Picture : Impact Screening in Thailand, September 2025
“Statelessness is not just a legal technicality – it is a human rights crisis that contributes to violence, persecution, widespread displacement of ethnic and religious minority groups, trafficking, and the denial of basic human dignity.” – Sujauddin Karamuddin, Film Producer
Think-Film’s impact campaign for Lost Land positioned the film as an authoritative voice in the highest-level international policy conversations about the world’s largest stateless population.
The UN High-Level Conference on Rohingya, held on 30 September 2025, was the first ever dedicated UN General Assembly summit bringing together governments, UN agencies, and civil society to develop a unified political strategy for resolution of the Rohingya crisis. By engaging with this conference, the Lost Land impact campaign aligned the film with a rare moment of global political attention on Myanmar.
Our strategic actions ensured that the film’s message “every child deserves a nation state to call home” was heard when governments were actually shaping new commitments.
- Through sustained outreach and engagement around the UN conference, we brought the film to the attention of 9 countries, generating meaningful film support, and achieving unprecedented political and diplomatic attention on statelessness as a key root cause of the Rohingya crisis, and a central issue that must be addressed to effectively resolve the Myanmar crisis.
- In partnership with leading NGO Fortify Rights – which has a sustained programme of work on the Rohingya, we convened a special high-level impact screening in Bangkok, Thailand, which brought together key national and regional decision-makers including the Office of the Prime Minister of Thailand to lead discussions on sustainable paths forward for Rohingya safe and dignified return to Myanmar.
- An impact video from Sujauddin Karimuddin calling for action has received 250+ views to date, and can continue to be used as a media asset throughout the film’s release and distribution.
- 70+ partner organisations engaged through this impact work represents millions of potential viewers for the film’s global theatrical/streaming releases.
By connecting art to diplomacy through bringing Lost Land to the UN conference high-level engagement we gave the Rohingya a meaningful voice in a high-level space that has historically excluded them, and contributed significantly to a reframed public understanding of Rohingya. This has legitimised and elevated Rohingya-led storytelling, and shifted political discourse from victimhood to agency – which is essential for diplomatic solutions about the future of Myanmar to succeed.
Our work has made a real step on the road to Rohingya safe and dignified return to Myanmar, contributing to long-term impact outcomes, including:
- re-establishing families and communities;
- upholding human rights;
- preserving cultural heritage; revitalising local economies; and,
- enhancing Myanmar’s global standing – which could open key avenues for foreign aid and investment.
Rohingya return to Myanmar would also alleviate pressure on current refugee host countries, allowing resources to be diverted back to other in-need populations. Solutions here could serve as a valuable model for refugee repatriation and reconciliation in other post-conflict societies – shaping policy responses and norms more broadly. It could even build holistic trust in institutions if and where transparency and fairness are upheld.
