“Malila” (“The Farewell Flower”) is the big winner at the 15th Kom Chad Luek awards, winning in five of its seven film categories while the most-nominated film, “Samui Song”, missed out entirely. The awards were announced at the Thailand Cultural Centre on Tuesday.

Director Pen-ek Ratanaruang looks back at his previous outings in the run-up to the release of his latest oeuvre “Samui Song”