Film about the ghosts of Cambodia’s past submitted to the Academy Awards.
The Last Reel, directed by Sotho Kulikar, has been submitted by the Cambodia Oscar Selection Committee (Cosc) for the Best Foreign-Language Film category at the 88th Academy Awards.
The film debuted at the Tokyo International Film Festival last year, where Kulikar won The Spirit of Asia Award from the Japan Foundation Asia Centre.
It also won the Black Dragon Audience Award at the Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy.
Speaking about the submission, Sotho said: “I am extremely proud to represent Cambodia, the Cambodian people and the Cambodian film industry at the 88th Oscars.
“This film was made by Cambodians with a Cambodian audience in mind, but the themes are universal and it has been embraced around the world, as well as here at home.
“I love my country and an award for The Last Reel is an award for Cambodia.”
The Last Reel is about...
The Last Reel, directed by Sotho Kulikar, has been submitted by the Cambodia Oscar Selection Committee (Cosc) for the Best Foreign-Language Film category at the 88th Academy Awards.
The film debuted at the Tokyo International Film Festival last year, where Kulikar won The Spirit of Asia Award from the Japan Foundation Asia Centre.
It also won the Black Dragon Audience Award at the Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy.
Speaking about the submission, Sotho said: “I am extremely proud to represent Cambodia, the Cambodian people and the Cambodian film industry at the 88th Oscars.
“This film was made by Cambodians with a Cambodian audience in mind, but the themes are universal and it has been embraced around the world, as well as here at home.
“I love my country and an award for The Last Reel is an award for Cambodia.”
The Last Reel is about...
- 9/18/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Last Reel
Directed by Kulikar Sotho
Written by Ian Masters
Cambodia, 2014
Female director Kulikar Sotho’s debut features the vibrant story of an unlikely first-time director, the rebellious Sophoun (Ma Rynet), who flees her unstable home in Pnom Penh and impending arranged marriage, and takes refuge in a decrepit movie theater where she stumbles upon a lost film from the pre-Khmer Rouge era. What follows is a resonating testament to the power of cinema, the relationship between subjectivity and history, and how society struggles to deal with the ghosts of its past.
Defying the expectations of her military commander father, Sophoun is more interested in skipping class and going out than getting married and starting her own family. After a particularly bad episode, she spends the night in the seemingly abandoned theater where youths park their scooters during the day, and meets the elderly, reticent owner. Entranced by the...
Directed by Kulikar Sotho
Written by Ian Masters
Cambodia, 2014
Female director Kulikar Sotho’s debut features the vibrant story of an unlikely first-time director, the rebellious Sophoun (Ma Rynet), who flees her unstable home in Pnom Penh and impending arranged marriage, and takes refuge in a decrepit movie theater where she stumbles upon a lost film from the pre-Khmer Rouge era. What follows is a resonating testament to the power of cinema, the relationship between subjectivity and history, and how society struggles to deal with the ghosts of its past.
Defying the expectations of her military commander father, Sophoun is more interested in skipping class and going out than getting married and starting her own family. After a particularly bad episode, she spends the night in the seemingly abandoned theater where youths park their scooters during the day, and meets the elderly, reticent owner. Entranced by the...
- 10/26/2014
- by Misa Shikuma
- SoundOnSight
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