Session Times for the first Cambodian International Film Festival
Thursday, October 21.
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The world premiere of Cambodian filmmaker Chhay Bora’s Lost Loves will take centre stage at Chenla Theatre on Saturday as part of the first annual Cambodian International Film Festival, which will showcase global cinema to audiences in the Kingdom from October 21 to 23.
Cedric Eloy of the Cambodian Film Commission said that it was also important to show Cambodian films from the 1990s “as they demonstrate the will of Cambodians to make their own, to produce their own films”, despite a lack of resources.
He lamented a lack of interest amongst contemporary Cambodian producers, “who do not see the direct benefit of participating in a film festival, as a film festival doesn’t bring back money directly”.
But, he contended, festivals can open up access to an international audience.
He and other organisers said they hoped that the festival would demonstrate the benefits to local filmmakers and encourage them to participate in future years.
By showcasing Chhay Bora’s Lost Loves, organisers hope to do just that – and pave a way for local filmmakers to show their work beyond Cambodia.
Festival films were selected with the conscious intention of leading a revival of Cambodian cinema by engaging with different perspectives from international film.
“The idea of this program is to present feature films from around the world in a narrative way that is different from Cambodia,” Eloy said.
There will indeed be a rich array of films on display, including features, documentaries, a selection of films that have won the top prize at Africa’s largest international film festival, anime, shorts, French classics, and several 1990s Cambodian films.
The festival will provide a good taste of the contemporary – 31 of the selections were produced this year or last.
Festival screenings will be held at Chenla Theatre, French Cultural Centre, Lux Cinema and Bophana Audiovisual Centre, as well as outdoor screenings at Golden Sorya and Diamond Island. Three-day passes cost $5, or $1 for each film.
Treeless Mountain
Session times for Thursday, October 21
10:00am
Chenla Theatre: Ali Zaoua (private)
CCF: Bardsongs
Lux Cinema: Air Wave
12.30pm
Chenla Theatre: My Tehran for Sale
CCF: The Watcher
2:00pm
Bophana Center: Rehje
CCF: Recaptured by DMC
Lux Cinema: Agrarian Utopia
3:30pm
Chenla Theatre: The First Sight
4:00pm
Bophana Center: My Neighbour, My Killer
CCF: The most Secret Place on Earth
4:30
Lux Cinema: Tilai
6:00pm
Bophana Center: Baara
CCF: World Short Films
7:30
Chenla Theatre: Vanished
8:00pm
CCF: Manila
Lux: Cinema: Drum
Session times for Friday, October 23
10:00am
Bophana Center: Cartoons 1
CCF: Meekong Delta Blues
Lux Cinema: Chibi Maruko Chan
Chenla Theatre: Lost Loves
12:30pm
CCF: Bal Poussiere
Lux Cinema: Music Mission
1:00pm
Chenla Theatre: Ali Zaoua
2:00pm
Bophana Center: The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela
3:00pm
CCF: Shorts from the factory
Lux Cinema: Stolen Dreams
Chenla Theatre: The First Sight
4:00pm
Bophana Center: Spotlight on Kyrgystan + Old Mountain
CCF: Cartoon 2
5:30pm
Lux Cinema: Woman on Fire Looks for Water
Chenla Theatre: Treeless Mountain
6:00pm
Bophana Center: The Wanderers
CCF: BUNONG GUU OH + The Tibetan Offspring
6:30pm
Golden Sorya Market: Playtime
Diamond Island: Nostalgia
7:30pm
Chenla Theatre: Mindfulness and Murder
8:00pm
CCF: Gei Oni
Lux Cinema: Three Narrow Gates
10:00pm
Chenla Theatre: Manila
Session times for Saturday, October 23
10:00am
Bophana Center: Tisch NY Film School
CCF: Lost Loves (private)
Lux Cinema: Cartoons 1
Chenla Theatre: Who’s Afraid of the Wolf
12:30pm
Lux Cinema: Scales of Justice
1:30pm
CCF: Doc CFC Film Lab – Rithy Pan workshop
2:00pm
Bophana Center: Tisch NY Film School
Chenla Theatre: Bardsongs
2:30pm
Lux Cinema: 5 Centimeters Per Second
4:00pm
Bophana Center: Passuer déveil
CCF: The Last Word
Lux Cinema: Flower in the Pocket
Chenla Theatre: Technotise Edit and I
5:00pm
Bophana Center: Trailer – Year Zero UNTAC Mission
6:00pm
Bophana Center: Kontinusasom
Lux Cinema: 15 Malaysia
6:30pm
Golden Sorya Market: Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
Diamond Island: The Rice People
7:30pm
Bophana Center: Treeless Mountain
8:30pm
Lux Cinema: An Evening After the War
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