Grandma Nai who played favorites (ចៅសំណព្វចិត្ត)A FILM FROM CHHEANGKEASUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2025 - JURY AWARD: BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM 2025 - EUROPEAN PREMIERE During her chaotic family’s Qingming visit, dead Grandma Nai sneaks away from her peaceful afterlife after overhearing that her queer grandson is about to get engaged to a woman. Cambodia | 2025 | Fiction | Color | DCP | 19 min | Khmer Starring: Bonrotanak Rith, Saroeun Nay, Phalla Im, Chansophorn "Rose" Buth, Sokun Theary Ty, Ponleu Chab Director and Writer: Chheangkea Producers: Daniel Mattes, Karen Madar Production Companies: Anti-Archive, NoMad Productions In co-production with Kongchak Pictures Co-Producer: Loy Te, Vincent Villa Associate Producers: Davy Chou, Steve Chen, Kavich Neang, Park Sungho Director of Photography: Shyan Tan Sound Recordist: Sopheakdey Touch 1st Assistant Director: Senghorng "Mio" Thong Acting Coach: Sreylin Meas Production Designer: Bandiddh Prum Costume Designer: Phuong Nguyen Hair and Makeup Artist: Sreypov Seng Unit Production Manager: Monysak Sou Location Manager: Socheata Van Casting Manager and Location Scout: Savunthara Seng Editor: Chheangkea Sound Designer, Editor & Re-Recording Mixer: Vincent Villa Assistant Re-Recording Mixer: Elie Ommering Sound Studio: Kongchak Studio Colorist: Elie Akoka |
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This film is made possible with the support of the Fonds Image de la Francophonie, the Frameline Completion, the Black Family Film Prize, the Roger King Finishing Award from the Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television, and the Cambodian Department of Cinema and Cultural Diffusion. |
FESTIVALSSundance Film Festival 2025 - Park City, UT, USA - World Premiere
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025 - Netherlands - European Premiere Tampere Film Festival 2025 - Finland Green Mountain Film Festival 2025 - Montpelier, VT, USA Glasgow Short Film Festival 2025 - United Kingdom Asian Pop-Up Cinema 2025 - Chicago, IL, USA Cambodia International Film Festival 2025 - Cambodia - Asian Premiere Fribourg International Film Festival 2025 - Switzerland Aspen Shortsfest 2025 - USA Miami Film Festival 2025 - USA Lovers Film Festival 2025 - Torino, Italy Portland Panorama 2025 - USA San Francisco International Film Festival 2025 - USA Queer East 2025 - London, United Kingdom OUTShine Film Festival 2025 - Miami/Ft.Lauderdale, FL, USA Milwaukee Film Festival 2025 - USA Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2025 - USA CAAMFest 2025 - San Francisco, USA Golden Harvest Film Festival 2025 - Taipei, Taiwan Vienna Shorts 2025 - Austria Short Shorts 2025 - Tokyo, Japan KASHISH Pride Film Festival 2025 - Mumbai, India Queer West Film Festival 2025 - Missoula, MT, USA Rooftop Films 2025 "Cemetery Shorts" - New York City, NY, USA OutFilmCT 2025 - USA Provincetown International Film Festival 2025 - USA Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival 2025 - USA Nevada City Film Festival 2025 - USA Raindance Film Festival 2025 - London, UK Durban International Film Festival 2025 - South Africa - African Premiere |
PRESSShort Film Review: Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites (AsianMoviePulse, 11 May 2025)
Chheangkea Ieng Puts Cambodian Stories in the Spotlight at Sundance (Prestige Cambodia, 18 Apr 2025) Festival de Rotterdam | Entretien avec Chheangkea (Le Polyester, 11 Feb 2025) Festival de Sundance 2025 | 5 courts métrages à retenir (Polyester, 02 Feb 2025) European short films fly high at Sundance (Cineuropa, 31 Jan 2025) Sundance 2025 (Film Inquiry, 31 Jan 2025) Sundance Short Film Selection ‘Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing’ Wins Grand Jury Prize (Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan 2025) Sundance Announces 2025 Festival Short Film Winners (Park Record, 30 Jan 2025) Sundance 2025: Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites (dir. Chheangkea) | Review (Film Fest Report, 26 Jan 2025) |
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