The Vesoul Asian Film Festival begins next Tuesday, February 10th, in Vesoul, France. Vesoul is a top ten film festival in France and the only one with a focus on Asian cinema. It is also Europe's oldest independent Asian film festival, running for twenty-one years now. What makes this year's edition extra special is that the festival has programmed the first Lao film focus ever, worldwide. The program includes contemporary films from Mattie Do, 2014's Chanthalay, and Anysay Keola's crime thriller At The Horizon from 2011. Then there are the two movies shot in the 1980s. Attendees will also get to see Som-Ok Southiphone`s Red Lotus (Bua daeng) from 1988 and docudrama The Sound of Gunfire in the Plain of Jars (Siengpeun Chak Tong- hai) from...
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- 2/3/2015
- Screen Anarchy
The Luang Prabang Film Festival (Lpff) has announced its line-up for this year’s edition, including the world premiere of Lao omnibus Vientiane In Love, which opens the festival on December 6.
Produced by Lao New Wave Cinema, Vientiane In Love comprises five short films about love in the capital of Laos, directed by four up-and-coming filmmakers in Laos’ nascent film industry – Vannaphone Sitthirath, Anysay Keola, Xaisongkham Induangchanthy and Phanumad Disattha.
Lao New Wave previously produced thriller At The Horizon, which was one of the first commercial films to emerge from Laos in recent years. The festival will also screen the rest of Laos’ feature film output over the past year, including My Teacher, Really Love and Tuk Tuk.
The festival has also struck a partnership with Thai exhibitor Major Cineplex, which has opened theatres in Cambodia and is looking to expand into Laos. Major Cineplex execs will attend Lpff and select one of the festival’s films...
Produced by Lao New Wave Cinema, Vientiane In Love comprises five short films about love in the capital of Laos, directed by four up-and-coming filmmakers in Laos’ nascent film industry – Vannaphone Sitthirath, Anysay Keola, Xaisongkham Induangchanthy and Phanumad Disattha.
Lao New Wave previously produced thriller At The Horizon, which was one of the first commercial films to emerge from Laos in recent years. The festival will also screen the rest of Laos’ feature film output over the past year, including My Teacher, Really Love and Tuk Tuk.
The festival has also struck a partnership with Thai exhibitor Major Cineplex, which has opened theatres in Cambodia and is looking to expand into Laos. Major Cineplex execs will attend Lpff and select one of the festival’s films...
- 9/9/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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