Recurring event · Biennial
Blue Chair Film Festival
Luang Prabang, Laos
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Free festival of Southeast Asian cinema, with open-air night screenings in town spaces, such as the primary school and its 800 blue chairs, conversations with local communities and a small grants fund for Lao filmmakers. It was annual from 2010 to 2017, could not be held in 2018 for lack of government approval, went online in 2020 and has been biennial since 2022, no longer under its original name. It depends on state permission and on foreign donors and sponsors.
- Organised by
- Blue Chair
- Since
- 2010
- Frequency
- Biennial · usual months: December
- Continuity
- Still held
- Usual venue
- Luang Prabang, Laos
- Languages
- Lao, English
- Website
- bluechair.film ↗
- Last reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Editions on record
Editions announced by the organiser are recorded. What is expected is deduced from the frequency and the usual months, and marked as an estimate.
- Blue Chair Film Festival 2024 · 5 to 9 December 2024 · Luang Prabang
- Blue Chair Film Festival 2022 · 8 to 11 December 2022 · Luang Prabang
Verification
Verified
Dates, venue and organiser are backed by at least one primary source (the organiser's website) and one secondary source, with consultation dates in sight.
Sources
- About Blue Chair ↗ · primary source · consulted on 1 October 2026 · Blue Chair
- Luang Prabang Film Festival, 2018 Report ↗ · primary source · consulted on 1 October 2026 · Luang Prabang Film Festival
- Luang Prabang Film Festival gives up its name ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 October 2026 · Variety (vía Yahoo)
- Southeast Asian cinema returns to Luang Prabang in December with Blue Chair Film Festival ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 October 2026 · Laotian Times