2001, USA
San Diego Film Society Award-winning Shorts Screening 2001
Gold Hugo Award, Chicago International Film Festival 2000
Student Showcase Award, Hampton’s International Film Festival
Hawaii International Film Festival 2000, USA
Special Merit Award, Palm Springs International Short Film Festival 2000, USA
Best Student Film, Shorts International Film Festival 2000
Leeds International Film Festival 2000
UK Cork International Film Festival
2000 Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden
2000 Rachot Samer Award Bangkok International Film Festival
2000 Raj Pestonji Award, Thai Film Foundation Short Film Festival

Director’s bio:
Aditya Assarat studied film production at the University of Southern California.  His thesis film Motorcycle was the first Thai film to screen in Clermont-Ferrand, Tampere, Oberhausen and Sundance.  His other shorts include Waiting, Boy Genius, and The Sigh, which together won fifteen awards.  In 2006 he started the company Pop Pictures to produce his debut feature Wonderful Town.  It won the New Currents Award from Pusan in 2007 and Tiger Award from Rotterdam in 2008.  In Thailand, the film also won five Subhanahongsa National Film Awards, including Best Director and Best Picture.  It was the first time that an independent film ever received this honor.  Aditya is currently working on his next film, High Society.