dream land (2015)Directed by steve chenLida, 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 & PRIZESLocarno 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 |
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