‘A River Changes Course’ at Sundance Film Festival

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A documentary film made by Cambodian about Cambodia has been selected to be on screen for this year’s film festival at Sundance.

It’s one of 119 films representing 32 different countries. It was selected from 4,000 different submissions.

STORY:

“A River Changes Course,” the documentary film by Cambodians...

And about Cambodia...

The documentary was produced and director by a Cambodian American film maker-cum-lawyer – Mam Kalyanee...

It features the lives of three Cambodians in the face of the country’s rapid development

The film was meant to show how development in Cambodia affects people’s lives and environment, the film director recently told VOA Khmer.

Now, the film is now screening at the annual Sundance film festival

It was among more than a hundred films from 32 countries

And it was selected from among 4,000 different films

Now, it remains to be seen if the film will ever get an award

After all, the fact that it is now being screened at the world film festival, the film will at least do some international publicity for Cambodia and the Cambodian people.