Lost Land, the first feature film shot entirely in the Rohingya language, has been awarded the Best Film Award at this year’s Red Sea Film Festival.

Directed by Japanese filmmaker Akio Fujimoto, Lost Land is described as an intimate portrait of two siblings fleeing persecution in Myanmar.

The film’s synopsis reads: With nothing but vague directions and each other, nine-year-old Somira and her younger brother Shafi begin a harrowing journey to join an uncle in Malaysia, crossing borders by sea and land and navigating a world shaped by smugglers, fear, and exploitation.

Lost Land debuted in the Orizzonti section at this year’s Venice Film Festival. The film features a cast of non-professional actors and was produced by Kazutaka Watanabe, Angèle de Lorme, Sujauddin Karimuddin, Elise

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