Buddha's Lost Children is a 2006 documentary film by Dutch director Mark Verkerk. The feature film tells the story of Khru Bah Neua Chai Kositto, a Buddhist monk who has dedicated his life to orphaned children in the Golden Triangle area of Thailand. The film opened in Dutch cinemas in September 2006.
Buddha's Lost Children | |
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Directed by | Mark Verkerk |
Written by | Mark Verkerk |
Produced by | Ton Okkerse Pim van Collem |
Cinematography | René Heijnen Sarit Charoenyuenyaw |
Edited by | Jos Driessen Helen Delachaux |
Music by | Somtow Sucharitkul Bernhard Joosten Ward Henselmans |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | Netherlands |
Language | Thai |
Awards
editThe film won the International Documentary Grand Jury Prize (2006) at the Los Angeles AFI Fest,[1] the Jury Award for Documentary (2007) at the Newport Beach Film Festival,[2] the Best Global Insight Film (2007) at the Jackson Hole Film Festival ,[3] the David L. Wolper Best Documentary Award (2007) at the Napa Sonoma Valley Film Festival ,[4] the City of Rome Award (2006) at the Asiaticafilmmediale in Rome,[5] the Crystal Film (2006) at the Netherlands Film Festival,[6] and the Silver Dove (2006) at the Dok Leipzig.[7]
References
edit- ^ "AFIFEST 2006 November 2-12". www.afi.com. Archived from the original on 2006-03-21.
- ^ "Newport Beach Film Festival". Newport Beach Film Festival.
- ^ "Home". jacksonholefilmfestival.org.
- ^ "Wine Country Film Festival - IN KINO VERITAS". August 13, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-08-13.
- ^ http://www.asiaticafilmmediale.it/ Archived 2020-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Buddha's Lost Children". filmfestival.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands Film Festival. 2006-09-07. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
- ^ "Archived copy". www.dokfestival-leipzig.de. Archived from the original on 23 June 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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External links
edit- Buddha's Lost Children
- Buddha's Lost Children at IMDb
- Buddha's Lost Children (2006) at Rotten Tomatoes