Aditya Assarat (Director of Purin Pictures)

Aditya Assarat is a writer, director, and producer from Thailand. His feature films include Hi-So, and Wonderful Town, which won the New Currents Award from Busan and the Tiger Award from Rotterdam. His most recent film, Ten Years Thailand,, which he produced and co-directed, premiered in Cannes. In addition to his own films, Aditya has also produced the films of other younger Thai directors such as Eternity, by Sivaroj Kongsakul, which won the Tiger Award from Rotterdam, Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy, by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, which premiered in Venice, and W, by Chonlasit Upanigkit, which premiered in Busan. Finally, Aditya is the director of Purin Pictures, a non-profit foundation based in Bangkok that supports Southeast Asian cinema.