cambofest cambodia film festival 4.0 edition program, march 1-9 2011

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�� CAMBOFEST Film Festival 4th Edition Movies PROGRAM

(Subject to Change - Khmer version coming soon!)

http://www.cambofest.com A DROP IN THE BUCKET Dir., Lauren Shaw 23 min. “This film is a timely, hopeful and lyrical tale about people reaching across international boundaries to help provide clean water in rural Cambodia.” USA Short Documentary A.HITLER Dir., Barry Hershey 115 min. “A phantasmagoric journey into the darkest recesses of the mind of Adolf Hitler; in a dreamlike subterranean environment removed from historical time, Adolf Hitler confronts the demons of his psyche.” USA Feature Fiction AYLA MY KOREAN DAUGHTER Dir., Byung Hun Hwang 48 min. “A story of the reunion of Mr. Birbiley, a Turkish Korean War veteran, and the lost Korean child he had taken under his wing, Alya, so many years ago during the Korean conflict.” S. KOREA Medium/Short Documentary BAD LANGUAGE Dir., Viron Papadopoulos 14 min. “A little bit of Greece survives in the Kafenios of suburban Australia; illegal gambling houses that are a cross between a men's club, mafia den and a nursing home.” AUSTRALIA Short Fiction BOUQUET FOR BASHO Dir., Kunal Mehra 7.5 min. “A short film interleaving urban and natural scenes inspired by ten haikus of the 17th century Japanese haiku poet Matsuo Basho” USA Universal Language


BUT SOME ARE BRAVE Dir., Grace Channer 6 min. “But Some Are Brave” is a five-minute oil painted animated film infused with evocative vocals and a lyrical soundscape.” CANADA Animation Only BYE BYE NOW! Dir., Ross Whitaker, Aideen O'Sullivan 15 min. “An amusing and poignant documentary about the fate of the Irish phone box, which has gone from the centre of society to the verge of extinction.” IRELAND Short Documentary CASUALTIES OF LOVE Dir., Faiyaz Jafri 2min. “Casualties of Love is a depiction of the unintentional cruelty to human replicas by children. It is inspired by the intense and uncontrolled love that children have for their favorite toys.” USA Animation Only CHUBBY CAN KILL Dir., Kevin Ung 20min. "Wing works at a video rental shop, carrying out routine duties together with his petite colleague day in day out. Gang members come to collect 'security fees' and leave behind a few threatening words. The incident makes Wing decide to take some action to change his life. " USA Short Fiction CONFESSION Abby Lambert 2 min. "A woman confesses to herself an inner desire to be masculine. Through the use of grooming routines, the woman's feminininty subsides briefly." CANADA Universal Language CONSEQUENCES - Landmines & UXOs Julienne Rathore 57 min. "The worldwide problem of landmines and other remnants of war is not new, but neither must it be forgotten. These indiscriminate weapons are still destroying thousands of lives around the planet every year." NORWAY Feature Documentary CROSSING MIDNIGHT Kim A. Snyder 29 min. “The story of an unparalleled health crisis in the jungles of Eastern Burma and a community of refugees that united against all odds to help their own when few others could.” USA/BURMA Short Documentary


DARK SOULS (Morke Sjeler) Dir., Ceasar Ducasse 95 min. "A revengeful father embarks on a dark thrill ride of lost memories, conspiracy and zombie-like symptoms. Finding the mysterious darkness within is the source of the bizarre world he has uncovered." (Mature Audiences Only ) NORWAY Feature Fiction DAS PAKET Dir., Marco Gadge 9.5 min. “Two hardened gangsters have to deliver an important package. But a single traffic light becomes a big problem that changes everything.” GERMANY Short Fiction DOUBLE LOSS Dir., Valery Lonskoy 108 min. “A comedy-mystery about the mysterious disappearance of an illusionist and his assistant during a performance in a circus.” RUSSIAN FEDERATION Feature Fiction DRIED UP Dir., Isaiah Powers, Jeremy Casper, Stuart Bury 6 min. "A quiet old man brings redemption to a faithless, drought ridden town." USA Animation Only EAST PLANET Dir., Hiroshi Toda 64 min. "A young earthman, “Kuma,” lands on a distant planet, called “East Planet,” where the good people are executed by lethal injection day after day. As if led by an invisible hand, Kuma wanders into a deep forest to find a woman, who survived." JAPAN Universal Language EISIS Dir., Seth Blaustein 94 min. "As the lone survivor of a chance landmine explosion, Scandinavian special operations soldier Eisis Thorsson must survive the forest home of an indigenous native tribe, the La-Wah, while enemy troops hunt him down in this fateful web of encounters." USA Feature Fiction “EXTINCION II .- Quadrature of the Circles Dir., Fernando Uson Fornies 12 min. Life is too brief to be wasted in quarreling.” SPAIN Universal Language


FAMILY VALUES Kolab Kouem 6 min. “A family of rubbish pickers and their very different and challenging lives…” CAMBODIA Animation FLOATING AWAY Chhunly Poy 6.5 min. “The story of a teenager who travels to Thailand to work as a fisherman…but his job isn't quite as expected. CAMBODIA Animation FOR A FISTFUL OF SNOW Dir., Julien Ezri 6 min. "A long time ago, terror, loathing, and power reigned over the wild wild North. The foolishness of the inhabitants led them to battle for anything…even a fistful of snow!" SWITZERLAND Animation FROZEN SOULS Dir., Ilaria Borrelli 12 min. “An Afghan woman captures an American soldier in order to get back her son...” ITALY Short Fiction GOD IS AMERICAN (Dieu est Americain) Dir., Richard Martin-Jordan 52 min. "Since the end of World War II, the people of Tanna, a remote island in the South Pacific in the archipelago of Vanuatu, idolize an American prophet and WWII pilot named John Frum. " FRANCE Medium / Short Documentary GOOD LUCK FOR YOU EVERYDAY: THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF PENG PHAN Dir., Raul Gallego Abellan 58 min. "Peng Phan lived through the brutally repressive Khmer Rouge regime of Cambodia dictator Pol pot, which killed up to two million people. Imprisoned by the Khmer Rouge, she came close to death but was one of a few who managed to escape. " SPAIN Feature Documentary HOT COFFEE Dir., Students of the Vientiane School of Fine Arts 4.5 min. “An innocent coffee break goes hilariously awry…” LAOS Very Short Movie


IN THE SHADOW OF BUDDHA Dir., Heather Kessinger 39 min. "In the Shadow of Buddha takes us to the seldom seen world of Tibetan Buddhist Nuns in northernmost India. Many Buddhists believe that one cannot attain enlightenment in the body of a woman, so what compels these women to dedicate their lives to being a nun? " USA Short/Medium Documentary ** Filmmaker Attending ** INSURGENCY OF AMBITION Dir., Anya Belkina 8min. "The illusion of success lures a man to the very threshold of glory only to unsheathe its true, frightening nature as he gets within reach." USA Animation KIDNAP Dir., Sijia Luo 4 min. "A little chicken is late to school, so she thinks up the perfect excuse to get herself off da’ hook." USA Animation (LE GRAND SAULT) THE GRAND FALLS Dir., Herve Demers 15 min. "Wandering with her beloved near the rushing waterfall, a young woman has no idea that their peaceful meeting place will be the scene of immense turmoil." CANADA Universal Language LITTLE FLOWERS Dir., Vincent Biron 18 min. "On one summer day, four children face themselves, and become a little older." CANADA Short Fiction LIGHTS Dir., Giulio Ricciarelli 14 min. "Lights is the story of a small-town police officer who dreams of being a hero. As his peaceful village offers no opportunity for heroism, he decides to take matters in his own hands. He puts up a traffic light on a rarely - used bridge in the middle of nowhere - and the fight begins." GERMANY Short Fiction


LITTLE JINJAR Dir., Gun Sangkaew 11 min. "When lamb is bullying everyone in the house, they need to stand up against him." THAILAND Short Fiction LETTERS FROM ALASKA Dir., Roberto Reyes Ang 10 min. ‘Letters From Alaska tells the story of Arvi, an immigrant from a small province in the Philippines called Mindoro, who left his hometown for America in search of a better life.’ PHILIPPINES & USA Edutainment & Social Issue MU – EMPTINESS - Ria Ama 15 min. "A painted Phoenix wills herself into the world where she encounters love, loss, longing and eventual enlightenment.” USA Animation NATURAL PLASTIC Dir., Faiyaz Jafri 2 min. “’Natural Plastic’ is a metaphor for the delicate balance between man and nature.” USA Animation NANOOK OF THE NORTH Dir., Robert Flaherty 65 min. (Courtesy International Flaherty Seminars): Long awaited Cambodia premiere of the ‘first documentary’ “A year in the life of Nanook, an Eskimo (Inuit) and his family, widely shown and praised as the first full-length, anthropological documentary." USA Feature Documentary PAIN IS TEMPORARY, PRIDE IS FOREVER Dir., Joshua Lee 54min. “Nick travels to Thailand and Cambodia to train as a kick boxer, along the way battling with his inner demons to achieve his goal of winning a fight at Phnom Penh's CTN arena.” AUSTRALIA QUA Dir., Andres Vidal 10 min. "At the beginning of time, our world was a desert illuminated by two suns where the mankind barely could keep alive…" SPAIN Animation


RETURN OF THE GUMSHOE KIDS Dir., Christopher Good 27 min. "A thirty-something junior detective tries desperately to relive is glory days as a preteen private eye, only to be thwarted by spunky upstarts and past disappointments." USA Short Fiction SALAAM RUGBY Dir., Faramarz Beheshti 62 min. "A compelling, inside look at the first womens’ rugby team in Iran, which coincided with the election of Ahmadinejad as president." NEW ZEALAND Feature Documentary SONG OF THE RIVER Dir., Krissada Tipchaimeta 18 min. "A newly appointed National Park chief faces a big dilemma when his duty requires him to enforce a prohibition against fishing, affecting villagers who have lived in the area for generations." THAILAND Short Fiction SPIRAL Dir., Michael Guerraz 20 min. "Trapped into an old mill, a young woman tries to escape an evil miller." PORTUGAL Short Fiction ‘TELEFONE’ Dir., Jeffrey Bliss 5 min. "Amidst the loneliness of two isolated individuals, mysterious gift boxes containing rotary telephones begin appearing around them with the promise of connection to better times and places." USA Very Short Movie TELEVISNU Dir., Prithi Gowda 15 min. “A surreal tale of a young Indian women who tries to fix her computer - but ends up fixing her life instead” INDIA Short Fiction THE WANDERERS Dir., Christine Bouteiller 58 min. “Our children don’t believe us. They’re too young to know. In 1975, many of us were too young to understand when the Khmer Rouges revolutionaries, managed by Pol Pot, took over our country. War, Khmer rouges, landmines: we should have died. But instead we went astray.” FRANCE/CAMBODIA Medium/Short Documentary


THREE SAD TIGERS Dir., David Munuoz 14 min “A construction boom in Middle East brought nearly a million workers from Bangladesh. But the labor abuse and illegal contracting has brought thousands of broken families and hopes of workers destroyed for good.” SPAIN Short Documentary UPSTREAM TO DOWNSTREAM (In Our Bloodstreams) 3 min. "This eerie short in the style of a painterly public-service-announcement examines the need to restructure our water, waste, and energy systems - but first our way of thinking." USA Edutainment & Social Issue VIA GORI Dir., George Barbakadze 13 min. “Russian planes start to bomb the Georgian town of Gori when a Russian woman has to travel inconspicuously on a minibus filled with Georgian evacuees. Will they pass unnoticed or will they be discovered?” AUSTRALIA Short Fiction VITRIVIUS TOYBOX Dir., Dennis Iannuzzi 6 min. "Experimental animation that explores the relationship between motion graphic techniques, electronic music, and typography." USA Animation WHY DO YOU HAVE A BEARD? Dir., Paul O Donoghue 6 min. " Morphing animation tightly edited to music, intended as a celebration of the rich cultural and racial diversity of humanity." IRELAND Very Short Movie YOU ARE SERVED Dir., Jorge Leon 60 min. "Yogyakharta 2009. In a recruitment center, women undergo training to become maids. Ten of thousands of them leave each month for Asia or the Middle East." BELGIUMFeature Documentary YOU TOO (Na Wewe) Dir., Ivan Goldschmidt 19 min. "1994. There is a civil war in Burundi, the small African country. A genocidal conflict opposes a rebellion driven by a majority of ethnic Hutus and a national army composed of a majority of ethnic Tutsis…" BELGIUM Short Fiction

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