At the border of Laos, in the heart of the jungle, lives Viengthong, 20 years old. Viengthong dreams of a life elsewhere, far from the village and the fields. Between hard work and laughter, doing nothing and opium, he reveals to us the intimacy of Pingchang, his village, where he finds himself at a crossroad in his life.
AWARDS
Best Documentary Feature Film – Sydney World Film Festival 2020
FESTIVALS
International Competition Visions du Réel 2019
DokFest München 2019
Brussels International Film Festival 2019
Mostra Internacional de cinema – São Paulo 2019
Sydney World Film Festival 2020
Director
Nicolas Graux
Producer
Julie Frères (Dérives)
Coproducer
Hanne Phlypo (Clin d’oeil)
Director of photography
Thomas Schira
Sound
Nicolas Graux
Director’s Assistant
Jianhua Wang “Aryoeq”
Editing
Lenka Fillnerova
Sound Editing and Mixing
David Vranken
Color Grading
Peter Bernaers
Post Production Supervising
Antoine Vermeesch
Assistant Editing
Saar Pauwel, Matias Vanraes
Translation (Akha)
Jianhua Wang
Translation (Dutch)
Meltse Van Coillie, Benjamien Vermoesen
Graphic design
Mario Debaene
Dérives
Haiku Films
Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF)
Casa Kafka
Le Centre du Cinéma de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
WIP
RTC Liège
Replica asbl
Creative Europe
CNC
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