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 ...

The plot line of a new movie opening in Bangkok this week seems simple enough - a heart-throb Thai photographer falls in love with his beautiful Laotian tour guide. What is remarkable is that the ...

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 ...

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 ...

For decades, the light has been out in Laos. The movie screens have become totally dark, and the profession known elsewhere as "actor" is, up to today, still non-existent. For so many years our ...

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 ...

The China-Laos Film Festival 2021 invited famous Lao artists and professionals to participate in the dubbing of four Chinese movies and some Lao movies.[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Organizers ...

"It was a mad thing and people told us every step of the way it was a mad thing to do," Wilczynski recalls before pausing. "But people have said that on most of the films we've made." The Laos film, ...

Minter's film wasn't the only festival selection that had things on its mind besides meat-and-potatoes mayhem. Laos-based director Mattie Do's assured Dearest Sister follows a woman with failing ...