The 5th Luang Prabang Film Festival

6-10 December 2014

Filmmaker Present

Outdoor Night Venue

Indoor Day Venue

	06 Dec	07 Dec	08 Dec	09 Dec	10 Dec
10:00 am	The Jungle School	The Patriarch	Sayang Disayang	Aroma of Heaven	When the Rooster Crows
11:00 am
12:00 pm	Shift	Ilo Ilo	Jalanan	Return to Burma	Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy
1:00 pm
2:00 pm	The Boatbuilders of Mermaid Island	Public Discussion: Theatrical Distribution with Major Cineplex	3.50	Public Discussion: Scriptwriting in Southeast Asia	The Mangoes
3:00 pm
4:00 pm	Madame Phung's Last Journey	Concrete Clouds	Catnip	Iskalawags	The Talent
5:00 pm
6:00 pm	Opening Ceremony	Concert by ALUNA	HOPPIN - B-Boy Dance Show	Shadow puppetry by KHAO NIEW THEATER	CHILDREN'S CULTURAL CENTER's Traditional Dance Performance
7:00 pm	Vientiane in Love	Pee Mak Phrakanong	Really Love	The Teacher's Diary	My Teacher
8:00 pm
9:00 pm	By the River	We are Moluccans	The Songs of Rice	Tuk Tuk	The Missing Picture
10:00 pm

06 Dec

07 Dec

The Patriarch
Ilo Ilo
Public Discussion: Theatrical Distribution with Major Cineplex
Concrete Clouds
Concert by ALUNA
Pee Mak Phrakanong
We are Moluccans

08 Dec

09 Dec

Aroma of Heaven
Return to Burma
Public Discussion: Scriptwriting in Southeast Asia
Iskalawags
Shadow puppetry by KHAO NIEW THEATER
The Teacher's Diary
Tuk Tuk

10 Dec

When the Rooster Crows
Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy
The Mangoes
The Talent
CHILDREN'S CULTURAL CENTER's Traditional Dance Performance
My Teacher
The Missing Picture

Night Venue

Our outdoor screening space, the Handicraft Market, was renovated by UNESCO in 2003. At the main intersection in town, this venue is ideal for cultural and public events, and can accommodate over 1,500 people.

Day Venue

Hotel de la Paix, a 5-star resort housed in stately French colonial buildings, will serve as our daytime screening venue. We will show three or four films each day in their meeting room at the rear of the property, which can accommodate around 50 people.

Short Film Venue

For the duration of the festival, we will be showing short films at the Friends Visitor Center, the headquarters and gallery space for the Lao Friends Hospital for Children. The screening room can accommodate around 25 people.

Shuttle Service

Every fifteen minutes, a free shuttle is available to bring guests between the two venues.

Public Discussions

THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTION WITH MAJOR CINEPLEX

Founded in 1994, Major Cineplex is one of the largest movie theater chains in Southeast Asia, with over 500 screens in 75 locations in Thailand alone. Now, the company has expanded into Cambodia, and is looking into Laos and other countries in the region. Two executives from Major will share the process of selecting and marketing films for successful theatrical distribution.

Panelists:

Anusorn Chailertrit // Marketing Manager (Thailand)
Noparat Srisaeng // Marketing Manager (Thailand)

SCRIPTWRITING IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

The challenges of creating a good script are universal. From writer’s block to censorship constraints to story structure, there’s nothing easy about the task, but it’s arguably the most important ingredient to a great movie. In this panel, we will hear from both fiction and documentary filmmakers about their methods, tools, and inspirations.

Panelists:

Daniel Ziv // Filmmaker (Indonesia)
Anysay Keola // Filmmaker (Laos)
Pimpaka Towira // Filmmaker (Thailand)
Azharr Rudin // Filmmaker (Malaysia)
Alfonso Torre // Filmmaker (Philippines)

Short Film
Programs

TROPFEST SEA 2014

A regional version of the world’s biggest short film festival (based in Australia), the first Tropfest Southeast Asia was held in George Town, Malaysia in January 2014. The festival night drew a crowd of over 5,000 people to celebrate the screening of 12 finalist films, all made in Southeast Asia, and with a theme or “signature item” of rice. The grand prize, given to the Cambodian film simply titled Rice by Sothea Ines, was $10,000 USD and a five-day film immersion trip to Los Angeles, California.

SELECTIONS FROM THE FIRST MINI-VIENTIANALE

The Mini-Vientianale, the country’s first short film festival, held its inaugural event in Vientiane this past March with the aim to promote the makers of short films in Laos, the region, and further afield. The short film competition of the festival centered around the theme “You + Me,” and 16 brand-new Lao short films were screened. The three most outstanding films received prizes and lots of cheers from an enthusiastic audience. You + Me = One, directed by Vilayphone Phongsavanh, won both first prize and the popular vote. Lost in the Shadow by Khampa Pimmachack and Nirankoon Singpraseuth received second place, and The Candle by Yupalad Phedtanee came in third. The collection being screened at this year’s Luang Prabang Film Festival represents the top picks from the Mini-Vientianale organizers.

CROPSHOTS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL SOUTHEAST ASIA 2014

Organized by DocNet Southeast Asia, CropShots showcases the best new independent documentary films from across Southeast Asia and the world in Jakarta, Indonesia, and then sends a best-of selection of the films on a festival tour through the region. Award winners of the SEA Best Shorts competition have the opportunity to travel with their films and meet with their producers, decision makers, and other Southeast Asian film students on their trips.

Among the 26 films in th e2014 program, 18 flms from the region competed for 3,000 euro and 1,500 euro cash prizes. Through the various films, Southeast Asian filmmakers share their perspectives on their own countries today – their hope, their longing, their struggle; their pride, their worry, and sometimes, the horrific past that continues to shape the present and mirror who they are today.