February is known as Women in Horror Month, when the spotlight is put on female filmmakers working inside our favorite genre, and many horror sites run pieces about movies directed by women. And that’s great! But there’s no reason why that spotlight should be limited to only one month, particularly when there are so many brilliant and talented female filmmakers working in the genre. Why not use this October to hit up these titles on Shudder and get to know some of the most exciting female voices in horror right now?
Prevenge (2016, dir. Alice Lowe) Alice Lowe writes, directs, and stars in this darkly comic, twisted fantasy about a woman who is very, very pregnant (Lowe herself was pregnant during shooting) and goes on a killing spree when her unborn baby talks to her and tells her to take revenge for a past tragedy. The film never fully transcends its gimmick,...
Prevenge (2016, dir. Alice Lowe) Alice Lowe writes, directs, and stars in this darkly comic, twisted fantasy about a woman who is very, very pregnant (Lowe herself was pregnant during shooting) and goes on a killing spree when her unborn baby talks to her and tells her to take revenge for a past tragedy. The film never fully transcends its gimmick,...
- 10/13/2017
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
Since first drawing our attention with her debut feature Chanthaly, Lao director Mattie Do has been a regular staple of these pages as she continues to break new ground. Do was the first ever female film director in Laos' history. Chanthaly was that nation's first ever horror film. It was the first Laos film ever to travel to major international film festivals. And now Do's second film - Dearest Sister - has continued that ground breaking trend by being named as the first ever Lao submission to the Oscars. For those unfamiliar with the process, every nation has the option of submitting a single title to be considered for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars every year. Those submissions get wittled down...
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- 9/18/2017
- Screen Anarchy
We talk success, exploding heads, and the horror of humanity with Director Ted Geoghegan.The splatter art of ‘We Are Still Here’ is Museum Ready
Welcome to the sixth episode of the Shallow Pocket Project, a series where Film School Rejects and the folks at In The Mouth of Dorkness team up to chat with independent filmmakers about working outside the system on a budget. Check out our last chat with Mattie Do (Director of ‘Chanthaly’ and ‘Dearest Sister’). Special thanks on this episode to Darren Smith.
Today, we chat with Ted Geoghegan. In 2015, after more than a dozen years in the business, he directed his first feature length film We Are Still Here. There’s a flick that goes up to 11. Holy hell! Next out for him will be Mohawk, which is a War of 1812 period piece centered on a Mohawk woman and her two lovers forced to do battle with a squad of American...
Welcome to the sixth episode of the Shallow Pocket Project, a series where Film School Rejects and the folks at In The Mouth of Dorkness team up to chat with independent filmmakers about working outside the system on a budget. Check out our last chat with Mattie Do (Director of ‘Chanthaly’ and ‘Dearest Sister’). Special thanks on this episode to Darren Smith.
Today, we chat with Ted Geoghegan. In 2015, after more than a dozen years in the business, he directed his first feature length film We Are Still Here. There’s a flick that goes up to 11. Holy hell! Next out for him will be Mohawk, which is a War of 1812 period piece centered on a Mohawk woman and her two lovers forced to do battle with a squad of American...
- 3/23/2017
- by William Dass
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
We chat with the director of ‘Dearest Sister’ and ‘Chanthaly’.Psst, I’m here to tell you what happens when you hold a sneeze in. It isn’t good.
Welcome to the fifth episode of the Shallow Pocket Project, a series where Film School Rejects and the folks at In The Mouth of Dorkness team up to chat with independent filmmakers about working outside the system on a budget. Check out our last chat with Karyn Kusama (Director of Girlfight and The Invitation). Special thanks on this episode to Brad Gullickson and Darren Smith.
Today, we chat with Mattie Do about the rise of Lao Horror. She is the director of Dearest Sister (available on Shudder) and Chanthaly. And, god willing, her next film will be a time travel slasher flick set in rural Laos. If that setting doesn’t get you interested in what she’s doing, somebody call the time. Because...
Welcome to the fifth episode of the Shallow Pocket Project, a series where Film School Rejects and the folks at In The Mouth of Dorkness team up to chat with independent filmmakers about working outside the system on a budget. Check out our last chat with Karyn Kusama (Director of Girlfight and The Invitation). Special thanks on this episode to Brad Gullickson and Darren Smith.
Today, we chat with Mattie Do about the rise of Lao Horror. She is the director of Dearest Sister (available on Shudder) and Chanthaly. And, god willing, her next film will be a time travel slasher flick set in rural Laos. If that setting doesn’t get you interested in what she’s doing, somebody call the time. Because...
- 3/14/2017
- by William Dass
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Regular readers of this site need no introduction to Lao filmmaker Mattie Do. We've been covering her work from the early days of her debut feature, Chanthaly, while charting the progress of sophomore effort Dearest Sister from inception. So rather than recap what you'll already know, we're just going to cut straight to the chase. Dearest Sister is available to audiences across North America on streaming service Shudder as of yesterday and they've released a brand new clip as a tease. Check that out below along with previous coverage in the links below!...
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- 1/13/2017
- Screen Anarchy
As the first female director of a feature film shot entirely in Laos, Mattie Do chose to express her perspective on women’s social roles metaphorically in her 2012 debut Chanthaly, which was also the first horror film to be completed in the Communist country. Dearest Sister follows in a similar vein, tapping into the penchant for ghost stories prevalent in Southeast Asian cinema. Tracing a familiar arc, the film also relies on a degree of cultural specificity that sets it apart from other examples of regionally produced horror and identifies Do, who grew up in Southern California before relocating to Laos,...
- 12/9/2016
- by Justin Lowe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Even though the country of Laos only has thirteen produced films to its name, it’s already an exemplary proponent of equal opportunities. Female director Mattie Do accounts for two out of those thirteen titles, and even more impressively, both are ambitious horror films. In 2013, Do brought Chanthaly to Austin’s Fantastic Fest, and now she’s back with another unnerving Laotian tale by the name of Dearest Sister – a family affair haunted by greed and selfishness. No gimmicks or grading curves are needed to appreciate Laos’ budding local “Hollywood” scene, as Do helps put an entire country on the genre map with only her second feature film. No such thing as too little, too late!
Amphaiphun Phommapunya stars as a “lowly” villager (Nok) who’s called to Vientiane (Laos’ capital) so she can care for her sight-impaired cousin, Ana (Vilouna Phetmany). Nok is welcomed by Ana’s husband Jakob (Tambet Tuisk) upon her arrival,...
Amphaiphun Phommapunya stars as a “lowly” villager (Nok) who’s called to Vientiane (Laos’ capital) so she can care for her sight-impaired cousin, Ana (Vilouna Phetmany). Nok is welcomed by Ana’s husband Jakob (Tambet Tuisk) upon her arrival,...
- 10/1/2016
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
We've been big fans and supporter of Lao filmmaker Mattie Do in these parts since we first caught wind of her debut feature, Chanthaly, which was both the first horror film and the first feature directed by a woman in Laos. It was also quite good and promised even better things in future from the talented director. And the first of those further things is almost upon us now with the imminent arrival of Dearest Sister. A Lao village girl’s only chance of escaping indentured poverty is to manipulate her wealthy cousin’s illness into dependence. Announced in the first wave of titles selected to Fantastic Fest, where it will have its World Premiere, Mondo veteran Jay Shaw has created the official poster art for the...
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- 8/15/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Here's the deal with Mattie Do: she's awesome. Not only is she one of the leading voices of the emerging Lao film industry – and I mean emerging; in total the country has produced about a dozen movies – she's also the country's first female director. It just happens that she's also a lover of horror and a damned fine filmmaker at that.
I had a chance to catch up with her debut feature Chanthaly a few years ago so when Do launched a campaign to raise money for her second feature, I was happy to throw her a couple of dollars. Now two years later, we get a first glimpse at Dearest Sister which will make its debut at Fantastic Fest later this year.
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I had a chance to catch up with her debut feature Chanthaly a few years ago so when Do launched a campaign to raise money for her second feature, I was happy to throw her a couple of dollars. Now two years later, we get a first glimpse at Dearest Sister which will make its debut at Fantastic Fest later this year.
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- 8/3/2016
- QuietEarth.us
Those good folks over at Well Go USA Entertainment have announced their acquisition of Jamie M. Dagg's River, the Canadian thriller set and shot in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this year.River stars Rossif Sutherland (half-brother of Kiefer) as an American doctor volunteering in the North of Laos, who becomes a fugitive after attempting to break up the sexual assault of a young woman. Also starring Ted Atherton (Max Payne), Sara Botsford (The Fog), and Vitaya Pansringarm (Only God Forgives), River was produced by Nick Sorbara, whose previous credits include Bruce McDonald's excellent Pontypool, and Mattie Do, director of the recently wrapped Beloved Sister and Chanthaly, Laos' first ever horror film. Our own Shelagh M. Rowan-Legg wrote of...
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- 12/1/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Hey, I get it. You see something bad going down, your first instinct is to help. That's a good thing, a humane reaction, something we tell our children that they should do. But sometimes, maybe you should mind your own damn business. That's the feeling I get from watching the first teaser for River, directed by Jamie Dagg. The movie's official synopsis sets it up: In the south of Laos, an American volunteer doctor becomes a fugitive after he intervenes in the sexual assault of a young woman. When the assailant's body is pulled from the Mekong River, things quickly spiral out of control. Rossif Sutherland stars as the doctor, with Amphaiphun Phimmapunya and Douangmany Soliphanh (both from Chanthaly) in supporting roles. Mattie Do, director of Chanthaly, served...
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- 9/3/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Last year we told you that Mattie Do (Chanthaly), the first female filmmaker from the country of Laos, was seeking funding for second feature Dearest Sister, and today we’re happy to report that the film is getting ready to shoot… Continue Reading →
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- 3/31/2015
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
In 2013, Mattie Do broke new ground. Having its American premiere at Austin’s Fantastic Fest, her Chanthaly was the first horror film to come out of Laos, the country bordering China, Burma, Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia that’s developing a national cinema and which had only produced something like a dozen feature films since its revolution…
The post Dearest Sister, The Second Lao Horror Film Ever, Shoots Spring appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.
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- 3/31/2015
- by Samuel Zimmerman
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Like the headline says, following up a successful crowd funding campaign and serving as the Lao side of Jamie Dagg's Canada-Lao co-production River, Chanthaly helmer Mattie Do's Dearest Sister is gaining momentum leading up to production with word that Raven Banner have picked up international sales rights. Here's the official press release:Toronto based genre specialist, Raven Banner Entertainment has picked up International rights to director Mattie Do's next genre bending feature, Dearest Sister, pioneering Lao-European co-production.Do's sophomore feature tells the story of a village girl who travels to capital Vientiane to care for her rich cousin who has mysteriously lost her sight, and somehow gained the ability to communicate with the dead. Matters are further driven downfall by the cousin's ambivalent marriage with an Estonian...
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- 3/30/2015
- Screen Anarchy
The Toronto genre specialist has picked up international rights to Mattie Do’s Lao-European horror feature.
Dearest Sister tells of a village girl who travels to the Lao capital Vientiane to care for her rich cousin who has lost her sight and gained the ability to communicate with the dead. Xyz Films represents Us rights.
Music and radio celebrity Vilouna Phetmany and Estonian theatre and screen veteran Tambet Tuisk play the couple while newcomer Amphaiphun Phommapanya portrays the village girl.
The Laos-France-Estonia co-production is set for a late spring shoot.
The producers are Lao Art Media, Annick Mahnert of Screen Division and Sten Saluveer and Helen Lõhmus of Oree Films.
Post-production is scheduled for later this year in France and Estonia and the producers are eying a 2016 release.
Do previously directed Chanthaly, the first ever Lao genre film. She was chosen to present Dearest Sister in the World Cinema Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014 as...
Dearest Sister tells of a village girl who travels to the Lao capital Vientiane to care for her rich cousin who has lost her sight and gained the ability to communicate with the dead. Xyz Films represents Us rights.
Music and radio celebrity Vilouna Phetmany and Estonian theatre and screen veteran Tambet Tuisk play the couple while newcomer Amphaiphun Phommapanya portrays the village girl.
The Laos-France-Estonia co-production is set for a late spring shoot.
The producers are Lao Art Media, Annick Mahnert of Screen Division and Sten Saluveer and Helen Lõhmus of Oree Films.
Post-production is scheduled for later this year in France and Estonia and the producers are eying a 2016 release.
Do previously directed Chanthaly, the first ever Lao genre film. She was chosen to present Dearest Sister in the World Cinema Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014 as...
- 3/30/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Not so much news here as a hearty thank you!Back on May 19th we announced that Twitch and IndieGoGo were partnering up to help Laotian director Mattie Do - Laos' first ever female feature film director and helmer of first ever Laotian horror film Chanthaly - raise the funds for her proposed second film, Dearest Sister. Well, with a little under two days remaining in her crowd funding campaign we're happy to say that Do is now a whopping 27% over her goal which means she can buy a whole lot of pig blood. And a new camera. And secure the locations needed for the film.In short you lot have helped make a little bit of history here, so good on you. And if you...
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- 7/1/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Ladies and gentlemen, the gauntlet has been thrown. With a little more than two weeks left to go in her crowdfunding campaign for sophomore film Dearest Sister (Nong Hak), Laotian director Mattie Do has upped the stakes: Should Dearest Sister reach its full funding goal then Do will release absolutely all the materials created in the making of her debut film Chanthaly - all 400 gig or so worth - online, giving backers the ability to essentially open source her debut feature and turn it into whatever they want. All the video files, all the audio files, the subtitles, everything. Go to town.Chanthaly was the first ever feature directed by a woman in Laos and also that nation's first ever horror film, going on to...
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- 6/16/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Two promising horror projects have come to my attention this month that need your help. Well, they need your money, too, but spreading the word about them doesn't hurt either. The first comes from filmmaker Mattie Do, a Laotian director who first came to our attention last year when her feature, Chanthaly, made it into Fantastic Fest. Her story of a young woman experiencing visions of her dead mother was significant for a few reasons. It was the first Laotian horror film, further, it was the first Laotian film made by a woman.
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- 5/28/2014
- by Ryan Turek
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Not only is Mattie Do the first female filmmaker from the country of Laos but she's also the first horror filmmaker from the area, bursting onto the scene last year with the ghost story Chanthaly. Now, she's working on her second feature, and she needs your help. Read on!
Just launched on Indiegogo, in partnership with Twitch, is the fundraising campaign for Do's second film Dearest Sister (Nong Hak), which she describes as one of the most ambitious films ever produced in Laos.
Dearest Sister tells the story of a village girl from southern Laos who travels to Vientiane to care for her rich cousin who has mysteriously lost her sight, and somehow gained the ability to communicate with the dead. When the poor girl realizes that her cousin is receiving messages from the spirits that allow her to win the lottery, she has to choose between nursing her cousin...
Just launched on Indiegogo, in partnership with Twitch, is the fundraising campaign for Do's second film Dearest Sister (Nong Hak), which she describes as one of the most ambitious films ever produced in Laos.
Dearest Sister tells the story of a village girl from southern Laos who travels to Vientiane to care for her rich cousin who has mysteriously lost her sight, and somehow gained the ability to communicate with the dead. When the poor girl realizes that her cousin is receiving messages from the spirits that allow her to win the lottery, she has to choose between nursing her cousin...
- 5/19/2014
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
When Laotian director Mattie Do released her debut feature Chanthaly last year she entered the record books on multiple fronts. For Chanthaly was not only the first horror film made in the history of Laos, it was also the first Laotian film ever helmed by a woman and - after being selected at Austin's Fantastic Fest - the first Laotian film to ever screen anywhere outside of Southeast Asia. Which is not at all a bad accomplishment for a film produced on a total budget of under five thousand dollars. So, how does one follow this up? Well, for one thing Do promised her producers that she would one day bring Laotian film to Cannes and then promptly made good on that promise by having...
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- 5/19/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Todd told me that I have to do Biogno a critic of my film is fucking Call Chanthaly Figo Figissimo ! No, instead , my film a movie seems very slow and a little artistic ... communque me and I did not like the movie " artistic " ( did you see the "" "" ? ) Actually, artistic film is for all the envelopes showers ... Capiscie ? ! ? ! Envelopes Shower !So, my movies and fucking breaks and slaying because there Mango -dog (dog) , the super greyhound. What the fuck I mean ... I do not remember ... or , I took many by James Vodka with Twitchfilm ... and he is my Pompom Girl for this critical ... I mean...
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- 9/27/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Hailing from a country that has produced fewer than 10 feature films in its entire history, Chanthaly proves a modest yet potent little chiller that blends an unsettling slowburn ghost story with an enlightening portrait of women's roles and patriarchy in one of the world's few remaining hard line Marxist nations. Chanthaly marks a number of firsts in a country largely unfamiliar with homegrown cinema. Director Mattie Do is not only the first woman ever to make a feature film in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, but she has directed the nation's first ever horror film. As is the case in many Communist countries, the ruling party is generally uncomfortable with any depiction of an afterlife or the supernatural, and Do, together with her screenwriter husband...
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- 9/26/2013
- Screen Anarchy
With only weeks left before Fantastic Fest gets underway in Austin, the final wave of films has been announced. Check out the goodies below, and visit FantasticFest.com for the complete schedule and to get your tickets.
All The Boys Love Mandy Lane (USA, 2006)
Special Screening
Director - Jonathon Levine, 98 min
All the boys love Mandy Lane and all the girls want to be her. There's at least one person, though, that wants Mandy and her friends dead.
Chanthaly (Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2013)
North American Premiere
Director - Mattie Do, 98 min
A sickly young woman experiences visions of her dead mother. Is the apparition simply a side effect of her daily medication, or her mother actually reaching out to her from beyond the grave?
Confession Of Murder (Korea, 2012)
U.S. Premiere
Director - Jeong Byeong-Gil, 119 min
After the statute of limitations expires on a series of high profile murders, a...
- 9/6/2013
- by Alyse Wax
- FEARnet
In 2 weeks, you will be seeing tons of content from one of the best genre film festivals in North America, Fantastic Fest. Held in Austin, TX, Fantastic Fest is a orgasmic wave of sci-fi, horror, crime and foreign film. We have been lucky enough to be attending since 2010 and this year, I plan on giving you the most coverage I can. There will be daily video recorded and published on the site in addition to interviews and reviews. Today, the final wave and closing night film was announced. Every year, Fantastic Fest tends to have side events/parties that tie into the Opening & Closing Night films and given the content, I can’t wait to see what they come up with. The closing night film is the North American Premiere of Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem.
Without further ado, here is the official press release with a full list of films that were added.
Without further ado, here is the official press release with a full list of films that were added.
- 9/5/2013
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
The third and final wave of films has been announced for this month’s highly anticipated Fantastic Fest film festival, and it’s as glorious as we’ve come to expect. A handful of recognizable names are here including Terry Gilliam (The Zero Theorem), Stephen Chow (Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons) and Kim Ki-duk (Moebius), but as is often the case the real joys are found in the unknown films and filmmakers. Based on synopsis alone, Norway’s Detective Downs looks to have break out potential here, but some other possible highlights include the much talked-about Escape From Tomorrow, Yeon Sang-ho’s darkly animated tale The Fake, Scott Adkins’ Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear, and a 3D Metallica film that we’re hoping is even half as good as Kiss’ Phantom of the Park. Check out the full final wave announcement below. All The Boys Love Mandy Lane (USA, 2006) Special...
- 9/5/2013
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Fantastic Fest has sent out a press release announcing their closing night film and the final wave of programming that includes All The Boys Love Mandy Lane, We Are What We Are, Rigor Mortis, and more:
Austin, TX-Thursday, September 5, 2013- Fantastic Fest is excited to announce its final wave of film programming, including Terry Gilliam’s unique dystopian vision of the future, The Zero Theorem, as the closing night film on September 26th. The ninth edition of Fantastic Fest, will take place September 19 – 26 at Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline in Austin, Texas. See below for descriptions of twenty-five new World, North American & Us premiere films at this year’s festival.
All The Boys Love Mandy Lane (USA, 2006)
Special Screening
Director – Jonathon Levine, 98 min
All the boys love Mandy Lane and all the girls want to be her. There’s at least one person, though, that wants Mandy and her friends dead.
Chanthaly (Lao People’s Democratic Republic,...
Austin, TX-Thursday, September 5, 2013- Fantastic Fest is excited to announce its final wave of film programming, including Terry Gilliam’s unique dystopian vision of the future, The Zero Theorem, as the closing night film on September 26th. The ninth edition of Fantastic Fest, will take place September 19 – 26 at Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline in Austin, Texas. See below for descriptions of twenty-five new World, North American & Us premiere films at this year’s festival.
All The Boys Love Mandy Lane (USA, 2006)
Special Screening
Director – Jonathon Levine, 98 min
All the boys love Mandy Lane and all the girls want to be her. There’s at least one person, though, that wants Mandy and her friends dead.
Chanthaly (Lao People’s Democratic Republic,...
- 9/5/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
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