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Anti-Archive is a Cambodian film production company created in January 2014 by Davy CHOU, Steve CHEN, and Kavich NEANG. In 2016, PARK Sungho joined as a partner, and in 2020, Daniel MATTES joined as a fifth partner.
Anti-Archive produces and co-produces fiction and documentary films by the emerging, new generation of Cambodian filmmakers, as well as films by international, independent directors shooting in Cambodia. Deliberately provocative, the name Anti-Archive invites one to rethink the relationship of films and filmmakers with the past and history. Davy Chou and Steve Chen met in Phnom Penh in 2009, when they were each developing their own film projects. Steve Chen worked on the production of GOLDEN SLUMBERS, and in 2012 directed and produced the Cambodian feature film DREAM LAND with support from Davy Chou. The company recognized the need for a structure of film production in Cambodia to support young independent filmmakers, some of whom have since shown their first works internationally. |
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Funds• Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, CNC
• WCF+Europe Fund, Berlinale • Production Fund, Visions Sud Est • Fond Images, Organisation de la Francophonie • Arte International Prize • CJ Entertainment Award • Talents Tokyo Next Masters Support • Purin Prize, SEAFIC Lab • Post-Production Fund, Purin Pictures • Grant, Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts • Mecenat Award, Asian Network for Documentaries (AND) Fund, Busan • Hubert Bals Fund, Rotterdam International Film Festival • Asian Cinema Fund, Busan International Film Festival |
Awards• NETPAC Award, International Film Festival Rotterdam
• Special Jury Prize, Jeonju International Film Festival • ARTE Award, Hamburg International Short Film Festival • Best Southeast Asian Short Film, Singapore International Film Festival • SACD Prize, Cannes Critics' Week • Golden Gateway Award for Best Film, Mumbai International Film Festival • Tiger Jury Award, Cinemasia Amsterdam • Youth Jury Award, Singapore International Film Festival • Outstanding Selection, Kaohsiung Film Festival |
PRESS• Young filmmakers train a fresh lens on a turbulent Cambodia / Los Angeles Times / August 2019
• How Anti-Archive, a young set of filmmakers, is changing the face of Cambodian cinema / August 2019 • Shanghai: Chinese Auteur Jia Zhangke Strikes Film Production Deal in Cambodia / The Hollywood Reporter / June 2019 • Cambodia's Anti-Archive Film Initiative Boosts Local Helmers / Variety / October 2018 • Cambodge, nouvelle sève / Libération / October 2017 • Turning cinematic dreams into reality / Asia Times / January 2017 • Short films signal Cambodia's cultural revival / Financial Times / April 2015 |
Interviews-"Court-circuit - Spécial Cambodge" - Arte TV / Danech San, Davy Chou, Park Sungho, Anti-Archive, Echoes from Tomorrow
• Film at Lincoln Center / Kavich Neang • 20th Festival de Arte Contemporânea Sesc_Videobrasil / Kavich Neang • Festival Entrevues de Belfort / Kavich Neang • "Diamond Island": rencontre - ARTE Cinéma / Davy Chou • Festival Silhouette / Davy Chou • SAC Bank of Anthropological Data, Bangkok / Steve Chen • Magnolia Magazine / Steve Chen |