Roket (The Rocket), 2013
Australia-Laos, Blu-ray, Color, 96’, Lao
Director: Kim Mordaunt
Cast: Sitthiphon Disamoe, Loungnam Kaosainam, Thep Phongam, Bunsri Yindi
Ahlo is a young boy who is believed to be cursed because of a dam to be built in a village that holds on to its traditions. Ahlo and his family are placed in a refugee camp. To prove that he is not cursed Ahlo decides to build a giant rocket and enter the Rocket Festival. The Rocket is the first feature film for international release that was shot in Laos and won the ‘Best First Feature,’ Amnesty International Award, and Best Feature-Generation KPlus awards at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2013.