All posts tagged: New Wave

Mattie Do’s Horror Film Chanthaly

Director Mattie Do recently released a trailer for the first Lao horror film, Chanthaly over at Vimeo. Our team in Minnesota is working fast to figure out a way to get it shown in the Twin Cities later this year. As you can see, she’s opted for some very stylish approaches to presenting Lao horror on a shoestring budget. What would be your preferred way to see it screened in MN? At Intermedia Arts, the Loft Literary Center, one of the Minnesota Science Fiction conventions like Arcana or Diversicon, or a theater like the Oak Street Cinema? Let us know! ຈັນທະລີ (Chanthaly) Trailer from Mattie Do on Vimeo. “A young girl, raised alone by her overprotective father sequestered in their home in Vientiane, Chanthaly suspects that her dead mother’s ghost is trying to deliver a message to her from the afterlife. After a change in the medication treating her hereditary heart condition causes the hallucinations to cease, Chanthaly must decide whether or not to risk succumbing to her terminal illness to hear her mother’s last words…” …

Lao Horror, Lao Hopes: 10 Questions with Mattie Do

After her father immigrated back to Laos five years ago, Mattie Do and her husband made the decision to join him in Vientiane. In doing so, Mattie and her husband became acquainted with Mr. Anousone Sirisackda of Lao Art Media, eventually developing their relationship to the point of creating a film together. After two years of production, Mattie and Lao Art Media are getting ready to release Lao’s first horror film, “Chanthaly,” in Spring 2013. “Chanthaly” will be Mattie’s first feature film. Currently Mattie, her husband, their two dogs and one cat reside permanently in Vientiane, Laos.   Little Laos on the Prairie had a chance to catch up with her for an interview. The natural question on everyone’s mind is: How did you get your start? Actually, “Chanthaly” is my start in filmmaking. I’ve never directed any short films or anything, and I never went to film school, although I worked for a film school a couple of years ago. But as a makeup artist. The great thing about being a makeup artist on …