TO LEAVE, TO STAY

TO LEAVE, TO STAY ( អ្នកទៅ អ្នកនៅ )

A FILM by DANECH SAN -- NOW IN DEVELOPMENT

Mera and Bopha, both 18 years old, live on a small Cambodian fishing island. Mera travels to visit a soldier that she met online. The next morning, Mera has vanished. Bopha must learn to live without her.

Cambodia / France / Germany / Singapore / Indonesia
Fiction | Color | 120 min | Digital | Color | OV Khmer

Director and Writer: Danech San

Delegate Producers: Daniel Mattes, Davy Chou
Production Companies: Anti-Archive
Co-Producers: Marine Arrighi de Casanova, Jonas Weydemann, Si En Tan, Yulia Evina Bhara
Co-Production Companies: Apsara Films, Weydemann Bros, Momo Film Co, Kawan Kawan Media
Associate Producers: Steve Chen, Kavich Neang

With support from Purin Film Fund, Berlinale World Cinema Fund, Visions Sud Est, Red Sea Film Fund, Talents Tokyo Next Masters Support, TFL Green Filming Award, and ArteKino International

Presented and participating at:
Torino Film Lab - FeatureLab - Jun to Nov 2025
La Fabrique - Festival de Cannes - May 2025
Talents Tokyo - November 2024
QCinema Project Market (QPM) - QCinema - Quezon City, Philippines - November 2024
Nouveau Marché - Festival du Nouveau Cinéma - Montréal, Canada - October 2024
Busan Asian Film Academy - Busan International Film Festival - September to October 2024
La Résidence - Festival de Cannes - March to July 2024
Locarno Filmmakers Academy - Locarno Film Festival - August 2022
SEAFIC Seed Lab - Phuket, Thailand - April 2022

Brochure (Cannes Résidence)