Kulikar Sotho ventures herself into her first time director adventure on this emotional journey over the search of a missing film. Starring Rous Mony, Ma Rynet, Dy Saveth, Hun Sophy and Sok Sothun among others, “The Last Reel” tells a story about love, loss and redemption.
In the city of Phnom Penh in Cambodia. Sophoun, the rebellious daughter of a colonel, lives her life to the limit, being part of a local street gang. But when one day her father returns home with another proposal of marriage, Sophoun flees from her home, which is collapsing for her, and seeks refuge in an abandoned cinema. There, to his surprise, she will meet the owner with whom she will strike up a curious friendship, but she will also find an unfinished film from the 70s, a melodrama starring her own mother, who is now ill, showing a young and glamorous woman. A story of the past.
In the city of Phnom Penh in Cambodia. Sophoun, the rebellious daughter of a colonel, lives her life to the limit, being part of a local street gang. But when one day her father returns home with another proposal of marriage, Sophoun flees from her home, which is collapsing for her, and seeks refuge in an abandoned cinema. There, to his surprise, she will meet the owner with whom she will strike up a curious friendship, but she will also find an unfinished film from the 70s, a melodrama starring her own mother, who is now ill, showing a young and glamorous woman. A story of the past.
- 8/13/2021
- by Pedro Morata
- AsianMoviePulse
This five-film anthology, produced by the Luang Prabang Film Festival, in Laos, sees five filmmakers from different countries in the Mekong basin - which is home to 60 million - to ask them to imagine the near-future there, in 2030.
The results are an eclectic but, generally, engaging mix, ranging from straightforward fable to experimental and more overtly dystopian tales. The first, Soul River, directed by Cambodian filmmaker Kulikar Sotho, co-writing with Ian Masters, has the feel of a fable passed down through the generations. In her version of the future, overfishing has decimated the communities along the rivers banks, while flooding, caused by climate change has also caused devastation.
A hunter stumbles on an ancient Khmer carving and, upon being discovered by a guard, the pair make a pact to carry it to the river together and take it to be sold. The pairing allows Sotho to voice an argument...
The results are an eclectic but, generally, engaging mix, ranging from straightforward fable to experimental and more overtly dystopian tales. The first, Soul River, directed by Cambodian filmmaker Kulikar Sotho, co-writing with Ian Masters, has the feel of a fable passed down through the generations. In her version of the future, overfishing has decimated the communities along the rivers banks, while flooding, caused by climate change has also caused devastation.
A hunter stumbles on an ancient Khmer carving and, upon being discovered by a guard, the pair make a pact to carry it to the river together and take it to be sold. The pairing allows Sotho to voice an argument...
- 2/25/2021
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
While movements such as Fridays for Future and environmental organizations showing us the footprint humans leave on the earth, the amount of destruction and exploitation, from the extinction of species to deforestation, it is hard to grasp just how much change the advent of humanity has brought to the planet. In his 2007 non-fictional book titled “The World Without Us” US author Alan Weisman used research and interviews with scientists and experts in order to present how the world would develop if suddenly mankind would cease to exist, at times with scary and quite revealing results and images. Using the Mekong River Delta as a starting point, the anthology “Mekong 2030” features the vignettes by Anocha Suwichakornpong, Anysay Keola, Kulikar Sotho, Pham ngoc Lan and Sai Naw Kham, and follows a similar idea with Weisman’s, making predictions on the changes of the landscape and its inhabitants in ten years time.
“Mekong...
“Mekong...
- 12/1/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Five Flavours Asian Film Festival invite you for a journey through taste, colors, and sounds of the Asian continent, hoping they can provide food for your thoughts and solace for your spirits.
The Programme of this year’s Festival comprises more than forty titles representing the extreme variety of Asian cinemas – from horror cinema to sweet melodramas, from grasping auteur cinema to relaxing journeys around the continent.
All the films will be presented online between November 25 and December 6.
Preparing this year’s edition forced the organisers to face up to completely new challenges – from the matters of logistics to finding new ways of thinking about their mission, priorities, building bridges between filmmakers and audiences outside the screening rooms. The online edition of the Festival is not a compromise, but a different way to reach the, perhaps even wider, audiences, discover the rich variety of Asian cultures, and explore the contemporary...
The Programme of this year’s Festival comprises more than forty titles representing the extreme variety of Asian cinemas – from horror cinema to sweet melodramas, from grasping auteur cinema to relaxing journeys around the continent.
All the films will be presented online between November 25 and December 6.
Preparing this year’s edition forced the organisers to face up to completely new challenges – from the matters of logistics to finding new ways of thinking about their mission, priorities, building bridges between filmmakers and audiences outside the screening rooms. The online edition of the Festival is not a compromise, but a different way to reach the, perhaps even wider, audiences, discover the rich variety of Asian cultures, and explore the contemporary...
- 11/2/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
While movements such as Fridays for Future and environmental organizations show us the footprint humans leave on the earth, the amount of destruction and exploitation, from the extinction of species to deforestation, it is hard to grasp just how much change the advent of humanity has brought to the planet. In his 2007 non-fictional book titled “The World Without Us” US author Alan Weisman used research and interviews with scientists and experts in order to present how the world would develop if suddenly mankind would cease to exist, at times with scary and quite revealing results and images. Using the Mekong River Delta as a starting point, the anthology “Mekong 2030” features the vignettes by Anocha Suwichakornpong, Anysay Keola, Kulikar Sotho, Pham ngoc Lan and Sai Naw Kham, and follows a similar idea as Weisman, making assumption on the changes of the landscape and its inhabitants in ten years time.
“Mekong 2030” is...
“Mekong 2030” is...
- 10/27/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
The 14th Asian Five Flavours Film Festival will take place between 25th of November and 2nd of December. This year fans of film diversity, thrilling experiences and intimate personal reflections are invited to screens in cinemas as well as at home!
2020 in the lunar horoscope is the Year of the Metal Rat – that’s why this clever and characterful animal will appear in the festival logo. The zodiac rat has a rich imagination, is intelligent and ubiquitous. You can be sure that the program under its patronage will lead to surprising and unusual regions of Asian cinema.
This year’s Five Flavours, due to sanitary restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic, will be held in a hybrid version: both in cinemas and online. However, the organisers will make every effort to ensure that this unusual formula still allows the audience to experience the unique festival atmosphere. They will not resign from meetings,...
2020 in the lunar horoscope is the Year of the Metal Rat – that’s why this clever and characterful animal will appear in the festival logo. The zodiac rat has a rich imagination, is intelligent and ubiquitous. You can be sure that the program under its patronage will lead to surprising and unusual regions of Asian cinema.
This year’s Five Flavours, due to sanitary restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic, will be held in a hybrid version: both in cinemas and online. However, the organisers will make every effort to ensure that this unusual formula still allows the audience to experience the unique festival atmosphere. They will not resign from meetings,...
- 6/18/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Five Southeast Asian directors will present their visions — and fears — for the future of the Mekong river, one of Asia’s most vital waterways, through the anthology Mekong 2030, which is set to tour the world’s festival circuit next year.
“I heard about global warming and climate change and stuff like that, but that was just hearing. Being on the shoot myself, on the river, only then did I realize that it's actually coming toward us,” said Cambodian filmmaker Kulikar Sotho, part of the project and previously a Special Jury Award winner at Venice ...
“I heard about global warming and climate change and stuff like that, but that was just hearing. Being on the shoot myself, on the river, only then did I realize that it's actually coming toward us,” said Cambodian filmmaker Kulikar Sotho, part of the project and previously a Special Jury Award winner at Venice ...
- 11/6/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Five Southeast Asian directors will present their visions — and fears — for the future of the Mekong river, one of Asia’s most vital waterways, through the anthology Mekong 2030, which is set to tour the world’s festival circuit next year.
“I heard about global warming and climate change and stuff like that, but that was just hearing. Being on the shoot myself, on the river, only then did I realize that it's actually coming toward us,” said Cambodian filmmaker Kulikar Sotho, part of the project and previously a Special Jury Award winner at Venice ...
“I heard about global warming and climate change and stuff like that, but that was just hearing. Being on the shoot myself, on the river, only then did I realize that it's actually coming toward us,” said Cambodian filmmaker Kulikar Sotho, part of the project and previously a Special Jury Award winner at Venice ...
- 11/6/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Entries for the Best Foreign-Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.
Submissions for the Best Foreign-Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards are coming in and will continue until October, when the full list of eligible submissions will be revealed.
Last year, a record 83 countries submitted features and the eventual winner was Polish feature Ida, directed by Pawel Pawlikowski.
This year’s nominations must be submitted by Oct 1.
Nine finalists will be shortlisted, which will be whittled down to five nominees that will be announced on Jan 14, 2016.
The 88th Academy Awards will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Feb 28, 2016.
Afghanistan: Utopia, Hassan Nazer
Albania: Bota, Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci
Austria: Goodnight Mommy, Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
Bangladesh: Jalal’s Story, Abu Shahed Emon
Belgium: The Brand New Testament, Jaco Van Dormael
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Our Everyday Life, Ines Tanović
Brazil: The Second Mother, Anna Muylaert
Bulgaria: The Judgement, Stephan Komandarev
Cambodia:...
Submissions for the Best Foreign-Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards are coming in and will continue until October, when the full list of eligible submissions will be revealed.
Last year, a record 83 countries submitted features and the eventual winner was Polish feature Ida, directed by Pawel Pawlikowski.
This year’s nominations must be submitted by Oct 1.
Nine finalists will be shortlisted, which will be whittled down to five nominees that will be announced on Jan 14, 2016.
The 88th Academy Awards will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Feb 28, 2016.
Afghanistan: Utopia, Hassan Nazer
Albania: Bota, Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci
Austria: Goodnight Mommy, Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
Bangladesh: Jalal’s Story, Abu Shahed Emon
Belgium: The Brand New Testament, Jaco Van Dormael
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Our Everyday Life, Ines Tanović
Brazil: The Second Mother, Anna Muylaert
Bulgaria: The Judgement, Stephan Komandarev
Cambodia:...
- 9/25/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Last Reel
Directed by Kulikar Sotho
Written by Ian Masters
Cambodia, 2014
Female director Kulikar Sotho’s debut features the vibrant story of an unlikely first-time director, the rebellious Sophoun (Ma Rynet), who flees her unstable home in Pnom Penh and impending arranged marriage, and takes refuge in a decrepit movie theater where she stumbles upon a lost film from the pre-Khmer Rouge era. What follows is a resonating testament to the power of cinema, the relationship between subjectivity and history, and how society struggles to deal with the ghosts of its past.
Defying the expectations of her military commander father, Sophoun is more interested in skipping class and going out than getting married and starting her own family. After a particularly bad episode, she spends the night in the seemingly abandoned theater where youths park their scooters during the day, and meets the elderly, reticent owner. Entranced by the...
Directed by Kulikar Sotho
Written by Ian Masters
Cambodia, 2014
Female director Kulikar Sotho’s debut features the vibrant story of an unlikely first-time director, the rebellious Sophoun (Ma Rynet), who flees her unstable home in Pnom Penh and impending arranged marriage, and takes refuge in a decrepit movie theater where she stumbles upon a lost film from the pre-Khmer Rouge era. What follows is a resonating testament to the power of cinema, the relationship between subjectivity and history, and how society struggles to deal with the ghosts of its past.
Defying the expectations of her military commander father, Sophoun is more interested in skipping class and going out than getting married and starting her own family. After a particularly bad episode, she spends the night in the seemingly abandoned theater where youths park their scooters during the day, and meets the elderly, reticent owner. Entranced by the...
- 10/26/2014
- by Misa Shikuma
- SoundOnSight
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