20 Short Films you shouldn’t miss at the 11th Cambodia International Film Festival (Part 1)

By Asian Film Festival on June 26, 2022 • ( 2 Comments )

These are twenty short films you shouldn’t miss at the 11th Cambodia International Film Festival which will take place from June 28 until July 3 (2022) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

To see the second part of this article please go: HERE

– Selected Shorts –

**A Trip to Heaven** by Linh Duong – Vietnam | 2020 – 15 minutes
**Section**: International Short Films

During a peculiar tour bus to Mekong Delta, 50-year-old Madam Tam bumps into her high school sweetheart. She’s hopeful for a chance of reconciliation. (CambodiaIFF 2022)

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**Archives of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum** by James Doe – Cambodia | 2020 – 27 minutes
**Section**: Documentaries | Glimpse of Cambodia

A five short documentary series produced by Bophana Center unveiling the value and quality of archives preserved at the Tuol Sleng Museum, and the digitisation project. (CambodiaIFF 2022)

Screening:
July 1, 2022 | Friday | Bophana Center | 7:30 pm

Trailer:

**Binh** by Ostin Fam – Vietnam | 2020 – 22 minutes
**Section**: International Short Films

An alien arrives on Earth on a quest to find assistance to rebuild his home. In the process, he stumbles on a construction site. A site where the largest temple in the world is being built. In disguise, the alien exchanges their idea of home with workers. (CambodiaIFF 2022)

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**Cambodia Burning** by Sean Gallagher – UK | 2020 – 6 minutes
**Section**: Documentaries | Beautiful Planet

The film explores with intimate poetry the changes in the country’s landscapes, and the emotional impact it has on Cambodian people. (CambodiaIFF 2022)

Screening:
June 30, 2022 | Thursday | Chaktomuk Theater | 10:30 am

Trailer:

**Finding Jedda** by Tanith Glynn-Maloney – Australia | 2021 – 8 minutes
**Section**: International Short Films

At St Mary’s Anglican Home, Alice Springs, 1953, two best friends go head-to-head auditioning for the lead role in a movie and face the prospect of leaving the Home for good. (CambodiaIFF 2022)

**How to Die Young in Manila** by Petersen Vargas – Philippines | 2020 – 12 minutes
**Section**: International Short Films

A short pitch teaser to Petersen Vargas’ full-length feature, entitled “Some Nights Feel Like Walking.” It’s about a young boy who braves the streets of nighttime Manila to meet an anonymous hookup. Thinking one of them is a hookup, he trails a pack of young hustlers who then draw him into their strange world of death and desire. (CambodiaIFF 2022)

Trailer:

**Invisible Eyes** by Jung Seung-Hee – South Korea | 2022 – 9 minutes
**Section**: CIFF for KKids

Three children chasing after squirrels encounter invisible eyes in the deep forest and suffer from a strange sense of guilt. (CambodiaIFF 2022)

**Late Blooming in a Lonely Summer Day** by Sein Lyan Tun – Myanmar | 2021 – 20 minutes
**Section**: International Short Films

During COVID second wave in Yangon, a lonely woman “Ma” lost her job as a kitchen helper in the restaurant. On her way back home, Ma gets a chance to meet her crush. She is waiting for him in her room with much excitement. (CambodiaIFF 2022)

**My Mother’s Tongue** by Jean-Baptiste Phou – Cambodia | 2022 – 34 minutes
**Section**: Documentaries | Glimpse of Cambodia

My Mothers Tongue explores the complexity of communication in a mother and son relationship when they don’t speak the same language. (CambodiaIFF 2022)

Trailer:

**Piropiro** by Miyoung Baek – South Korea | 2021 – 10 minutes
**Section**: CIFF for Kids

The bird, ‘Piropiro’, is from the forest and ‘Dalle’ is from the flower shop in town. They accidentally meet in front of the flower shop and Piropiro wants to fly together to the forest, so Piropiro helps Dalle overcome their trepidation. (CambodiaIFF 2022)

Teaser: