Laos cinema is at an early stage of development. There are 50 cinemas in the country (among them the largest cinema and concert hall "Odeon Rama" in Vientiane ) [1] .
Content
- 1 History
- 1.1 Siam and French Indochina
- 1.2 Kingdom of Laos
- 1.3 Lao People's Democratic Republic
- 2 Cinema of the Lao diaspora
- 3 notes
- 4 References
- 5 See also
History
Siam and French Indochina
From the beginning of the 18th century, the lands of Lansang existed in fragmented form and at the beginning of the 19th century were conquered by Siam . After France subjugated the Vietnamese lands as a result of several colonial wars, she decided to include Siam in her composition, however, by 1893, she managed to annex only the fragmented Lao territories to France , which in this form received the status of the French protectorate of Laos . There was no exact demarcation of the borders between Siam and the French possessions, which subsequently led to numerous armed conflicts.
In 1925 , traveling through the jungle of northern Siam, two Americans - Marian K. Cooper and Ernest B. Shodsak , in one of the villages of the Lao people decided to make a film about the life and "extraordinary adventures" of local residents [2] . As a result of three-year shootings, in 1927 they created the silent documentary-game film “Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness”, the accompanying text to which was subsequently written by the famous traveler of Russian origin Ahmed Abdullah . All the actors in the film are real Lao and play themselves. [3] . The location of these filming is located on the border of modern northern Laos and Thailand . In 1929, the film was nominated for the first Academy Award , and its authors, six years later, shot their famous King Kong . In 2013, the film Chang: A Drama in the Wilderness was shown in retrospect from Laos at the Third Luang Prabang Third Film Festival [4] .
Kingdom of Laos
July 19, 1949, as a result of the collapse of the French colonial empire , Laos gained self-government, becoming an associate member of the Indochina Federation .
The oldest surviving Lao film is the documentary film "Khuan Khet Taohom Song Khoueng" (Gathering in the Zone of Two Provinces), filmed in 1956 with the help of Vietnamese filmmakers [5] .
Lao People's Democratic Republic
The creation of national cinematography began in Laos after the arrival of the NRLP in power in 1975. The first Lao film, New Spring (1976), was a purely propaganda film made entirely in Beijing with the help of PRC experts. It is a concert film dedicated to the "liberation and renewal" of Laos [6] .
In 1983, an attempt was made to release the first Lao feature film. With the help of Vietnamese filmmakers, the film “Shots in the Valley of Pitchers” was shot in Laos. However, the authorities recognized him ideologically insufficiently sustained, and he was put on the shelf.
The first Lao director, the feature film of which the authorities allowed to film, was Somok Sutipon . In 1988, [7] he directed the black-and-white feature film Buadang - Red Lotus (ບົວ ແດງ). Despite significant difficulties, the film was released in Laos. It has also been demonstrated in the Soviet Union (1989), Japan (1994), Thailand (1995), and Cambodia (1997) [8] .
After this, a twenty-year break followed, during which full-length feature films in the country were not shot.
In 2008, Thai director Saakchai Dinan [9] and director and director of Lao State-owned Lao Art Media Company Anuson Silisakda [10] broke the silence by filming the joint Thai-Lao romantic funny melodrama “ Sabadi Luang Prabang ” (ສະ ບາຍ ບາງ ຫລວງ ຫລວງ ຫລວງ Ла) in Laos 11] . Her noisy success contributed to the rapid appearance of the prequel “ No answer from Pakse ” (ສະ ບາຍ ດີ 2 ບໍ່ ໄດ້ ຮັບ ຄຳ ຕອບ ຈາກ ປາກ ເຊ) and the sequel “ Lao Wedding ” (ສະ ບາຍ ດີ ວັນ ວິ ວາ), and in December 2011 the release of another comedy - “ Rebel: Lost ລືມ ດີ городе” ( city ) [12] , about a young man from the village who came to Vientiane to go to university [13] .
After that, feature films in Laos began to be released regularly.
Since 2010, the country has hosted the annual Film Festival in Luang Prabang , in the competitive program of which the best feature films of the countries of Southeast Asia participate [14] .
In 2013, the joint Australian-Lao-Thai film The Rocket / ບັ້ງ ໄຟ by Australian director Kim Mordont won huge international success and a large number of prizes at various film festivals around the world. This film talks about how an unlucky Lao boy changes his fate by deciding to take part in the traditional annual Lao festival of pyrotechnic rockets.
Cinema of the Lao Diaspora
In recent years, Lao-American film director Tavisuk Frasavat [15] has been active in the United States, who, together with Ellen Kuras [16], shot the Lao-American documentary The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) [17] , called the National Council of Film Critics of the United States among the five best documentaries of 2008 and nominated in 2009 for the Independent Spirit award for the best documentary and for the Academy Award in the nomination for Best Documentary Feature Film, as well as the 2010 Prime Time Emmy Award » In category “For exceptional merit in the field of documentary films” [18] .
Notes
- ↑ Laos - print, radio, television Archived February 1, 2014 on Wayback Machine
- ↑ Oscar Standard - Movie - Chang: Drama off the beaten path
- ↑ Chang: Drama in the Wilderness
- ↑ The Third Annual Luang Prabang Film Festival (Laos)
- ↑ Laos: Movie Movie - The History of World Cinema . Date of treatment April 9, 2013. Archived April 19, 2013.
- ↑ L'Asie du Sud-Est via Bangkok , Claude Schmitt, Alfred Eibel éditeur, Lausanne 1978, ISBN 2-8274-0036-7 , p. 253-256.
- ↑ Red Lotus: A Lao movie Archived April 1, 2013 by Wayback Machine
- ↑ Buadang - Red Lotus
- ↑ Sakchay Dinan
- ↑ Anuson Silisacda
- ↑ Sabadi Luang Prabang / Good Morning Luang Prabang
- ↑ Bounthanh: Lost in the City (Laos) . Date of treatment March 8, 2013. Archived March 16, 2013.
- ↑ Présentation de Bounthanh lost in the city Archived April 7, 2014 on Wayback Machine
- ↑ Luang Prabang Film Festival - Laos
- ↑ Tavisuk Frasavat, director
- ↑ Ellen Koeras - filmography and biography photos | best films | news | interview
- ↑ Betrayal
- ↑ Annonce des Emmy Awards sur Asian American Press
Links
- Laos Cinema on AsiaFilm.TV
See also
- List of Laos Movies