INTERNATIONAL - Cambodia International Film Festival

PARASITE

by BONG JOON HO South Korea/2019/132 min

A poor family, the Kims, con their way into becoming the servants of a rich family, the Parks. But their easy life gets complicated when their deception is threatened with exposure.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD

by QUENTIN TARANTINO USA/2019/181 min

A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the film industry during the final years of Hollywood’s Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.

LOVE AT SECOND SIGHT

by HUGO GÉLIN France/2019/117 min

A man tries to make his wife fall in love with him again, after waking up in an alternate reality where she never knew him.

ASHFALL

by BYUNG-SEO KIM, HAE-JUN LEE South Korea/2019/130 min

Sleeping since 1903, at heigt of 2,744 m, a volcano erupts on Baekdu Mountain located on the Chinese-North Korean border. Armed with the threat of eruptions, a team of uniquely trained professionals from South and North Korea unite.

THE CAVE

by TOM WALLER Thailand/2019/104 min

When a soccer team of 12 boys, aged 11-16, and their 25-year-old coach is trapped deep inside a cave in Northern Thailand, thousands of volunteers and soldiers from around the world unite in a race against time to find them.

SANGKAR

by KABIR BHATIA Malaysia/2019/112 min

Adam, a cocky MMA fighter, wins a fight using dirty tactics and then when challenged outside the Cage,
unintentionally injures his opponent, Johan, in a street fight. As a result, Johan is paralysed. Guilt ridden
and worried, Adam tries to find out whether Johan knows that he is the culprit.

DARK WATERS

by TODD HAYNES USA/2019/126 min

A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.

JOHN DENVER TRENDING

by ARDEN RODD CONDEZ Philippines/2019/100 min

A 14-year-old farmboy’s life is suddenly upended when a video of him brutally attacking a classmate went viral.

MEKONG 2030

by ANOCHA SUWICHAKORNPONG, ANYSAY KEOLA, PHAM NGOC LAN , SAI NAW KHAM, KULIKAR SOTHO

Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam/2019/

A collection of short narrative films that envision the future of the Mekong River from five different national and cultural perspectives. Set in the year 2030, they aim to both entertain and inspire audiences to actively protect this critical life source.

EXPIRATION DATE

by ANYSAY KEOLA Lao People’s Democratic Republic/2019/93 min

Kai accidentally found a special power… Seeing a ‘relationship’s end date’ by pulling his nose hair. Knowing his own love’s expiration date, he couldn’t escape fate either.

JUST LIKE THAT

by KISLAY India/2019/109 min

Mrs. Sharma is the wife of a respected, small-time government employee in Allahabad. When her husband dies, she is expected to move in with her son and grandchildren. But the woman wants to live by herself.

BOMBSHELL

by JAY ROACH USA/2019/109 min

When Gretchen Carlson slaps Fox News founder Roger Ailes with a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment, not a soul could predict what would happen next. Her decision leads to Fox News correspondent Megyn Kelly coming forward with her own story, as well as multiple other women, inciting a movement that reverberates around the world.

KIM JI-YOUNG: BORN 1982

by KIM DO-YOUNG South Korea/2019/118 min

Kim Ji-young, an ordinary woman in her 30s, suddenly shows signs of being inhabited by others such as her late mother and older sister, and the stories of the people connected to her.

EXIT

by LEE SANG-GEUN Korea/2019/104 min

Yong-nam has just met beautiful Eui-ju from college by chance at his mother’s birthday banquet, when an unknown toxic gas strikes Seoul in an unprecedented act of terror. The city falls under a sudden noxious gas attack and together, they must escape the panic-stricken city.

BETTER DAYS

by KWOK CHEUNG TSANG China/2019/138 min

When it is time for the Chinese gaokao, the entire country comes to a standstill. For nearly ten million high school students, this two-day national college entrance exam will determine where and if they get to study. It is not uncommon for the fates of entire families to hinge on the results. Like so many others, Nian has been focused on preparing for the exam, at the exclusion of everything else and is all alone.

A FOOL IN LOVE, LOVE LIKE A FOOL

by BLUE CHENG-LUNG LAN Taiwan/2019/95 min

Born into a wealthy family, Xiao-Wei lives a carefree life with his loving mother’s care. He enjoys reading picture books written by his favorite author Kauff, especially those works about mermaids. One day, he accidentally takes the wrong bus, arriving at the seacoast and meets a mermaid, called Blue.