by CIAI (Italian Association for Aid to Children), 2008, 32mn, Khmer version with English subtitles

Because they finish grade 9th, they are too young the knowledge and the ability to find a job and they don’t know where to start. After they got the advice and careful consideration, the students decided to do the job they liked and properly to their ability.

Students who are nearly graduate from grade 12 at high school, they don’t know much about which major they will choice for study at the university. This documentary will guide students the way to choose which major for study at the university that proper with them self and the labor market.

Saturday, August 13, 2022, 5:00 pm at Bophana Center

by Pov Sok 2001, 45mn, Khmer

The famous singer with the golden voice Sinn Sisamouth and his father was a service servant and his mother was of Lao-Chinese descent. Around 1951, he passed elementary school and intended to study medicine in Phnom Penh, from 1953, he became well known and his fine singing voice landed him a spot-on national radio. He continued his musical career until the Khmer Rouge came in the power. Even today, his voice still up on the Cambodian peoples.

Saturday, August 20, 2022, 5:00 pm at Bophana Center

by Davy Chou, 2011, 96mn, KH with English Subtitle  

Discover the unknown history of the birth and destruction of Cambodian cinema, from the first film ever made in 1960 to the arrival of the Khmer Rouges in 1975. In 15 years, about 400 films were produced. Only 30 films remain today. Almost all the actors were killed during the Khmer Rouges regime and only a few of the directors were able to flee the country. Most of the old movie theaters of Phnom Penh have become restaurants, karaoke places or squats. With a few of the survivors telling their stories, Golden Slumbers tries to bring back to life the myths and legends of this lost cinema.Davy Chou is a Cambodian French filmmaker. He is the grandson of Van Chann, a famous film producer in the 60s and the 70s.

Saturday, August 27, 2022, 5:00 pm at Bophana Center

by Om, Hongkiri , 45mn, 2006, Khmer with English subtitle

The village inhabitants of Ratanakiri consist mainly of enduring traditional minorities. This documentary shows the traditions of Kreung music and dance: the community works actively for its preservation in order to transmit it to future generations. This tradition is very important for the indigenous tribe because it allows us to see how they have lived for centuries. They help each other; they respect nature and its spirits who surround them. Because, according to them, these spirits protect them and give them a place to live.

Saturday, August 06, 2022, 5:00 pm at Bophana Center