Cannes Hidden Gem: A Visceral Search for Identity in ‘All the People I’ll Never Be’
French-Cambodian director Davy Chou's third feature, screening in the Un Certain Regard section, follows a young French woman who seeks a deeper understanding of herself in the country of her birth, South Korea.
White Building review – soulful drama captures coming of age and eviction in Cambodia
This gentle-going watch injects sensitivity and insight into the story of a family’s displacement at the hands of property developers.
Italy’s Picomedia Developing High-End Cambodia-Set Spy Thriller ‘The Supernotes Affair’
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Italian producer Roberto Sessa has snapped up rights to bestselling spy thriller “Supernotes” about a CIA-trained Italian intelligence officer who winds up in a Cambodian prison.
Rithy Panh on the joy he finds in mentoring rising filmmakers
Oscar-nominated Cambodian-French director Rithy Panh has a vivid memory of how he first encountered filmmaking. As a young man, Panh had been studying carpentry in Paris and dabbling in painting.
Art-house filmmaker leads Cambodian movie renaissance
Success of 'White Building' highlights new generation of cinephiles.
‘Everything Will Be OK’: Film Review | Berlin 2022
Cambodian auteur Rithy Panh imagines an Orwellian world where animals have subjugated humans.
Everything Will Be OK – first-look review
Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh ponders a world where animals have enslaved the human race in his latest experimental feature.
Berlin: Cambodia’s Rithy Panh on Overcoming Pandemic Despair With ‘Everything Will Be OK’
The Cambodian auteur returned to some of the methods of his 2014 Oscar nominee 'The Missing Picture' to craft a searching essay film inspired by various upheavals around the world, including the coronavirus pandemic, political violence in Myanmar and the Jan. 6 riot in the U.S.
Berlin Review: Rithy Panh’s ‘Everything Will Be OK’
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Most of Cambodian director Rithy Panh’s family were killed in Khmer Rouge labor camps.
Cambodian Oscar submission ‘White Building’ lands North America deal
Brooklyn-based arthouse distributor KimStim has acquired North American rights for Cambodian Oscar submission White Building from French sales company Les Film du Losange.
Capturing Cambodia on Camera
Having filmed Tomb Raider with Angelina Jolie at Angkor Wat, written dozens of travel guides for Lonely Planet and produced videos for the BBC, National Geographic and Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism, what’s next for Nick Ray, Principal at Phnom Penh-based Hanuman Films?
‘White Building’: London Review
Kavich Neang’s feature debut follows a young dancer who’s about to lose the only home he’s ever known.
Review: White Building
Cambodian filmmaker Kavich Neang’s White Building repeats a sage piece of advice, for when the going gets a little tough: when in need, dance.
Cambodia selects ‘White Building’ as Oscar entry; first trailer revealed (exclusive)
Kavich Neang’s feature debut White Building has been selected to represent Cambodia in the best international feature film category for the 2022 Academy Awards.
‘White Building’: First Clip For Cambodian Drama, Jia Zhangke Among Producers — Venice Film Festival
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Here’s a fun first clip for Venice Film Festival coming-of-age drama White Building, which will get its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
‘Karmalink’ Review: Past Lives and Future Dreams Collide in the First Sci-Fi Film Made in Cambodia
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American director Jake Wachtel’s debut feature mixes Buddhism and AI to winning effect.
Venice Hidden Gem: Buddhism and Sci-Fi Converge in Cambodian Mystery ‘Karmalink’
American expat director Jake Wachtel was teaching a film course in Cambodia when inspiration struck for his futuristic reincarnation mystery 'Karmalink.' He then enlisted his two favorite students to star in the film and even help write the script.
USC Cambodian American filmmaker creates film about the hidden legacy of the Vietnam War
The film, ‘Swept Under,’ will investigate the difficulties of assimilation for Southeast Asian refugees.
Venice Critics’ Week to Open With U.S. Director Jake Wachtel’s Cambodia-set ‘Karmalink,’ Full Lineup
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The Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week has unveiled its lineup of nine international first works, all of them world premieres, with U.S. director Jake Wachtel’s Cambodia-set Buddhist sci-fier “Karamalink,” set as the out-of-competition opener.
Busan 2020 Review: COALESCE Shows Cambodia as a Land Compromised by Opportunity
Three young men look to forge their own paths in the fast-developing Kingdom of Cambodia in French filmmaker Jessé Miceli’s keenly observed debut feature.
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