For its 2020 edition, the Locarno Film Festival is focusing on the future of films, and its Open Doors industry programme has, for the past 18 years, been on the front line of discovering new voices and supporting emerging filmmakers from countries in the southern and eastern regions of the world. For the upcoming edition of Open Doors, which will be held during the first week of Locarno 2020, from 6-11 August, eight projects and nine producers from Southeast Asia will be in the spotlight and will be able to introduce themselves to the international industry.

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More precisely, the projects participating in the Open Doors Hub, the platform for international co-productions, and the creative producers partaking in the Open Doors Lab training programme hail from the Southeast Asian countries of Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Mongolia. According to Locarno, the participating filmmakers are in search of a new identity that can be created by reconciling their past and traditions with the current challenges that each of their societies has been facing amidst the recent, rapid changes. It should also be noted that the selection includes a higher number of female professionals who are working as either directors or producers.

Sophie Bourdon, head of Open Doors and deputy head of Locarno Pro, offers her insight: “With the presentation of new full-length films of fiction and animation (an absolute first for Open Doors, with Filipino director Avid Liongoren), it brings together filmmakers who are in accordance with the festival’s free and responsible spirit. These will include some artists who are recognised on the international film scene, such as Mouly Surya from Indonesia (2017 Directors’ Fortnight, with Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts [+lee también:
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Also, as part of Locarno 2020 – For the Future of Films, screenings of works from countries that are the focus of Open Doors will be accessible to everyone from 5-15 August.

The complete selection of Locarno 2020 Open Doors is as follows:

Open Doors Hub

Fruit Gathering – Aung Phyoe (Myanmar/France/Czech Republic)
The Godmothers – Anucha Boonyawatana (Thailand/USA)
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Oasis of Now – Chee Sum Chia (Malaysia)
This City is a Battlefield – Mouly Surya (Indonesia)
Tropical Gothic – Isabel Sandoval (Philippines)
Ze – Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir (Mongolia/France)
Zsa Zsa Zatumnah vs the Amazonistas of Planet X – Avid Liongoren (Philippines/France)

Open Doors Lab

Darung Mony (Studio4, Cambodia)
Lomorpich Rithy (PlerngKob, Cambodia)
Vannaphone Sitthirath (Lao New Wave Cinema Productions, Laos)
Choo Mun Bel (Sixtymac Production, Malaysia)
Lamin Oo (Tagu Films, Myanmar)
Uran Sainbileg (IFI Production, Mongolia)
Supatcha Thipsena (Mobile Lab Project, Thailand)
Kyle Nieva (Screen Asia, Philippines)
Nguyen Luong Hang (EAST Films, Vietnam)