By Jeremy Kay
ScreenDaily.com
The producer of a documentary banned by the Cambodian government is meeting with foreign sales agents and festival chiefs in a bid to give the film the widest possible exposure.
Rich Garella remained defiant after it emerged this week that Prime Minster Hun Sen declared Who Killed Chea Vichea? an illegal import. Bradley Cox’s documentary investigates the 2004 assassination of labour leader Vichea.
“We’re going to do what we can to get it shown in as many places and festivals as possible,” Garella said. “This is a human rights issue. People should have access to freedom of information.”
Garella said he expected the film to perform strongly in France, Australia and Japan, all of which have historical ties to Cambodia.
“The more traction it gets in the rest of the world, the harder it will be for the government to keep the Cambodian people from seeing it,” Garella said.
US markets such as Long beach, Philadelphia and Washington DC contain sizeable Cambodian populations and to this end Garella and the film-makers are submitting to festivals and hoping for a domestic broadcast deal.
Who Killed Chea Vichea? received its European premiere at the Cannes Independent Film Festival last month and has been hailed by Amnesty International as one of the human rights advocacy group’s Top Ten Movies That Matter.
Who Killed Chea Vichea?is a co-production by Loud Mouth Films and Independent Television Service.
Rich Garella remained defiant after it emerged this week that Prime Minster Hun Sen declared Who Killed Chea Vichea? an illegal import. Bradley Cox’s documentary investigates the 2004 assassination of labour leader Vichea.
“We’re going to do what we can to get it shown in as many places and festivals as possible,” Garella said. “This is a human rights issue. People should have access to freedom of information.”
Garella said he expected the film to perform strongly in France, Australia and Japan, all of which have historical ties to Cambodia.
“The more traction it gets in the rest of the world, the harder it will be for the government to keep the Cambodian people from seeing it,” Garella said.
US markets such as Long beach, Philadelphia and Washington DC contain sizeable Cambodian populations and to this end Garella and the film-makers are submitting to festivals and hoping for a domestic broadcast deal.
Who Killed Chea Vichea? received its European premiere at the Cannes Independent Film Festival last month and has been hailed by Amnesty International as one of the human rights advocacy group’s Top Ten Movies That Matter.
Who Killed Chea Vichea?is a co-production by Loud Mouth Films and Independent Television Service.
I really sorry about my Primer Hun Sen,the truth is hurt.
ReplyDeleteMy prime minister did used the secrete hid man to kill Mr.Chea Vichea ,to cover hi crimes up my prime minister used two innocent men to make those two who never got involve, why my prime minister feeling guilty(because mr. prime minister is the coward and traitor to his country men)
Ah kwak knows that his government has something to do with the murder of chea vichea , thats why he is doing anything he can to hide the truth from public.
ReplyDeleteDemocratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime
ReplyDeleteMembers:
Pol Pot
Nuon Chea
Ieng Sary
Ta Mok
Khieu Samphan
Son Sen
Ieng Thearith
Kaing Kek Iev
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
Committed:
Tortures
Brutality
Executions
Massacres
Mass Murder
Genocide
Atrocities
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Slavery
Force Labour
Overwork to Death
Human Abuses
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime
Members:
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
Committed:
Attempted Murders
Attempted Murder on Chea Vichea
Attempted Assassinations
Attempted Assassination on Sam Rainsy
Assassinations
Assassinated Journalists
Assassinated Political Opponents
Assassinated Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Assassinated over 80 members of Sam Rainsy Party.
"But as of today, over eighty members of my party have been assassinated. Countless others have been injured, arrested, jailed, or forced to go into hiding or into exile."
Sam Rainsy LIC 31 October 2009 - Cairo, Egypt
Executions
Executed over 100 members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders
Murdered 3 Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Murdered Chea Vichea
Murdered Ros Sovannareth
Murdered Hy Vuthy
Murdered 10 Journalists
Murdered Khim Sambo
Murdered Khim Sambo's son
Murdered members of Sam Rainsy Party.
Murdered activists of Sam Rainsy Party
Murdered Innocent Men
Murdered Innocent Women
Murdered Innocent Children
Killed Innocent Khmer Peoples.
Extrajudicial Execution
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Brutalities
Police Brutality Against Monks
Police Brutality Against Evictees
Tortures
Intimidations
Death Threats
Threatening
Human Abductions
Human Abuses
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Bribery
Embezzlement
Treason
Border Encroachment, allow Vietnam to encroaching into Cambodia.
Signed away our territories to Vietnam; Koh Tral, almost half of our ocean territory oil field and others.
Illegal Arrest
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonation bomb on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and other military officials were on board.
Lightning strike many airplanes, but did not fall from the sky. Lightning strike out side of airplane and discharge electricity to ground.
Source: Lightning, Discovery Channel
Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Removed Parliamentary Immunity of Parliament Members
Plunder National Resources
Acid Attacks
Turn Cambodia into a Lawless Country.
Oppression
Injustice
Steal Votes
Bring Foreigners from Veitnam to vote in Cambodia for Cambodian People's Party.
Use Dead people's names to vote for Cambodian People's Party.
Disqualified potential Sam Rainsy Party's voters.
Abuse the Court as a tools for CPP to send political opponents and journalists to jail.
Abuse of Power
Abuse the Laws
Abuse the National Election Committee
Abuse the National Assembly
Violate the Laws
Violate the Constitution
Violate the Paris Accords
Impunity
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Death in custody.
Under the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed crimes against journalists, political opponents, leaders of the Free Trade Union, innocent men, women and children have ever been brought to justice.