"The Gold Hugo for Best Film goes to Memoria from Apichapong Weerasethakul, for its sense of cinematic poetry and humanism. In this profound and meditative film, the director creates a story that emphasizes the connections people have to the places that they live, to the past and present, and to the terrestrial and beyond. Tilda Swinton's note-perfect performance embodies Weerasethakul's faith in cinema, in science, in secular mysticism, and in the possibilities of cross-cultural empathy and understanding."
