FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY

FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY
(ឆ្ងាយដាច់អាល័យ / Chhngai dach alai)

Directed by POLEN LY

WORLD PREMIERE - BERLINALE SHORTS 2022 - GERMANY
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT OVER 15 MINS - PALM SPRINGS SHORTSFEST 2022 - USA
AIR CANADA AWARD - REEL ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2022 - TORONTO, CANADA
BEST PERFORMANCE - SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022
'GLI OCCHI SULLA CITTÀ' BEST SHORT FILM AWARD - LACENO D'ORO 2022 - AVELLINO, ITALY
SPECIAL JURY AWARD - CAMBODIA NATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2022
BEST ASEAN SHORT FILM AWARD - BANGKOK ASEAN FILM FESTIVAL 2022 - THAILAND
HONORABLE MENTION - MINAMALEN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2023 - TRONDHEIM, NORWAY
BEST DIRECTOR AWARD - OTHERMOVIE LUGANO FILM FESTIVAL 2023 - SWITZERLAND
BEST FILM AWARD - GOLDEN GRAPE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2023 - TELAVI, GEORGIA
BEST SHORT FILM AWARD - CURT'ARRUDA FILM FESTIVAL 2023 - PORTUGAL
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE - OKO INTERNATIONAL ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM FESTIVAL 2024 - UKRAINE

A young indigenous Bunong woman and her older brother spend one last day in their rural village in northeastern Cambodia, before an impending move to the capital city in search of a more prosperous life. While her brother is excited for 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.

Cambodia | 2022 | Fiction | Color | DCP | 24 min | Bunong, Khmer

Starring: Bopha Oul, Phanny Loem, Sokhen Ol, Sarin Thong

Director: Polen Ly
Producers: Sophea Kim, Daniel Mattes, Davy Chou
Production Company: Anti-Archive
In co-production with Kongchak Pictures
With the support of Singapore International Film Festival SEA-SHORTS Film Grant
Co-Producer: Loy Te
Associate Producers: Steve Chen, Kavich Neang, Park Sungho
World Sales: Lights On

Script: Polen Ly
Director of Photography: Polen Ly
Sound Recordist: Vet Mourng
1st Assistant Director: Ouch Lath
2nd Assistant Director: Sopheon Oul
Editor: Kavich Neang
Sound Designer, Editor & Mixer: Vincent Villa
Post-Production Lab: White Light Post
Colorist: Jirayu Jangwattanapong

Development of this film was made possible with the generous support of Angelina Jolie, International Rivers NGO, and numerous Indiegogo donors to "The River Snail" project.
The film was developed and completed with support from the Singapore International Film Festival's SEA-SHORTS Film Grant, and in partnership with Momo Film Co, the Cambodia Film Commission, and the Cambodian Department of Cinema and Cultural Diffusion.

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World Premiere - Berlinale Shorts 2022 - Germany
Glasgow Short Film Festival 2022 - UK
Aspen Shortsfest 2022 - Colorado, USA
New Directors/New Films 2022 - New York, USA
Vienna Shorts 2022 - Austria
Olhar de Cinema - Curitiba International Film Festival 2022 - Brazil
Palm Springs Internation ShortFest 2022 - California, USA
HollyShorts Film Festival 2022 - California, USA
Kurzfilm Hamburg 2022 - Germany
Documenta.15 - "Village Cinema" - Germany
Concorto Film Festival 2022 - Italy
Namur International Festival of Francophone Film 2022 - Belgium
Vancouver International Film Festival 2022 - Canada
Filmfest Sundsvall 2022 - Sweden
Corto e Fieno Rural Film Festival 2022 - Italy
PROVINZIALE Filmfest Eberswalde 2022 - Germany
Lima Alterna International Film Festival 2022 - Perù
Imagine Science Film Festival 2022 - New York, USA
Raindance Film Festival 2022 - London, UK
San Diego Asian Film Festival 2022 - California, USA
New Orleans Film Festival 2022 - Louisiana, USA
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival 2022 - Canada
Singapore International Film Festival 2022 - Singapore
Cinema South Festival 2022 - Israel
Lublin Film Festival 2022 - Poland
Festival Curta Cinema - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival 2022 - Brazil
Laceno d'oro International Film Festival 2022 - Italy
Tingin Southeast Asian Film Festival 2022 - Philippines
Bogoshorts - Bogotá Short Film Festival 2022 - Colombia
Cambodia National Short Film Festival 2022 - Cambodia

Minimalen Film Festival 2023 - Norway
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2023 - France
"Si Loin, Si Proche" - Rencontres des cinémas du Cambodge, Laos et Vietnam 2023 - France
Semana de Cine de Medina del Campo 2023 - Spain
ONE Country ONE Film - Apchat-Issoire Int'l Festival 2023 - France
International Film Festival of Uruguay 2023 - Uruguay
Busan International Short Film Festival 2023 - South Korea
OtherMovie Lugano Film Festival 2023 - Switzerland
Akbank International Short Film Festival 2023 - Turkey
Diaspora Film Festival 2023 - South Korea
Cambodia International Film Festival 2023 - Cambodia
Seoul International Eco Film Festival 2023 - South Korea
FIRST International Film Festival 2023 - China
Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt 2023 - Germany
Gässli Film Festival 2023 - Switzerland
Minikino Film Week 2023 - Indonesia
Lille International Short Film Festival 2023 - France
Golden Grape Short Film Festival 2023 - Georgia
Macao International Documentary Festival 2023 - Macao
Visioni Corte International Short Film Festival 2023 - Italy
Curt'Arruda Film Festival 2023 - Portugal
Jakarta Film Week 2023 - Indonesia
Chaktomuk Short Film Festival 2023 - Cambodia
Ouaga Côté Court Film Festival 2023 - Burkina Faso
Amiens International Film Festival (FIFAM) 2023 - France
Days of Indigenous Film 2023 - Germany
International Usak Short Film Festival 2023 - Turkey
"Compass of Memory" - Documentation Centre for Displacement - 2023 - Germany

"Visions from the Wake" - Barbican Curated Film Series 2024 - United Kingdom
Strano Film Festival 2024 - Italy
"Filmmakers Academy Screenings" - Locarno Film Festival 2024 - Switzerland
Innsbruck Nature Film Festival 2024 - Austria
Cambodia Town Film Festival 2024 - California, USA
ASEAN Film Festival 2024 - Hong Kong
OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival 2024 - Ukraine / Bulgaria
Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival 2024 - Florida, USA