{{Infobox film | name = Chanthaly | image = Theatrical poster Chantaly (2012 Lao Horror Movie).jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Mattie Do | producer = {{Plain list | * Mattie Do * Christopher Larsen * Douangmany Soliphanh}} | screenplay = Christopher Larsen | starring = {{Plain list | * Amphaiphun Phimmapunya * Douangmany Soliphanh * Soukchinda Duangkhamchan * Khouan Souliyabapha * Soulasath Souvanavong * Mango}} | cinematography = Christopher Larsen | editing = Christopher Larsen | released = {{Film date|2012|12||Luang Prabang Film Festival|2013|05|18|Laos|2013|09|22|Austin Fantastic Fest}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2837366/releaseinfo?ref_=ttloc_sa_2/ |title=IMDB entry for Chanthaly }}</ref> | runtime = 98 minutes<ref name=fantasticfest>{{cite web |url=http://fantasticfest.com/films/chanthaly |title=Chanthaly |publisher=Fantastic Fest |date=2013 |accessdate=2014-05-15 |archive-date=2021-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624004140/https://fantasticfest.com/films/chanthaly |url-status=dead }}</ref> | country = Laos | language = Lao }}
'''''Chanthaly''''' (Lao: ຈັນທະລີ) is a 2012 Lao horror film directed by Mattie Do and written by Christopher Larsen. It is the first horror film to be written and directed entirely in Laos<ref name=twitchfilm>{{cite web |url=http://twitchfilm.com/2013/09/fantastic-fest-2013-review-chanthaly-is-a-haunting-portrait-of-modern-day-laos.html |title=Fantastic Fest 2013 Review: Chanthaly is A Haunting Portrait of Modern Day Laos |last=Marsh |first=James |publisher=Twitch |date=2013-09-26 |accessdate=2014-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616174945/http://twitchfilm.com/2013/09/fantastic-fest-2013-review-chanthaly-is-a-haunting-portrait-of-modern-day-laos.html# |archive-date=2014-06-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the first Lao feature film directed by a woman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://filmofilia.com/chanthaly-trailer-142426/ |title=Laotian Horror CHANTHALY First Trailer |last=Martin|first=Nick|publisher=Filmofilia |date=2013-03-18 |accessdate=2014-05-15}}</ref><ref name=dearest_sister>{{cite web|url=http://vimeo.com/94331291 |title=dearest sister |last=Do |first=Mattie|publisher=Vimeo|date=May 2014 |accessdate=2014-05-21}}</ref> ''Chanthaly'' was screened at the 2012 Luang Prabang Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lpfilmfest.org/content/movies/2012-Chanthaly.html |publisher=lpfilmfest |title=Chanthaly |accessdate=2014-05-15}}</ref> and the 2013 Fantastic Fest.<ref name="fantasticfest" /><ref>[http://www.horrorphilia.com/fantastic-fest-2013-day-five-and-six-recap/ "Fantastic Fest 2013 Day Five and Six Recap"]. ''Horrorphilia''.</ref> Pop singer Amphaiphun Phimmapunya stars as Chanthaly, alongside Douangmany Soliphanh and Soukchinda Duangkhamchan.<ref name="twitchfilm" /><ref>Michele Galgana. [http://diaboliquemagazine.com/fantastic-fest-2013-chantaly-film-review/ "Fantastic Fest 2013: Chantaly (Film Review)"]. ''Diabolique Magazine''.</ref>
==Plot== Chanthaly is being raised alone by her overprotective father, sequestered in their home in Vientiane. She suspects that her dead mother's ghost is trying to deliver a message to her from the afterlife. After a change in the medication treating her hereditary heart condition causes the hallucinations to cease, Chanthaly must decide whether or not to risk succumbing to her terminal illness to hear her mother's last words.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://littlelaosontheprairie.org/2013/03/24/mattie-dos-horror-film-chanthaly/ |title=mattie dos horror film chanthaly |publisher=littlelaosontheprairie.org |date=2013-03-25 |accessdate=2014-05-15}}</ref>
==Cast== * Amphaiphun Phimmapunya as Chanthaly * Douangmany Soliphanh as Father * Soukchinda Duangkhamchan as Thong * Khouan Souliyabapha as Bee * Soulasath Souvanavong as Keovisit * Mango as Moo
==Production== The entire film was shot at director Mattie Do's house in Vientiane, Laos.<ref name="dearest_sister"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://littlelaosontheprairie.org/2013/01/18/lao-horror-lao-hopes-10-questions-with-mattie-do/ |title=Lao Horror, Lao Hopes: 10 Questions with Mattie Do |publisher=littlelaosontheprairie.org |date=2013-01-18 |accessdate=2014-05-15}}</ref>
==Entering into public domain and "open sourcing"== During a crowd funding campaign for Do's second feature film ''Dearest Sister'', Do and Larsen, who are the sole owner of the copyright, offered to enter the film into the public domain if a US$30,000 goal was reached.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://torrentfreak.com/eztv-open-source-horror-movie-140617/ |title=EZTV Users Help to Fund Horror Movie, and Open Source Another |publisher=torrentfreak.com |date=2014-06-17 |accessdate=2015-08-15}}</ref> After reaching the goal, in addition to releasing the copyright, all raw footage and other production material was made available through the Internet Archive<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Chanthaly.Open.Source.Project.Footage-MANGO |title=Footage Collection: Chanthaly |publisher=Mattie Do |date=2014-06-17 |accessdate=2015-08-15}}</ref> and the torrent site EZTV, thus "open sourcing" the entire project.
Do put forth a "community challenge", inviting fans to re-edit the film using the material.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/98327805 |title=Community Challenge |publisher=Mattie Do |date=2014-08-17 |accessdate=2015-08-15}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Facebook|ChanthalyMovie|Official page}} * {{IMDb title|id=2837366}}
Category:Laotian horror films Category:2012 films Category:2012 horror films Category:Films directed by Mattie Do