Southeast Asian stories on screen in Laos
- Published: 28 Nov 2012 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: Life
The third Luang Prabang Film Festival is making the best out of its available means and is becoming a mainstay film buffet for Lao audiences. This year the festival runs from Dec 1 to 5, with its main screening at the outdoor market of the enchanting Lao city, and the line-up seems more current and solid than previous years, despite the limited equipment (only DVD projection) and manpower.
The festival is organised by Gabriel Kuperman, an American who's been living in Luang Prabang for many years. From the get-go, the festival has been designated as a Southeast Asia-orientated event, and this year 28 films from around the region, including Myanmar, will be shown, as well as a collection of new Lao short films _ mostly by young directors.
The opening film this Saturday is a Lao movie, Chanthaly, by Mattie Do. One of the most interesting points is that two Lao-set titles made by Thai filmmaker Sakchai Deenan (see main story) are categorised as Lao productions, showing how national boundaries of filmmaking aren't as important as the cultural perception.
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