Variety
Rod Rathjen on Why Human Trafficking Tale ‘Buoyancy’ Had to be Made as Fiction
Australian Rod Rathjen’s first film as director, “Buoyancy” is a powerful dramatization of human trafficking within Thailand’s offshore fishing fleet. Shot largely in Khmer and Thai, and selected as Australia’s foreign-language Oscar contender, it may also be a role model for cultural sensitivity and activism.
Annecy: ’Sorya,’ ‘Tistou’ Win Mifa Pitches Awards
Denis Do’s “Sorya” and Amandine Taffin’s “Tistou of the Green Thumbs” –both from France– took feature kudos at the 2019 Mifa Pitches Awards, the first honors announced at Annecy and devoted to projects pitched in various categories/showcases: Feature Films, TV Series and Specials, Short Films and Animation du Monde.
Cambodia’s Rithy Panh Remains Tireless Campaigner
Cambodian master director Rithy Panh’s is not optimistic about the chances of his latest film “Graves Without A Name” doing well at the Oscars. It is Cambodia’s contender in the foreign language category.
Animation Is Film Review: ‘Funan’
Denis Do's award-winning animated feature suggests the horrors of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime without depicting the worst atrocities.
Cambodia’s Anti-Archive Film Initiative Boosts Local Helmers
Cambodian filmmaking collective Anti-Archive’s Echoes of Tomorrow initiative debuted in Busan’s Wide Angle shorts competition with the world premiere of Danech San’s “A Million Years.”
