IFFR 1996

King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia

Fictitious film of a great Sorcerer during the reign of Sihanouk's great-great grand father, King Ang Duong, whose 'magic science' permitted him to remain alive until 1995.

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An Ambition Reduced to Ashes

Catherine Marciniak

Video report about the time that two Australian women spent with the Burmese student army.

Barefoot Student Army

John Boorman

American woman doctor, whose family has been murdered goes to Burma and gets drawn into violence among the freedom fighters.

Beyond Rangoon

Som Ock Southiphonh

Lyrical film about the National Liberation Front and how it influenced the lives of young people.

Bua Deng

Brian Bennett

Clear-cut documentary about how the media has treated the image of Cambodia in too stereotype a way.

Casino Cambodia

Le Hoang

Young, Catholic girl from the South wants to avenge her grandmother's murder in the war. Winner of many Vietnamese Oscars. Based on long-banned story by a technical advisor to Pol Pot.

Le Couteau

Prince Chatri Chalerm Yukol

"Christiane F. in Bangkok" is a very realistic and moving film. Extremely successful in Thai cinemas last year.

Daughters

Kyi Soe Tun

Surprising in style, this film is about a widower and his chidlren and the destructive effects of materialism.

Downstream

Manop Udomdej

Successful, film-noir-like film about safebreaker who sets off with a young woman to rob her rich husband.

The Dumb Die Fast, the Smart Die Slow

Tran Anh Hung

Visually-striking minimalistic elegy was the director's preparation for his GREEN PAPAYA.

La femme mariée de Nam Xuong

Film based on old Vietnamese legend about a fisherman who discovers a terrible truth. By the director of GREEN PAPAYA and CYCLO.

Hong Vong Phu

King's latest film tells about how the Cambodian people can find love, peace and tolerance through the strict application of the Dhamma (Teachings of the Buddha).

The Last Days of Colonel Savath

Khin Maung U

Soe Thein Htut

Gigantic box-office hit in Burma: melodrama in which young woman is widowed, inherits a fortune, but keeps searching for a suitable husband. With the very popular Moe Moe Myint Aung in the lead.

Main-Ma-Le Thein Kywe

Dang Nhat minh

Dang Nhat Minh

Tragi-poetic story about a boy who has to maintain his family. Then a cousin returns from overseas to a very different world...

Nostalgia for Countryland

Bhandit Rittakol

An intelligent thriller about a 'family in danger'. Children run away from home looking for a sweet father, but there's a bag of heroin in the baby's carrycot.

Once Upon a Time... This Morning

Prince Norodom Sihanouk

Drama by King Sihanouk about two orphans confronted with a rebel army who have to leave their village. A Cambodian saying says: "To live happily, we have to live in hiding."

Peasants In Distress

Tin Than Oo

Propaganda film about students that go underground and help the Keren rebels. But then they realise how wrong they were...

Poppy ma

Love drama about sick author who wants to see Angkor one more time. His wife gets invoved with an ambitious politician while he falls in love with his wife's neice.

Revoir Angkor .. et mourir

Le Manh Thich

Le Hong Chuong

Loving film tells of the Perfume River and the nomadic life of the river-dwellers.

La Rivière Huong se tombe et se monte

Drama on Thai-Burmese border about refugees and Keren rebels. By the maker of DAUGHTERS.

Salawin

Fred Marshall

Ko Myint

Docu-drama about a CIA photographer who returns to the Mekong Valley in Laos in search of former friends and the traditions of the country.

Soul of the Mekong

Rithy Panh

The Tan family returns to Cambodia after 13 years in a Thai refugee camp.

The Tan Family

Highly praised film by one of Vietnam's most important directors about Loan (who is in love with her colleague's brother) who meets an old schoolfriend after his departure. See also Nostalgia for Home Country.

Tro' Vé

Visually stunning and very alarming portrait of a rickshaw driver in Saigon who is confronted with crime and prostitution. Received a Golden Lion in Venice last year. By the maker of PAPAYA VERTE.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025