8 Short films you shouldn’t miss at the 12th Cambodia International Film Festival

By Asian Film Festival on May 24, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

These are eight short films you shouldn’t miss at the Cambodia International Film Festival which will take place from May 30 until June 4, 2023 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

**A Guitar in the Bucket** by Boyoung Kim – Korea | 2021 – 15 minutes

In a world where you can rent everything from vending machines, a girl wants to be a guitarist, but people choose otherwise for her. (Cambodia2023)

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**Further And Further Away** by Polen Ly – Cambodia | 2022 – 24 minutes

A young Indigenous Bunong woman and her older brother spend one last day in their village, before moving to the capital city in search of a more prosperous life. While her brother is excited about the move, she senses a quiet desire to return to their long-gone village that was lost to the development of a nearby hydroelectric dam a few years earlier. (Cambodia2023)

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**Little By Little** by Samuel Díaz Fernández – Cambodia | 2022 – 28 minutes

A fateful encounter reconnects childhood friends Chakriya and Panha. Together, they dream of bigger things in the big city: Phnom Penh. As they save for their future, Chakriya and Panha lean on each other and their deaf friend Kosal, proving that love and perseverance move us through each season of life. (Cambodia2023)

**Memories Of Tomorrow** by Karina Jabido, Shievar Olegario – Philippines | 2022 – 13 minutes

Migo, a Linguistic student, goes back to his hometown to write about the language in the area that was not what it used to be. He sees fragments of his childhood friend Ami, who speaks a different language. The deeper Migo goes into the memories of the place, the more something in him tells why he has returned. (Cambodia2023)

**Skin Can Breathe** by Chheangkea Ieng – USA | 2022 – 11 minutes

Having to constantly negotiate his identity, a queer Cambodian American teenager finds home inside the water of his high school pool. (Cambodia2023)

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**Swept Under** by Ethan Soo – USA | 2022 – 10 minutes

After receiving a housewarming rug from his sister, a Cambodian adoptee discovers a dark history hidden underneath its surface. (Cambodia2023)

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**The Egret River** by Wan-Ling Liu – Taiwan | 2022 – 20 minutes

Among the tall buildings of the city, the lonely guard hides a beautiful field that no one knows, and meets an egret there, but the expansion of the city never stops. One day the field is destroyed, the egret escapes without a trace, he begins to see mysterious illusions. (Cambodia2023)

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**We Wear The Crown** by Benjamin Rigley – Cambodia | 2022 – 35 minutes

We Wear The Crown follows the Phnom Penh Crown’s Women’s football team, uncovering the challenges they face in an oppressed environment. Join Savin, Rong and Srey Rath as they fight for their dream to become professional football players. (Cambodia2023)

For more information, please visit: https://www.cambodiaiff.com/