First Rohingya Film ‘Lost Land’ Wins Best Film at Red Sea International Film Festival

First Rohingya Film ‘Lost Land’ Wins Best Film at Red Sea International Film Festival

Lost Land' is described as an intimate portrait of two siblings who seek to flee persecution in Myanmar.

Rohingya film ‘Lost Land’ wins Best Film at Red Sea Festival

Japanese filmmaker Akio Fujimoto's Lost Land' - the first feature film shot entirely in the Rohingya language - has bagged the Best Film Award at the Red Sea International Film Festival this year. The Rohingya refugee drama took home the top prize, the Golden Yusr for best film, along with a cash prize of USD 100,000 for the filmmaker, as per The Hollywood Reporter.

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