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PEOPLE CHANGE BUT MEMORIES PERSIST.

dream land (2015)

Directed by steve chen

Lida, a career­-driven woman in her late 20s in the developing metropolis of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, sells modern and upscale real estate developments to the growing middle and upper class in contemporary Cambodia. Lida may be thriving as a top real estate agent, but in her personal life,​her relationship with her photographer boyfriend is deteriorating. Unable to escape the trauma and prison of her interior monologue, she travels to the quiet beach town of Kep, Cambodia, with her close companions. While the growth and modernization of the city promote an urban and cultural erasure, Kep reveals treasures from Cambodia’s heritage. It is there that Lida discovers that the specters from the past haunt in sublime and beautiful ways.
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Cambodia/USA | 2015 | Color | DCP | 1.85 | 90 min

Starring Lida DUCH, Sokun NHEM, Hak KIM
Writer, Director, and Producer: Steve Chen
Music by Keiichi Sugimoto
Director of Photography: Douglas Seok
Editor: J. Samson Lee
Production Company: Chen Office (USA), Co-Production Company: Anti-Archive (Cambodia)
Supported by the Cinema and Cultural Diffusion Department of the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, Cambodia​

​International Sales: Mosquito Films Distribution


SELECTED FESTIVALS & PRIZES

Locarno International Film Festival, Locarno, Switzerland
Silk Road International Film Festival, Fuzhou, China

Torino International Film Festival, Torino, Italy
Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Santa Barbara, California
Cinemasia Film Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
IBAFF Festival Internacional de Cinema de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Los Angeles Asian Pacific American Film Festival, Los Angeles, California

Lima Independiente Festival Internacional de Cinema, Lima, Peru
Taipei International Film Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
Hong Kong Independent Film Festival, Hong Kong

press

Life in 'DREAM LAND' / The Nation
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A Focus on the Present in 'Dream Land' / Phnom Penh Post

​'DREAM LAND' de Steve Chen, Primer Gran Descubrimiento de Locarno / Otros Cines Europa

Cronache de Locarno68: 'DREAM LAND' / Cinequanon

'DREAM LAND' / Cinemagazine

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  • Home
  • About
  • FILMS
    • FEATURES >
      • DOI BOY
      • RETURN TO SEOUL
      • WHITE BUILDING
      • ONODA - 10 000 NIGHTS IN THE JUNGLE
      • TURN LEFT TURN RIGHT
      • DIAMOND ISLAND
      • DREAM LAND
    • DOCUMENTARIES >
      • THE TASTE OF SECRETS
      • LAST NIGHT I SAW YOU SMILING
      • WAXING MOON
    • SHORTS >
      • GRANDMA NAI WHO PLAYED FAVORITES
      • GOLDEN DRAGON
      • FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY
      • SEA WITHIN A SEA
      • SUNRISE IN MY MIND
      • CALIFORNIA DREAMING
      • NEW LAND BROKEN ROAD
      • A MILLION YEARS
      • GOODBYE PHNOM PENH
      • THREE WHEELS
      • CAMBODIA 2099
    • IN PROGRESS >
      • BECOMING HUMAN
      • TO LEAVE, TO STAY
      • PROMISED SPACES
      • FRESH AS DAISY
      • ECHOES FROM TOMORROW >
        • About the Project
        • THE CRAB
  • PROGRAMS
    • KAMPUNG FILM FESTIVAL
    • MARG1N
    • KARRE MOUY
  • CONTACT