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Teatro Satanico was founded in Bassano del Grappa, Italy, 1993, as the "Charles Manson Satanic Theater", by Devis Granziera and Alberto Maria Kundalini. Despite the name, the band does not refer to Satanism , but to an attitude shown by romantic and decadent artists, towards religion, considered as an "obstacle to creative freedom". Including a black chant, sabbath and mass.
Khuannang, a girl from the countryside, moves to Vientiane to find a job. She starts working at the garment factory where her close friend Sisan works. Unfortunately, Khuannang's life takes a terrible turn when she falls victim to human trafficking.
Date: Monday, August 18, 2036: After the eruption of the Mt. Erasmus super volcano in Holland, most of western Europe has been rendered uninhabitable. I am one of the lucky ones who has been given the opportunity to race the lava to the Pacific ocean on the Daorklis 2, the only train still running to the far east.
In a secluded village, brothers Xai and Ming share a deep bond with nature, often venturing into the forest for sustenance. One night, while hunting frogs, Ming is attacked by terrifying apparitions.
After being assigned to work as a teacher in rural Xieng Khouang, Laos, a young school teacher, Nuanseng, must overcome a lack of resources to better her students' lives.
Fifty years ago, I immerse myself in the past which transports me to this lost paradise, where for five years I experienced absolute happiness. » Through old photos, words and drawings, my French grandmother and my father immerse themselves in Laos in the 70s. With all these scraps of memories, I try to understand who my grandfather Singkéo is, in questioning the notions of roots, attachment and family tearing.
Noy, a male medical graduate who seems to lead a perfect life, is pressured by his parents to marry his beautiful rich girlfriend. When he can no longer deny and hide his sexual preference, he risks the consequences to tell his parents the truth. At the same time, Noy, a Hmong woman from a poor family in Xiengkhouang province, looks forward to celebrating her graduation after a long struggle to support herself in Vientiane. However, her parents' arrival brings not the joy she expected, but the need to decide whether to remain in Vientiane with her musician crush or get married overseas in order to repay her parents' debt.
One strong woman leads the women’s UXO clearance team in Xieng Khouang province.
A young girl finds herself at the center of a social media firestorm after her actions are misunderstood; in the weeks to follow, she comes to question the impact of charitable giving and the lingering inequity around her.
Paths is a vibrant trip across the globe, painting an atypical portrait of humanity.
Noiy, a deaf boy struggling to survive on his own in Luang Prabang, takes refuge in a small school where he learns with other deaf children — and befriends Jane, whose parents do not want her to socialize with the deaf children at the school. When the two find themselves in serious trouble, Jane's father blames Noiy and threatens the school itself.
Why do we travel? What do we seek? ONLOOKERS offers a visually striking, immersive meditation on travel and tourism in Laos, reflecting on how we all live as observers. Traversing the country's dusty roads and tranquil rivers, we watch as elaborate painterly tableaus unfold, revealing the whimsical and at times disruptive interweaving of locals and foreigners in rest and play.
Laos, 1866. Hirondelle d’Or, a mysterious spy, follows closely the Mekong exploration mission led by Captain De Castel. As the expedition moves deeper into the country, the young woman and the military man attract each other, become closer and fall in love. The botanist Odile Dubuisson and her daughter Marie explore the jungles of northern Laos, 150 years later, following in the footsteps of their illustrious ancestor. Referring to a poem by the explorer: On the branch of the bamboo / The larva of the butterfly / One day will become a flower, Odile understands that he has seen the giant bamboo bloom. She also understands that the giant bamboo will bloom again. This is the perfect opportunity for her to witness a rare event. From then on, the story intertwines present and past.
A love story about a man with an unnatural talent for seeing the end date in relationships. It’s not his instinct, it’s his nose hairs. Kai’s nose tells him it’s time to get out of the relationship he is in just as an old school mate comes back into his life. They take to the road and lead us on a wild and charming journey through the Lao mountains of Vang Vieng.
After thirty-five years spent in France, Hèk returns to Laos: in the meantime, his father has died there. With Hé, his brother who remained to live there, on the intervention of their mother who wants to offer him his last trip, he takes the paternal ashes to his native village, in the mountains of the North. It is this journey undertaken by tuk tuk, a flexible but risky means of transport, which brings loss, mourning, healing and perhaps a form of reconciliation within him.
The survivors, three boys and one girl -- recount their experiences in a powerful new film produced by UNICEF Lao PDR and Handicap International Belgium.
A Lao village finds harmony through music. Hongfa - a mysterious and beautiful young woman arrives in a Khmu and Hmong village in Northern Laos and becomes trapped between the two cultures. In her efforts to bring the villagers together through their music, she creates a melody of change.
