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 ...

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 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 ...

A new feature film examining the buried trauma of America’s “Secret War” in Laos is seeking co-producers and sales agents at ...

Gabriel Kuperman speaks to THR about launching a film fest on the banks of the Mekong, bringing cinema to Laos and why the exotic locale is the perfect place for a major industry gathering By Patrick ...

VIENTIANE, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- A screening of the documentary "Hands of Hope," a film highlighting the friendship between China and Laos, was held on Thursday in Lao capital Vientiane, attended by ...

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 ...