Discoveries from Cambodia World Cinema

A documentary about the former leaders of the Khmer Rouge movement, which led to the death of 1.7 million people in Cambodia in the late 1970's.

Cambodian horror movie.

A devoted Buddhist monk returns to his abandoned hometown to care for his ailing abbot, the last living resident on an island haunted by Preta—cursed spirits of the forgotten dead. As the ghostly whispers grow into chilling wails, he discovers the spirits are no longer seeking merit but vengeance. To prevent them from consuming the living, he must confront his own past and make an unthinkable sacrifice.

Karma is real. Those who commit evil deeds will face the consequences of their actions.

June, a night-working man, runs into July, a mysterious lady. As both find each other bonding, they run away from gangsters and spend the night together only for July to disappear in the morning.

The film consists of two love stories, "First, Second, Third" and "Love is a Book". The former tells the story of two male lovers who start with a sexual relationship, develop feelings, and then openly share their emotions, leading to a deep connection. The latter revolves around two female lovers, reuniting after a long separation, experiencing a surge of past emotions and the inevitable clash with present realities. Love is a book, and while they are in different chapters of their emotional journeys, both stories share similar, ambiguous, and pure expressions of love.

Cambodian horror film.

A painter with bipolar disorder realises the true meaning of art when she learns to let go and finds herself at home in a mental health centre.

A drama movie from Cambodia.

Khmer horror movie

Khmer horror film.

Reunites Select ‘Jailbreak’ Cast And Crew For New Action Thriller. Mack is a widower who likes to cause trouble in the bar, and on the first day of his career he was trapped in a KTV full of killer players. He has to deal with stressful situations to survive to attend his son's birthday.

The odyssey of the Cambodian Royal Ballet and the Khmer classical dance. A millenary art and the symbol of a restored identity. A movie that captures history, emotion, expression and the beauty of hand gestures. A movie about movement and the story behind it.

Neay Pakmee, a husband who is full of tricks, he cheated on a girl to make her fall in love, while his wife was a woman who was smart enough to follow her husband's tricks and believe that her husband agreed to change, but one day he Knowing that her husband cheated her money to get her, how can I solve this husband-husband problem this time?

Origami girl is a short film inspired from a Japanese animation/thriller 1998 film, “Perfect Blue“ by Satoshi Kon. The film unveils a different angle of the relationship and how to survive in the tough game of two.

Before their impending departure for the capital city, two siblings first must bid farewell to the place they called home, each in their own way.

When Sothea witnesses corruption at work, she has to decide morally and financially how to proceed. Will she be complicit or risk her job and security? This story leads us into one thread in the tapestry of modern-day Phnom Penh.

A long distanced couple tries to mingle and to save their romantic relationship

What does it mean to declare or even whisper: I have loved? In Siem Reap, a young woman, haunted by loss, mourning, melancholia and the imperfections of memory, dances with two men–one of whom she is married to, while the other is engaged to be married.

Khmer horror film.

In Cambodia, where the ancient city of Angkor once flourished, a temple sits on a man-made island in the middle of a reservoir. In Awkun (meaning “thank you” in Khmer), Cambodian American director praCh Ly shares a day in the life of the surrounding community, filmed on-site in West Baray and at the island-temple West Mebon. A fisherman navigates to the reservoir in his boat before dawn. A merchant woman barbecues skewered fish from the same waters. A group of young monks accepts offerings, eats, prays, swims, and takes a boat out to the temple. Through such everyday moments, Awkun draws attention to the often-overlooked relationships that bridge sacred and urban spaces, from past to present. This film was commissioned specially for our exhibition Vishnu’s Cosmic Ocean.

A single 30 old years boy is still living with his parents, living with them like friends. His dad wants to help him find a girl. The father-son relationship seems to be a little broken when the son refuses having any girlfriend. His dad decides to do everything to help his son find a girl and become his seduction teacher.

Khmer horror film.

Khmer horror movie.

Khmer horror film.

Khmer horror film.

Chiva, a transgender fashion model, dreams of topping the Cambodia’s fashion industry, believing her only path to success lies in full transitioning. Her plan has been interrupted by the arrival of her brother Sokha, whom she has not seen for two years, conjuring up painful memories of their shared childhood on a sugarcane farm. As if that weren't enough, their father suddenly goes missing, forcing Chiva to confront her troubled past and the sense of rejection she has endured.

Khmer horror film

Date: Monday, August 18, 2036: After the eruption of the Mt. Erasmus super volcano in Holland, most of western Europe has been rendered uninhabitable. I am one of the lucky ones who has been given the opportunity to race the lava to the Pacific ocean on the Daorklis 2, the only train still running to the far east.

In 2005, a hotel built over a sacred Chankiri tree awakens The Red Devil. When a maid is possessed, the spirit demands retribution from the owner, threatening to kill everyone inside if its demand is ignored.

Pagoda Boy tells the story of an orphan who survives by stealing shoes at the temple, only to discover that what he truly longs for is not wealth, but the love of his grandmother, who passed away. Between monks’ chants, ghostly voices, and memories of hunger and abandonment, his mischief turns into a journey of grief, memory, and hope — a quiet conversation between the living and the departed.

Khmer horror film.

Khmer movie before 1975

Khmer horror movie.

Khmer horror film.

Three men work at a crematory, which burns only corpses possessed by evil. Soon, they encounter many supernatural events; once, a family brings a corpse that a malicious evil has possessed, called Preay Kbal Prambei.

Two childhood best friends reconnect after years of separation. Chay, a Phnom Penh resident, helps Lyer, who comes from the countryside, get a job as a projectionist in the city. A film screening prompts them to wonder about their future together.

"Strangled" investigates the looming micro-finance debt crisis in Cambodia and its nefarious impact on 3 families. Garment worker Veasna bets big on her husband’s barber shop, providing her family’s land title as collateral to obtain a microfinance loan and finance his business. Soon after opening, the business goes bust and her husband runs off with his mistress, leaving her alone to facecredit officers.

Phnom Penh is changed after a deadly flu virus spreads through the city, turning its citizens into undead like creature with a taste for flesh. Join a group of survivors who battle to stay alive through this turbulent event while trying to find out why this disaster occurred. Life in the city will never be the same again.

Khmer horror movie

Romance film

Covid-19 is a film based on a true story of a global crisis that is reflected in our society today in times of crisis. They said they would achieve their dream of becoming real estate millionaires and online millionaire Ratha and his wife Pisey had a daughter named Charnai. After a while, the government was encouraged to buy a car so that the hopes would be brighter. Suddenly, the Kovit 19 crisis came and things changed. Their property was downgraded. Pisey was lied to by her boss, Chhorvy, who sold fake lotion to Pisey, who was responsible for paying the guests. Especially my aunt, the life of a couple who are on their way to becoming a millionaire also falls into poverty. Tha wandered the streets without a solution, what the life of this couple will be like?

Can a tree planted upside down grow? A short documentary about Oknha Son Kuy and Khmer Krom people.

A short film in Chaktomuk Short Film Festival, April 2022

In the town of Battambang, the birthplace of Cambodian circus, bombastic virus and news bedevil an innocent young circus boy, Theara. His best friends unite and play a circus for him.

Silent film about a young girl and her pet dog.

This film documents the work of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia. The first part features the company performing a dance on the legendary origins of Angkor; the second part covers a visit to the School of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. Scenes show dance instruction of both boys and girls, a dress rehearsal, costume design, and mask-making. The third part contains footage of the school's graduation ceremonies, including a presentation of novices to Queen Sisowath Kossmak Nearirath, patron of the school, and solo dance by Princess Norodom Buppha Devi.

Kali a 16 year old girl in Phnom Penh Cambodia who lives with her grandmother, but looks forward to her estranged mother's letters every day. With her three close friends, Rith Sopheak and Beta, all enjoying their schooling, things change after Kali meets Vera, a handsome senior. The two begin to get to know each other and experience the joys and pains of young love

The incredible true story of two women who fell in love, survived the Khmer Rouge, became a family, and transformed a community. A heartbreaking and uplifting look at the power of the human spirit and the will to survive.

The three biggest religions in Cambodia which are Buddhism, Islam and christianity, have been coexisting in harmony and playing a major role in promoting the value of women in Cambodia. This phenomenon can be a good lesson for other countries to learn from.

Khmer horror movie.

Khmer horror film

Khmer horror film.

Khmer horror film

Khmer horror movie.