EMI’s short film “Hope in the Rain” won the Outstanding Award for Community Development in the Agricultural Sector at the 2025 Outstanding Film Awards and Celebration (Sinemaya 2025) in the Philippines.
At a glance
- Film
- “Hope in the Rain”
- Award
- Outstanding Award for Community Development in the Agricultural Sector
- Event
- 2025 Outstanding Film Awards and Celebration (Sinemaya 2025)
- When and where
- 13 to 16 December 2025, San Pablo City, Laguna Province, Philippines
The film reflects EMI’s work to support and improve the livelihoods of Lao farmers.
What the competition is for
The main objectives of this ASEAN-level competition include:
- Storytelling. Encouraging organizations to present their work and achievements through film, so that economic and social development efforts can be seen through tangible, real-world impacts.
- Going international. Giving organizations a chance to show Laos’s social innovation stories to a global audience.
- Knowledge exchange. Serving as a learning and experience-sharing platform among filmmakers and development organizations from various countries, so that lessons can be applied to future organizational development.
This win is a source of pride for EMI, and it shows that microfinance and agricultural development stories from Laos can reach an international audience.
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