NEW LAND BROKEN ROAD

Directed by Kavich Neang

WORLD PREMIERE - SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2018 - SINGAPORE
BEST FILM - KYIV INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2019 - UKRAINE
SPECIAL MENTION - TACOMA FILM FESTIVAL 2019 - TACOMA, WA, USA
SPECIAL MENTION - KAOHSIUNG FILM FESTIVAL 2019 - TAIWAN

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION - VIS VIENNA SHORTS FESTIVAL 2019 - AUSTRIA
OFFICIAL SELECTION - SAC-ASEAN FILM FESTIVAL 2019 - BANGKOK, THAILAND
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION - DOKUFEST 2019 - PRIZREN, KOSOVO
OPEN DOORS - LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL 2019 - SWITZERLAND
NOMINEE, BEST SHORT OF THE FEST - RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2019 - LONDON, UK
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION - SEASHORTS 2019 - MALACCA, MALAYSIA
YOUTHS - FESTCURTAS BELO HORIZONTE 2019 - BRAZIL
OFFICIAL SELECTION - CINEMA DE JEUNE PUBLIC 2019 - LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION - TENERIFE SHORTS 2020 - CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN
JURY RECOMMENDATION, ASIAN NEW FORCE - IFVA 2020 - HONG KONG
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, GLASGOW SHORT FF 2020 - GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, UK
SCREENING PROGRAM - RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES PARIS BERLIN 2020
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, KURZFILMWOCHE REGENSBURG 2020 - GERMANY

Phnom Penh at night. Three young hip-hop dancers drive a single motorbike and stop on a muddy deserted road. Nick leaves the others to look for an iPhone he heard was lost in the area. Piseth and Thy discuss their hopes and doubts, and Piseth shows his best Michael Jackson moves. They meet Leakhena, a young female street vendor whose cart is full of colors.

Cambodia/Malaysia | 2018 | Fiction | Color | DCP | 16:9 | 15 min

Starring: Piseth Chhun, Chhinaro Soem, Puthy Hour, Sovannleakhena Sin
Director, Writer and Editor: Kavich Neang
Producers: Davy Chou, Daniel Mattes, Ho Hock Doong
Production Company: Anti-Archive (Cambodia), Astro (Malaysia)
Associate Producers: Steve Chen, Park Sungho
Executive Producer: Teng Lee Yein

Director of Photography: Douglas Seok
Gaffer: Bertrand Prévot
Sound Designer and Editor: Vincent Villa
Sound Recordist: Sopheakdey Touch
Art Direction: Kanitha Tith
First Assistant Director: Sreylin Meas
Second Assistant Director: Socheata Van
Production Manager: Danech San
Post-Production: White Light Post and Kantana Sound Studio
Post-Production Supervisor: Lee Chatametikool

The film has received support from the Cambodia Film Commission, the Cinema and Cultural Diffusion Department of the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, Cambodia, and PSE-I School of Media.

Press Kit

The film was produced by Anti-Archive and Astro (Malaysia) as part of an omnibus of Southeast Asian short films commissioned by Astro to celebrate the fifth anniversary of its A-List network: #AList5. The shorts will hold their world premiere at the 2018 Singapore International Film Festival and be broadcast on Astro A-List network.

PRESS

Interview: Kavich Neang, director of New Land Broken Road / Glasgow Short Film Festival / 19 Aug 2020

Top 5 Short Films of 2019 / Kinoscope / Listed by Matt Lloyd and Sanne Jehoul, Glasgow Short Film Festival / 16 Feb 2020

Top Films of 2019 World Poll / Senses of Cinema / Listed by Andreea Patru / Jan 2020