Project Space – Pha Tad Ke

Film

Laos has come a long way since its days of propaganda films of the 1970s. Only in the last decade has the sleepy, mild-mannered country dipped its toes into the vast and unexplored world of non-propagandistic narrative and documentary filmmaking — something of a challenge for a country operated under strict communist rule that imposes political and cultural constraints that shape the country’s national cinema offerings. …
ປະເທດລາວມີຄວາມລໍ້າໜ້າພໍສົມຄວນນັບແຕ່ມີຮູບເງົາໂຄສະນາເຜີຍແຜ່ໃນຊ່ວງປີ 1970. ສະເພາະໃນຊ່ວງທົດສະວັດທີ່ຜ່ານມາ, ປະເທດອັນງຽບສະຫງົບ ແລະ ມີມາລະຍາດທີ່ສຸພາບອ່ອນໂຍນແຫ່ງນີ້ໄດ້ດໍາດິ່ງລົງສູ່ໂລກອັນກວ້າງໃຫຍ່ ແລະ ຍັງບໍ່ທັນມີໃຜໄດ້ສໍາຫຼວດດິນແດນທີ່ເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍເລື່ອງລາວ ແລະ ການສ້າງຮູບເງົາສາລະຄະດີທີ່ບໍ່ເປັນພຽງແຕ່ຮູບເງົາໂຄສະນາເຜີຍແຜ່ ເຊິ່ງຖືເປັນຄວາມທ້າທາຍຕໍ່ປະເທດທີ່ຂັບເຄື່ອນພາຍໃຕ້ລະບອບການປົກຄອງຂອງຄອມມູນິດທີ່ເຂັ້ມງວດ ເຊິ່ງໄດ້ສ້າງຂໍ້ຈໍາກັດທາງການເມືອງ ແລະ ວັດທະນະທໍາ ເພື່ອກໍານົດຮູບແບບການນໍາສະເໜີຮູບເງົາລະດັບຊາດພາຍໃນປະເທດ.
The women acknowledged here are leading the way in the art of Lao cinematography, whether they be directors, producers, screenwriters, actresses, editors, or make-up artists. Between the Lao diaspora dispersed across continents from a war torn country and the sisters they left behind whose families also struggled to rebuild, Lao women have many diverse stories to tell and in their own creative ways. …
Selected by our film curator Xaisongkham Induangchanthy we will feature every month a Movie or a Selection of Shorts for unlimited free screening with a portrait about the director(s) by Yoxa Dahm …
A highlight of notable films, firsts, and debuts for the Lao filmmaking community. …
The primary purpose of the study is to critically analyze the film industry of Laos from a political economy perspective. The different facets of the film industry are examined by linking them to the system of governance, economic and political factors and the historical context in which the industry has developed. …