Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
One Night after the War
(1997), the story of a young Khmer kickboxer falling for a bar
girl in Phnom Penh; and the award-winning
S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
(2003), a powerful documentary in which survivors from Tuol Sleng are brought back to
confront their guards.
The definitive film about Cambodia is
The Killing Fields
(1985), which tells the story
of American journalist Sydney Schanberg and his Cambodian assistant Dith Pran. Most of
the footage was actually shot in Thailand, as it was filmed in 1984 when Cambodia was
effectively closed to the West.
Cambodia's great musical tradition was almost lost during the Khmer Rouge years, but the
Cambodian Master Performers Program is dedicated to reviving the country's musical tradi-
tion. Visit its website at
www.cambodianmasters.org
.
Quite a number of international films have been shot in Cambodia in recent years, in-
cluding
Tomb Raider
(2001),
City of Ghosts
(2002) and
Two Brothers
(2004), all worth
seeking out for their beautiful Cambodian backdrops. Australian independent feature film
Wish You Were Here,
partly shot in Cambodia in 2011, opened the Sundance Festival in
2012.
For more on Cambodian films and cinema, pick up a copy of
Kon: The Cinema of Cam-
bodia
(2010), published by the Department of Media and Communication at the Royal
University of Cambodia.
