Buddha's Lost Children

Buddha's Lost Children
Directed by	Mark Verkerk
Produced by	Ton Okkerse, Pim van Collem
Written by	Mark Verkerk
Music by	Somtow Sucharitkul, Bernhard Joosten, Ward Henselmans
Cinematography	René Heijnen, Sarit Charoenyuenyaw
Editing by	Jos Driessen, Helen Delachaux
Release date(s)	2006
Running time	97 min.
Country	Netherlands
Language	Thai

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 has dedicated his life to orphaned children in the Golden Triangle area of 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[1], the Jury Award for Documentary (2007) at the Newport Beach Film Festival[2], the Best Global Insight Film (2007) at the Jackson Hole Film Festival[3], the David L. Wolper Best Documentary Award (2007) at the Napa Sonoma Valley Film Festival[4], the City of Rome Award (2006) at the Asiaticafilmmediale[5] in Rome, the Crystal Film (2006) at the Netherlands Film Festival, and the Silver Dove (2006) at the Dok Leipzig [6].

External links

• Buddha's Lost Children
• Buddha's Lost Children at the Internet Movie Database