“I find that the more serious a festival, the more they try to find some deeper symbolic meaning into everything.”

—  Mattie Do

『永遠の散歩』Q&A マティー・ドー | "The Long Walk[Bor Mi Vanh Chark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfFCgPzBUag" Q&A Mattie Do (Director) - 7 Nov 2019, at 07 Min 07 Sec]
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