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The History of Laotian Cinema from 1956 to the Present Day |
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| 1956 | ||||
| – Khuan Khet Taohom Song Khoueng (‘Gathering in the Zone of Two Provinces’), the oldest surviving Laos film footage is shot. It is made by the Lao Patriotic Front’s Film Production Unit in Houaphanh and Phonsali Provinces with the help of Vietnamese filmmakers. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1960 | ||||
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– Laos’s first feature film, Fate of the Girl, is released. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1965 | ||||
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| 1975 | ||||
| – Following the Pathet Lao revolution all private-sector film production and distribution ceases. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1976 | ||||
| – The Ministry of Culture establishes a Cinema Department to develop, manage and promote the production and distribution of approved films. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
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Laos 1976: Other Films of Note |
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| 1982 | ||||
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| 1983 | ||||
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– The docudrama Siengpeun Chak Thonghai (‘The Sound of Gunfire from the Plain of Jars’), is the country’s first feature film. It is co-directed by Somchit Phonsena and Vietnamese filmmaker Phạm Ky Nam and features actors from the Central Spoken Drama Troupe. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1988 | ||||
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– Bouadeng, Laos’s second feature film is released. Directed by Som Ok Southiphonh, the film features actors from the Central Drama Spoken Troupe and tells the story of a family torn apart by civil war. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– The Cinema Department is abolished and replaced by the State Cinematographic Company which concentrates solely on the distribution of foreign films and management of cinemas. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1991 | ||||
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– The National Film Archive and Video Centre is established. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1997 | ||||
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Than Heng Phongphai (The Charming Forest) (Vithoune Sundara) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 2001 | ||||
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Falang Phone (Clear Skies After Rain) (Vithoune Sundara) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 2003 | ||||
| – The opening of a two-screen cinema in the Lao International Trade Exhibition and Convention Centre in Vientiane makes it the first purpose-built cinema to operate in the country since 1995. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
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Leum Tua (Wrongfulness) (Vithoune Sundara) [MORE] [ADD] |