• Bophana: Shadows and Lights
  • Lady Stone
  • Cyclo, Cambodian Heritage

Cambodia: Developing the Next Generation of Filmmakers

In Conversation

  • Sopheap Chea is executive director of the Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He will speak about Bophana’s mission and the effort to reclaim Cambodian film history.

  • Stephen Gong is the executive director of the Center for Asian American Media.

Over the course of the past decade, the Bophana Center has been actively involved in training programs for emerging filmmakers under the supervision of Rithy Panh. This program opens with Bophana: Shadows and Lights, depicting the work of the audiovisual center, followed by three shorts—Lady Stone, The Destiny, and Shoes—made for the One Dollar Project, with its goal of sharing the stories of individuals living on extremely limited resources. A second trio of films—Cyclo, Cambodian Heritage; On the Move; and Ice-cream—were generated by an initiative to develop filmmakers working in the rural provinces of Cambodia. Sound of the Night follows two brothers who sell noodles from a motorized cart on the streets of Phnom Penh.

Films in this Screening

Bophana: Shadows and Lights

Guillaume P. Suon, Cambodia, 2010

FILM DETAILS 
Language
  • Khmer
  • with English subtitles
Print Info
  • Color
  • Digital
  • 9 mins
source
  • Bophana Center

Lady Stone

Narith Roeun, Cambodia, 2014

FILM DETAILS 
Language
  • Khmer
  • with English subtitles
Print Info
  • Color
  • Digital
  • 8 mins
source
  • Bophana Center

The Destiny

Leakhena Roeun, Cambodia, 2015

FILM DETAILS 
Language
  • Khmer
  • with English subtitles
Print Info
  • Color
  • Digital
  • 7 mins
source
  • Bophana Center

Shoes

Doeurn Chev, Cambodia, 2015

FILM DETAILS 
Language
  • Khmer
  • with English subtitles
Print Info
  • Color
  • Digital
  • 8 mins
source
  • Bophana Center

Cyclo, Cambodian Heritage

Vunneng Leng, Cambodia, 2019

FILM DETAILS 
Language
  • Khmer
  • with English subtitles
Print Info
  • Color
  • Digital
  • 10 mins
source
  • Bophana Center

On the Move

Minea Heng, Cambodia, 2019

FILM DETAILS 
Language
  • Khmer
  • with English subtitles
Print Info
  • Color
  • Digital
  • 12 mins
source
  • Bophana Center

Ice-cream

Paov Sev, Cambodia, 2019

FILM DETAILS 
Language
  • Khmer
  • with English subtitles
Print Info
  • Color
  • Digital
  • 7 mins
source
  • Bophana Center

Sound of the Night

Chanrado Sok, Kongkea Vann, Cambodia, 2021

FILM DETAILS 
Language
  • Khmer
  • with English subtitles
Print Info
  • Color
  • Digital
  • 20 mins
source
  • Lights On

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