Buddha's Lost Children

Buddha's Lost Children

Infobox Film
name = Buddha's Lost Children


image_size = 100px
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director = Mark Verkerk
producer = Ton Okkerse, Pim van Collem
writer = Mark Verkerk
narrator =
starring =
music = Somtow Sucharitkul, Bernhard Joosten, Ward Henselmans
cinematography = René Heijnen, Sarit Charoenyuenyaw
editing = Jos Driessen, Helen Delachaux
distributor =
released = 2006
runtime = 97 min.
country = Netherlands
language = Thai
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website = http://www.buddhaslostchildren.com/
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0829118

"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.

Awards

The film won the International Documentary Grand Jury Prize (2006) at the Los Angeles AFI Fest [http://www.afi.com/onscreen/AFIFEST/2006/] , the Jury Award for Documentary (2007) at the Newport Beach Film Festival [http://www.newportbeachfilmfest.com/] , the Best Global Insight Film (2007) at the Jackson Hole Film Festival [http://www.jacksonholefilmfestival.org/] , the David L. Wolper Best Documentary Award (2007) at the Napa Sonoma Valley Film Festival [http://www.winecountryfilmfest.com/index.asp] , the City of Rome Award (2006) at the Asiaticafilmmediale [http://www.asiaticafilmmediale.it/] in Rome, the Crystal Film (2006) at the Netherlands Film Festival, and the Silver Dove (2006) at the Leipzig DOK Festival [http://www.dokfestival-leipzig.de/homepage/de/index.html] .

External links

*imdb title|0829118
* [http://www.buddhaslostchildren.com Official website] .


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