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A MONK'S AWAKENING by Lou Ma Ho is selected to the 2nd INTERNATIONAL SPIRITUAL FILM FESTIVAL which will take place at Tel Aviv from May 14 to 17 May, 2008. |
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A MONK 'S AWAKENING by LOU MA HO has received the Trophy of the Best European Photography by the Foundation Cinema Art from Poland for "GRAND OFF - European Off Film Awards. |
A Monk's Awakening will be screening the Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 9:00 pm on Channel 20 (Nassau County, NY). |
The short film NICO is selected to the Madrid Children's Film Festival which will take place November 26th, 2007. |
A MONK'S AWAKENING has been selected as a finalist for the Golden Leo Award for Best Film of the Golden Lion Film Festival 2007. It will now be shown with seven other finalists from all over the world at the Finalist Night, 20 October, here in Swaziland. 800 films were submitted to the festival this year from 44 countries. |
A MONK'S AWAKENING will be screened on the Night organized by ROTORELIEFS at London, Sept 19th. A Monk's Awakening by Lou Ma Ho is nominated for Best Foreign Film to the 2007 Action On Film Festival. This year’s festival will take place at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center July 27-29, 2007. The short film A Monk's Awakening by Lou Ma Ho has won the SECOND PRIZE FOR BEST SHORT FILMS at the Neston Festival of Film which took place in UK at the Royal British Legion Neston, June 22, 2007. A MONK'S AWAKENING is selected for screening in the INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF FILM MUSIC which will take place in May 2007 at Paris. The music has been composed by one of the best percussionist in the world : STEVE SHEHAN. A MONK'S AWAKENING is selected for screening in the FESTIVAL EXPLODING CINEMA which will take place in MAY, 2007 at London. A MONK'S AWAKENING is selected for screening in the GOETHE INSTITUTE FILM FESTIVAL which will take place in MARCH, 2007at Mumbai (India) A MONK S AWAKENING is distribute in dvd in EUROPE in the collection Best Of 13th Raindance Festival Shorts [UK IMPORT] The short-script (40mn) "A SPRING MORNING" (Un Matin de Printemps) by Lou Ma Ho has won the HONORABLE MENTION FOR THE BEST SCREENPLAY TO THE BOULDER ASIAN FILMS FESTIVAL in Colorado (USA) september 6-10, 2006. BUFF - the International Children and Young People's Film Festival which will take place in Malmö (Sweden) from 13 to 17 March 2007. |
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Marc-Olivier Louveau began his carrier as a scriptwriter for the cinema and television. He also works as a script doctor for films. He has had books published : CHOC DES CULTURES (Culture Shock) in 1997 and CONTES ASIATIQUES (Asian Tales) in 2OO1. THE STATUE WICH ATE ROCKS in 2OO7. TAYI, THE LITTLE FISHER (Asian Tales) for March 2OO8. He has directed commercials, documentaries and short films. He is a professor and an expert of the martial art: Viet Vu Dao (Vietnamese). He has created his own school in Paris : l' Ecole de Viet Vu Dao du Soleil Levant (The School of the Rising Sun). A documentary project on the Vietnamese martial arts, "Les Fils du Vent"(Sons of the Wind), allowed him to combine his two passions: cinema and Asia. While preparing a short film in 2002, Hand on Heart, a Master of calligraphy gave him his pseudonym Lou Ma Ho (he who spreads the words of Confucius in the Occident). In 2005/2006, his short film "L'Eveil du Moine" (A Monk's Awakening), received numerous awards and was selected at many film festivals worldwide. In 2006 he directs the short film NICO and in 2008 the middle feature film DEAD CELL (Cellule Morte). In 2008, he founds the first European Spiritual Film Festival which has taken place at Paris in April. At the moment, he is preparing his first feature length film as director : THE MEANDERINGS OF THE MEKONG. |
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FESTIVAL DER NATIONEN EBENSEE |
The middle length film DEAD CELL by Lou Ma Ho with Maï Anh Lê and Thierry Pietra produced by SDP Films, Oliwood Productions and Les Films du Verseau, is selected at the international film festival of Ebensee which will take place in June 15th to 21st 2008. |
SEOUL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL |
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The middle length film DEAD CELL by Lou Ma Ho is selected at the INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF SEOUL will take place in June 5th to 11st 2008. |
Cast : Main Anh Le ( Two Brothers by Jean-Jacques Annaud, Samourai By Giordano,...) and Thierry Pietra (Monopotrip by Olvier Cohen Bacri). The story : A young women awakes in a cell. She has done nothing to be there. She is going to discover that she is guilty to have done nothing. A co-production France/UK : SDP FILMS - LES FILMS DU VERSEAU - OLIWOOD PRODUCTIONS The second edition of the European Spiritual Film Festival (ESFF) will be held in March 2009. The European Spirtual Film Festival showcases films that explore the spiritual traditions from around the world and their different practices. It will allow the public a platform for vast discovery, understanding, and respect. You can see the Lou Ma Ho's films on : http://www.indieflix.com/FilmDetail.aspx?tid=9411&name=A MONK
The short film A MONK S AWAKENING will be distribute in CANADA by DHARMA ENTERTAINMENT.
The book THE STATUE WHICH ATE ROCKS by Klara and Marc-Olivier Louveau will bring out in March 2007 (Edition Le Pre du Plain) 
The screenplay « RED RIVER » by Lou Ma Ho (Marc-Olivier Louveau) was one of the ten Finalists for the Grand Prix of the best screenplay writer 2006 wich have taken place at Paris in november 13. To participate in the rebuilding process in New Orleans, the short film A MONK'S AWAKENING and HAND ON HEART by Lou Ma Ho will be screening in the SPIRIT OF HUMAHITY FESTIVAL which have taken place from October 14 to October 15, 2006 at New Orleans (USA) The short film A MONK S AWAKENING is distribute in USA by SPIRITUAL CINEMA CIRCLE.
The short film HAND ON HEART by Lou Ma Ho has been selected for screening in the THIRD SCREEN FILM FESTIVALwhich will take place in Hollywood in sept/Oct 2006.
A MONK'S AWAKENING will be screened on the Night organized by Slack Productions at London in december.
A MONK'S AWAKENING has been screened on the night organized by KRIZALID at Paris Wensday 18th October in the theater "Le Divan du Monde". "A Monk's Awakening" is shown on Eurocinema TV cable ( New York, Los Angeles, Austin, Vancouver, Cincinnatti, Cleveland, Columbia, Houston, Miami, Menphis, Richmond, Mineapolis, Portland, Madison, Leeds, Manchester, Malibu, Nord Texas, San Diego,...)
The short film A MONK S AWAKENING is distribute in France by CHALET POINTU.
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