The Luang Prabang Film Festival (LPFF) is a non-profit organization that provides a platform for showcasing Southeast Asia’s film industry.
LPFF hosts a yearly film festival in Luang Prabang, Laos, which features works solely from ASEAN-member countries. Additionally, the organization supports various educational activities, competitions and small grants for filmmakers from Laos and the greater Southeast Asian region throughout the year.
Background The Luang Prabang Film Festival was founded as a non-profit cultural organization in 2010 by Gabriel Kuperman. The organization’s mission is to “celebrate filmmaking and promote cultural exchange in Southeast Asia, while supporting a sustainable local industry and art form.”
The Luang Prabang Film Festival is held annually in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Luang Prabang, Laos. The film festival showcases feature films of all genres from ASEAN-member countries (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam).
Since its inaugural year in 2010, Luang Prabang Film Festival has been a leading platform for showcasing innovative Southeast Asian cinema, attracting over 2,000 attendees to each night-time screening. The festival is held over one week each December; all of its screenings are free and open to the public.
The festival generally screens art-house films in the afternoon at Sofitel Luang Prabang. LPFF screens its night programming, geared towards the local Lao audience, at Luang Prabang's Handicraft Market square. LPFF's Motion Picture Ambassadors––a team of film experts from ASEAN-member countries–– propose the programming for the festival each year.
+Motion Picture AmbassadorsNameCountrySok VisalCambodiaGayatri NadyaIndonesiaSomsanouk MixayLaosAmir MuhammadMalaysiaThaiddhiMyanmarFrancis Joseph A. CruzPhilippinesAishah Abu BakarSingaporeKong RithdeeThailandMinh TrinhVietnam
Educational activities LPFF hosts a variety of educational workshops and activities, aimed at developing storytelling, filmmaking and production skills within the regional Lao and greater Southeast Asian communities.
The organization facilitates Lao Filmmakers Fund, the country’s only publicly generated grant program for filmmakers. Support for the grant comes from Oxfam International.
MEKONG 2030 project LPFF produced a cross-border film anthology and has invited filmmakers from the five Southeast Asian Mekong-region countries to envision the future of the Mekong River and its dependent communities in the year 2030. The anthology is co-directed by Kulikar Sotho (from Cambodia), Anysay Keola (from Laos), Sai Naw Kham (from Myanmar), Anocha Suwichakornpong (from Thailand), and Pham Ngoc Lan (from Vietnam).
Past events
The following is a list of the programming for various past events:
2017 Film title Director Country Release yearThe AnniversaryChilasak SaysanithLaos2017In My HometownWorrawut LakchaiThailand2017Father and SonLuong Dinh DungVietnam20172 Cool 2 Be 4GottenPetersen VargasPhilippines2016Bad GeniusNattawut PoonpiriyaThailand2017Blood RoadNicolas SchrunkLaos, Vietnam, Cambodia2017Burma StorybookPetr Lom, Corinne van EgeraatMyanmar2017By The Time It Gets DarkAnocha SuwichakornpongThailand2016Cemetery of SplendourApichatpong WeerasethakulThailand2016The CoupleTalent 1 TeamThailand2014Die BeautifulJun Robles LanaPhilippines2016FanaticCharlie NguyenVietnam2016Heart AttackNawapol ThamrongrattanaritThailand2015In ExileTin Win NaingMyanmar2015The Island FuneralPimpaka TowiraThailand2015JailbreakJimmy HendersonCambodia2015KhuannangSomphong PhondyLaos2014Legend of the Broken SwordBin BunlueritThailand2017Mind CageAmit DubeyCambodia2017MotherlandRamona S. DiazPhilippines2017Ordinary PeopleEduardo Roy, Jr.Philippines2016Railway SleepersSompot ChidgasornpongseThailand2016RedhaTunku Mona RizaMalaysia2016Rina 2Harlif MohamadLaos, Brunei2017Santi-VinaThavi Na BangchangThailand1954Saving SallyAvid LiongorenPhilippines2016SnapKongdej JaturanrasameeThailand2015TurahWicaksono Wisnu LegowoIndonesia2016Unlucky PlazaKen KwekSingapore2014WanderingBoonsong NakphooThailand2016Women of the Weeping RiverSheron DayocPhilippines2016You Mean the World to MeSaw Teong HinMalaysia2017
2016 Title Country Director Release yearA Copy of My MindIndonesiaJoko Anwar2015A Yellow BirdSingaporeK. Rajagopal2016About a WomanIndonesiaTeddy Soeriaatmadja2014Apocalypse ChildPhilippinesMario Cornejo2015Back to the 90sThailandYanyong Kuruaungkoul2015Banana Pancakes and the Children of Sticky RiceLaosDaan Veldhuizen2015Before the FallCambodiaIan White2015BrutalMalaysiaShanjhey Kumar Perumal2015Cambodian SonCambodiaMasahiro Sugano2015City of JadeMyanmarMidi Z2016The Crescent MoonIndonesiaIsmail Basbeth2015Diamond IslandCambodiaDavy Chou2016The DownThailandPisut Mahaphan2015Finding PhongVietnamTran Phuong Thao, Swann Dubus2015Fundamentally HappySingaporeTan Bee Thiam, Lei Yuan Bin2015HazePhilippinesRalson Jover2015Joking Jazz 4GThailandPoj Arnon2016KhunpanThailandKongkiat Komesiri2016Louis Loves BaitongLaosThavisack Thammavongsa2016LoveVietnamViet Max2015Love ForeverLaosSonexay Keomanivong2016LovesucksThailandManatsanun Phanlerdwongsakul2015Ma'RosaPhilippinesBrillante Mendoza2015May Who?ThailandChayanop Boonprakob2015Ola BolaMalaysiaKeng Guan Chiu2016Question of FaithIndonesiaHanung Bramantyo2015The ReturnSingaporeGreen Zeng2015The River FlowsLaosMakoto Kumazawa2017SeniorThailandWisit Sasanatieng2015Sweet TwentyVietnamPhan Gia Nhut Linh2015There's No ForeverPhilippinesDan Villegas2015Y/Our MusicThailandWaraluck Hiransrettawat Every, David Reeve2014
2015 Title Country Director Release yearThe Act of KillingIndonesiaJoshua Oppenheimer2012Above it AllLaosAnysay Keola2015The Cambodian Space Project – Not Easy Rock 'N' RollCambodiaMarc Eberle2015Chiang Khan StoryThailandYuthlert Sippapak2014CrocodilePhilippinesFrancis Xavier Pasion2014DandelionVietnamNguyễn Quang Huy2014Dearest SisterLaosMattie Do2016Flapping in the Middle of NowhereVietnamNguyen Hoang Diep2014Gems on the RunCambodiaSok Visal, Quentin Clausin2014HanumanCambodiaJimmy Henderson2015I Fine... Thank You... Love YouThailandMez Tharatorn2014I Love You!LaosThavisack Thammavongsa2015The Last ExecutionerThailandTom Waller2014The Last ReelCambodiaKulikar Sotho2014The Look of SilenceIndonesiaJoshua Oppenheimer2014MariquinaPhilippinesMilo Sogueco2014Men Who Save The WorldMalaysiaLiew Seng Tat2014The MonkThailandThe Maw Naing2014Ms. J Contemplates Her ChoiceSingaporeJason Lai2014Pu Bao Tai Ban: Isaan IndyThailandUten Sririwi, Jinnapat Ladarat2014Really Love 2LaosPhoumsana Sirivongsa2015The Search for Weng WengPhilippinesAndrew Leavold2013The Second Life of ThievesMalaysiaWoo Ming Jin2014SitiIndonesiaEddie Cahyono2014Slam!SingaporeM. Raihan Halim2014SomboonThailandKrisda Tipchaimeta2014Still I StriveCambodiaAdam Pfleghaar, A. Todd Smith2014Village of HopeThailandBoonsong Nakphoo2013That Thing Called Meant-To-BePhilippinesAntoinette Jadaone2014
2014 Title Country Director Release year3.5CambodiaChhay Bora2013Aroma of HeavenIndonesiaBudi Kurniawan2014The Boatbuilders of Mermaid IslandMalaysiaAzharr Rudin, Imri Nasution2013By the RiverThailandNontawat Numbenchapol2013CatnipPhilippinesKevin Dayrit2012Concrete CloudsThailandLee Chatametikool2013Ilo IloSingaporeAnthony Chen2013IskalawagsPhilippinesKeith Deligero2014JalananIndonesiaDaniel Ziv2014The Jungle SchoolIndonesiaRiri Riza2013Madam Phung's Last JourneyVietnamNguyen Thi Tham2014The MangoesIndonesiaTonny Trimarsanto2012Mary is Happy, Mary is HappyThailandNawapol Thamrongrattanarit2013The Missing PictureCambodiaRithy Panh2013My TeacherLaosNiyom Wongpongkham2014The PatriarchPhilippinesAlfonso Torre2013Pee Mak PhrakanongThailandBanjong Pisanthanakun2013Really LoveLaosPhoumsana Sirivongsa2014Return to BurmaMyanmarMidi Z2011Sayang DisayangSingaporeSanif Olek2013ShiftPhilippinesSiege Ledesma2013The Songs of RiceThailandUruphong Raksasad2013The TalentVietnamQuang Huy2013The Teacher's DiaryThailandNithiwat Tharatorn2014Tuk TukLaosSimon Luang Kiyé2012Vientiane in LoveLaosVannaphone Sitthirath2014We Are MoluccansIndonesiaAngga Dwimas Sasongko2014When the Rooster CrowsSingaporeLeonardo Cinieri Lombroso2014
2013 Title Country Director Release year13:00 SundayLaos, ThailandBis Srikasem, Pume Peerabun2013A River Changes CourseCambodiaKalyanee Mam2013Ah Boys to MenSingaporeJack Neo2012Big HeartLaosMattiphob Douangmyxay2013BoundaryThailand, CambodiaNontawat Numbenchapol2013ContradictionMalaysiaNazri M Annuar, Aloy Paradoks2012Dancing Across BordersCambodiaAnne Bass2010Denok & GarengIndonesiaDwi Sujanti Nugraheni2012Grean FictionsThailandChookiat Sakveerakul2013HeadshotThailandPen-ek Ratanaruang2011Here... or There?VietnamSíu Phạm2011The Hidden: Wrath of AzazilMalaysiaKabir Bhatia2013HomeThailandChookiat Sakveerakul2012I Love SavanhLaosBounthong Nhotmanhkong2013Karaoke GirlThailandVisra Vichit-vadakarn2013KilMalaysiaNik Amir Mustapha2013Lovely ManIndonesiaTeddy Soeriaatmadja2011Mater DolorosaPhilippinesAdolfo Alix, Jr.2012P-047ThailandKongdej Jaturanrasmee2011Red ScarfLaosSackchai Deenan2011Rising Sun on The HorizonMyanmarKhin Maung Oo, Soe Thein Htut2011Scent of Burning GrassVietnamNguyễn Hữu Mười2012Tang WongThailandKongdej Jaturanrasmee2013Thy WombPhilippinesBrillante Mendoza2012What Is It About Rina?BruneiHarlif Haji Mohamad, Farid Azlan2013What Isn't TherePhilippinesMarie Jamora2012What They Don't Talk About When They Talk About LoveIndonesiaMouly Surya2012
2012 Title Country Director Release year24 Hours of AngerSingaporeT T Dhavamanni2010Already FamousSingaporeMichelle Chong2011Always on My MindLaosSakchai Deenan2012BoundaryPhilippinesBenito Bautista2011Bounthanh: Lost in the CityLaosSackchai Deenan2011Breakfast, Lunch, DinnerThailand, SingaporeWang Jing, Anocha Suwichakornpong, Kaz Cai2010BunohanMalaysiaDain Said2011ChangLaosMerian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack1927ChanthalyLaosMattie Do2012The Cheer AmbassadorsThailandLuke Cassady-Dorion2012The Dance of an AlchemistMyanmarMe Pwar2009Dance of Two Feet LeftPhilippinesAlvin Yapan, Alemberg Ang2011Enemies of the PeopleCambodiaRob Lemkin, Thet Sambath2009Father's WayPhilippinesZurich Chan2011Garuda in My HeartIndonesiaIfa Isfansyah2009Golden SlumbersCambodiaDavy Chou2011Hak Aum LumLaosPhanumad Disattha2012Help! My Girlfriend is a Vampire!MalaysiaJames Lee2011I Carried You HomeThailandTongpong Chantarangkul2011In April the Following Year, There Was a FireThailandWichanon Somumjarn2011It Gets BetterThailandTanwarin Sukkhapisit2011Land Beneath the FogIndonesiaShalahuddin Siregar2011Mindfulness and MurderThailandTom Waller2011Mother's SoulVietnamTam Hon Me2011Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia CuntapayPhilippinesAntoinette Jadaone2011With or Without MeVietnamTran Phuong Thao, Swann Dubus2011Who Killed Chea Vichea?CambodiaBradley Cox2010Postcards from the ZooIndonesiaEdwin2012
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