Buddha's Lost Children
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| Buddha's Lost Children | |
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| Directed by | Mark Verkerk |
| Produced by | Ton Okkerse, Pim van Collem |
| Written by | Mark Verkerk |
| Music by | Somtow Sucharitkul, Bernhard Joosten, Ward Henselmans |
| Cinematography | René Heijnen, Sarit Charoenyuenyaw |
| Editing by | Jos Driessen, Helen Delachaux |
| Release date(s) | 2006 |
| Running time | 97 min. |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Language | Thai |
| [www.buddhaslostchildren.com Official website] | |
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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 helps orphaned children in the Golden Triangle area of northern Thailand. The film opened in Dutch cinemas in September 2006.
[edit] Awards
The 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[5] in Rome, the Crystal Film (2006) at the Netherlands Film Festival, and the Silver Dove (2006) at the Leipzig DOK Festival[6].
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