Unlike its neighbors Thailand and Vietnam, Laos has never had much of a movie industry. After it gained independence from France in 1949, the country's royalist and communist factions each churned out ...
Horror-thriller, “Dearest Sister” has been selected by Laos as its first submission of a film in the Academy Awards foreign-language category. The film is directed by Mattie Do, regarded as one of ...
The Luang Prabang Film Festival held annually in Laos’ cultural hub will make an in-person return to action in December. The festival operated as a virtual event in 2020 under pandemic conditions. But ...
The trailblazing director will receive a special tribute to her life and work at the 2021 event. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The Oldenburg International Film Festival will honor Laotian ...
One of Southeast Asia’s most ambitious film festivals is staged each December in Luang Prabang, a picturesque Laotian city with ample charms but not a single working cinema. Nonetheless, the Luang ...
2003-04-12 04:00:00 PDT Vientiane, Laos-- No popcorn, no Slurpees, no dome-topped jumbo cinema screen with stadium seating. No real roof, even. At the only movie theater in the country that screens ...
This year's big winner at the Tribeca Film Festival has had to come from Australia, to Laos and then to New York to reap the full benefits of The Rocket, but as Aussie filmaker Kim Mordaunt finally ...
What does it mean to follow your dreams and to tell stories for a living? How do we remember those who made a difference in our lives? Making movies has been one route many Lao and their families are ...
The trailblazing director will receive a special tribute to her life and work at the 2021 event. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The Oldenburg International Film Festival will honor Laotian ...