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- DirectorRithy PanhStarsKhieu 'Poev' ChesYeay CheuNhem EnA unique documentary on the notorious S-21 prison, today the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with testimony by the only surviving prisoners and former Khmer Rouge guards.
- DirectorDanech SanStarsSrenh SornRoger BrugetOn the Cambodian island of Koh Sdach, a local diver examines coral reefs and seahorse populations while exploring the environmental impacts of his village's commercial development and growing fishing industry.
- DirectorRithy PanhStarsRandal DoucJean-Baptiste PhouRithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979.
- DirectorSteve ChenStarsNhem SokunLida DuchHak KimLida sells modern real estate developments to the new middle class in Phnom Penh. Her relationship with her boyfriend is deteriorating so she escapes to the beach, but finds there that the specters from the past haunt in sublime ways.
- DirectorKavich NeangUnder the strain of the capital's bright lights, a tuk-tuk driver is reminded of his former lover from the days before Khmer Rouge rule. As he acts to move out of the family home, his wife has one last request.
- DirectorKavich NeangStarsChunnat PokKimleang SoNary BunThe White Building, an iconic structure home to 493 families in Phnom Penh, faces demolition. In the building's final days, Kavich Neang follows three families, including his own, as they pack belongings, share memories and anxieties, and eventually move out before the building's total destruction.
- DirectorKavich NeangStarsPiseth ChhunChinnaro SoemPuthy HourPhnom Penh at night. Three young hip-hop dancers drive a single motorbike and stop on a muddy deserted road. Nick leaves the others to look for an iPhone he heard was lost in the area. Piseth and Thy discuss their hopes and doubts, and Piseth shows his best Michael Jackson moves. They meet Leakhena, a young female street vendor whose cart is full of colors.
- DirectorPolen LyStarsBopha OulPhanny LoemSokhen OlBefore their impending departure for the capital city, two siblings first must bid farewell to the place they called home, each in their own way.
- DirectorKavich NeangStarsPiseth ChhunHout SithornOk SokhaSamnang, 20, faces the demolition of his lifelong home in Phnom Penh and the pressures from family, friends, and neighbors which arise and intersect in this moment of sudden change.
- DirectorDavy ChouStarsSotha KunKavich NeangSothea VannPhnom Penh, Cambodia. On Diamond Island, the country's pinnacle of modernity, two friends tell each other about the dreams they had the night before.
- DirectorDavy ChouStarsSobon NuonCheanick NovMadeza ChhemAn adolescent who leaves rural Cambodia to become a construction worker only to be reunited with his missing older brother.
- DirectorJake WachtelStarsSrey Leak ChhithLeng Heng PrakSahajak BoonthanakitIn this Buddhist sci-fi mystery set in near-future Phnom Penh, a young Cambodian detective untangles a link between her friend's past-life dreams of a lost gold artifact and a neuroscientist's determination to attain digital enlightenment.
- A wealthy rural Cambodian groom, Bol, falls in love with his bride, Rah, whose reaction to the arranged marriage unfolds in a series of bizarre incidents that leave everyone believing she must be possessed.
- DirectorJimmy HendersonStarsCeline TranLaurent PlancelTharoth SamWhat started as a simple escort mission will soon turn to chaos as the prisoners of Koh Kla take over the prison grounds. A special task force [Jean-Paul Ly, Dara Our, Tharoth Sam] gets trapped in the prison will have to fight their way out for survival, to protect a key witness [Savin Phillip].
- DirectorMark BochslerStarsSan Kim SeanDarith UngTharoth SamA genocide survivor's dream to revive an ancient sport becomes an inspiring mission to heal a nation.
- DirectorIan WhiteStarsIan VirgoAntonis GrecoNicolas BertheryA stunning nightclub singer engages in a battle of wits and deception with two lovers in a bid to escape a rapidly collapsing city under siege. Super cool style and razor sharp action drive this rich, noir thriller.
- DirectorCaylee SoSok VisalStarsSreynan CheaVandarith PhemRoza LasIn the Life of Music, a story told in three chapters, tells of how one song 'Champa Battambang,' made famous by Sinn Sisamuth (the King of Khmer Music), plays a role in the lives of three different generations.
- DirectorBora ChhayStarsNeak ChinSoutheary KauvSopheak NhemThe heart wrenching true story of Leav Sila, just one of many countless mothers that did all they could to keep their family alive, only to see the vast majority be killed or starve to death in the fateful years of the Khmer Rouge regime. Written and starring Kauv Sotheary, one of only two surviving children of Leav Sila, it gives a brutal yet captivating insight into the extremity of this painful chapter in history. LOST LOVES is directed by Chhay Bora, Kauv Sottheary's husband. Both being university lecturers, they have spent their life savings on this project, not for personal gain, but because Leav Sila's story, like many thousands of that period, needed to be told. The new generation of Cambodians must learn their history so as to never repeat it.