Southeastern stories [Luang Prabang Film festival 2012]

Luang Prabang Film Festival unveils selection for third annual edition

September 4, 2012
Wise Kwai
The Nation

The Luang Prabang Film Festival is ready for its third edition this December with a line-up of movies from across Southeast Asia.

The titles are selected by the festival's Motion Picture Ambassadors (MPAs) with an aim to represent the best works produced in Southeast Asia within the past five years.

They will all be shown in nightly free open-air screenings in the central market plaza of the Unesco World Heritage city.

The festival will also feature short films, as well as exhibitions, seminars, workshops, concerts and performances.

Led by the chairman of its board of Directors, Lao-Australian actor Ananda Everingham, the festival will welcome many VIP guests and audiences from across the region and further abroad.

Thai films dominate the festival. Among the six titles offered by film critic Kong Rithdee is a mini-retrospective on the recent commercial features by Tanwarin Sukhapisit, the Isaan romance "Hak Na Sarakam" and the transgender drama "It Gets Better".

There's also Tom Waller's monastic mystery, "Mindfulness and Murder" and Wichanon Sumumjarn's debut feature "In April the Following Year, There Was a Fire".

The Thai line-up is rounded out with "The Cheer ambassadors", Luke Cassady-Dorion's rousing documentary of the underdog Thai squad that won the world cheerleading championships.

The Cambodian selection is heavy on documentaries, including "Duch, Master of Forges of Hell", about the warden of Phnom Penh's notorious Tuol Sleng torture facility under the Khmer Rouge, as well as "Enemies of the People", covering journalist Thet Sambath's decade-long odyssey to gain the trust of Khmer Rouge "Brother No 2", Nuon Chea. There's also "Who Killed Chea Vichea?", Bradley Cox's documentary on the death of a Cambodian labour leader. And "Golden Slumbers", Davy Chou's tribute to the lost films of the "golden age" of Cambodian cinema.

Sam Serey visited Cambodian people in Thailand

Sam Serey visited Cambodian people in Thailand who have been helping Cambodians in Cambodia to attain freedom and democracy from dictator Hun Sen and Vietnamese neo-colonialism. During his visited, he handed out copies of the book "Mystery of Cambodia", as well as CDs containing the documentary"Who killed Chea Vichea?".

Bradley Cox (USA):”There are a lot of people like me in Asia who have a passion to tell a particular story.”

05/17/2012

Europe-Asia-Documentary.com

Four days before to receive one of the Peabody Awards in NY (21st May) for his film “who killed Chea Vichea?”, the american director Bradley Cox, speaks about the film and his passion for documentary and Asia.

Could you introduce yourself ?

I used to run restaurants in New York City (where I was born) but realized I didn’t want to be doing that for the rest of my life. So at the age of 30, I started over making movies. I transitioned from fiction to documentaries about a decade ago.

You have been living in Cambodia for almost five years. Why did you chose to live in this country for 5 years ?

Essentially, I ended up in Cambodia by mistake. I went to speak with some people about doing a documentary which turned out to be a lame idea. But while initially researching the idea, I found Cambodia to be an interesting place so I pitched an idea to the US Embassy. Before I knew it, I had a contract to make a documentary for them on the 2003 national election, an interesting event since it was only the third time ever and was still an evolving concept.

You are coming from feature film. How did you get involved and why are you interested in documentary industry?

I was living in Los Angeles and was never very fond of it. With all the fluff made in Hollywood, I became more and more attracted to documentary. I went to teach a film course in Bhutan and expected to be gone about six months. Instead, I started making documentaries and have been living in SE Asia ever since. “Cambodia: Anatomy of an election” was my first doc, in 2004.

Can you speak about your last doc film “Who Killed Chea Vichea?” ?

The movie is about the murder of a Cambodian labor leader and the two innocent men who were sentenced to twenty years in prison for the crime. I did my own investigation and came up with much different conclusions than the police.

On another level, the movie is about the corruption and impunity that is so pervasive in Cambodia. It’s a country where people of wealth and privilege can do anything they like, including robbery and murder, and those who dare to speak up are intimidated or killed. Witness the story of Chut Wutty, an outspoken environmentalist recently murdered in Cambodia.

Your first and previous film “Cambodia: Anatomy of an Election” was already about a “black face of Cambodia”. You must be in the radar of the government. How did you managed to direct the film about Chea Vichea ?

I think the project chose me more than me choosing it. I knew Chea Vichea and had interviewed him about a death threat he had received. I was also on the scene shortly after he was killed and covered all the events that came after. Stories of people being murdered is nothing new about Cambodia, but rarely are they told on film.

I made the movie so that people around the world could better understand the abuse of power by Cambodia’s elite. I also made it because with so many tragic stories, I didn’t want Vichea to ever be forgotten.

During the shooting and production, what was the major problem you faced ?

The hardest part of making the film was to get people to talk to me. Simply put, they are scared. As someone put it “If they can kill a well known and respected person like Chea Vichea, what can they do to you?”

Bradley Cox's Peabody Award acceptance speech for "Who Killed Chea Vichea?"

Acceptance by Bradley Cox:

We are thrilled, honored and a little bit stunned to be here. I'd like to thank my producers, Rich Garella and Jeffrery Saunders and also of course, the people at ITVS. Vichea was special because he dared to speak up and be heard. He was killed for it and just a few weeks ago, they did it again, murdering a well-respected enviromental activist. In a country run on impunity and fear, no one is safe and nothing is changed. I dedicate this award to Chea Vichea and his family, to garment workers around the world who often can't even earn a living wage, and to the good people of Cambodia who deserve much, much better.

Who Killed Chea Vichea? - Wellington (New Zealand) screenings

Who Killed Chea Vichea?

Wellington screenings

Who Killed Chea Vichea? will screen four more times in New Zealand's top documentary film festival, the Documentary Edge Festival 2012. Please forward this e-mail and help spread the word!

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Who Killed Chea Vichea?

Directed by Bradley Cox

Produced by Rich Garella and Jeffrey Saunders

In 2004, Cambodian union president Chea Vichea was assassinated in broad daylight at a newsstand in Phnom Penh. Two young men were arrested, convicted, and sentenced to twenty years in prison.Both of them had alibis. Filmmaker Bradley Cox's five-year investigation reveals an elaborate cover-up that reaches the highest echelons of Cambodian society.

Monday, 21 May - 5:30pm

Thursday, 24 May - 5:30pm

Sunday, 27 May - 11:45am

Saturday 2 June - 5:45pm

Angelika Cinema at Reading CinemasCourtenay

100 Courtenay Place

More info

A gripping account of a corrupt government's campaign to hold onto power

at any cost - deeply moving. -Huffington Post

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A devastating expose of life and death that reveals the inner workings of a dictatorship

an extraordinary film. - Phil Robertson, Human Rights Watch

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A powerful film - ABC Australia

Watch the trailer!

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Who Killed Chea Vichea? - New Zealand premiere!

Who Killed Chea Vichea? - New Zealand premiere!

Fresh off its Peabody Award win and still banned in Cambodia, Who Killed Chea Vichea? will screen eight times in New Zealand's top documentary film festival, the Documentary Edge Festival 2012. These are the very first screenings in New Zealand -- don't miss it!

Who Killed Chea Vichea?

Directed by Bradley Cox

Produced by Rich Garella and Jeffrey Saunders

In 2004, Cambodian union president Chea Vichea was assassinated in broad daylight at a newsstand in Phnom Penh. Two young men were arrested, convicted, and sentenced to twenty years in prison. Both of them had alibis. Filmmaker Bradley Cox's five-year investigation reveals an elaborate cover-up that reaches the highest echelons of Cambodian society.

A gripping account of a corrupt government's campaign to hold onto power

at any cost Š deeply moving. - Huffington Post

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A devastating expose of life and death that reveals the inner workings of a dictatorship Š

an extraordinary film. - Phil Robertson, Human Rights Watch

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A powerful film - ABC Australia

Watch the trailer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaqWXbAmJko

Four screenings in Auckland

Event Cinemas Newmarket, 77 Broadway, Newmarket

Monday, 30 April - 5:30pm

Sunday, 6 May - 1:15pm

Thursday 10 May - 5:15pm

Saturday 12 May - 5:45pm

More info

Four screenings in Wellington

Angelika Cinema at Reading Cinemas Courtenay, 100 Courtenay Place

Monday, 21 May - 5:30pm

Thursday, 24 May - 5:30pm

Sunday, 27 May - 11:45am

Saturday 2 June - 5:45pm

More info

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Thank you,
Rich
Loud Mouth Films
Philadelphia/Bangkok

Chea Vichea Documentary Wins Peabody Award

Chea Vichea's wife holding a picture of her late husband, Chea Vichea. File Photo: Courtesy of the Producer of "Who Killed Chea Vichea"

Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer | Washington, DC

“This is really the top award that the film could have won.”

Filmmakers examining the 2004 assassination of labor leader Chea Vichea have won a Peabody award for their work.

“Who Killed Chea Vichea” explores Cambodia’s political and security institutions in an indictment of the police and judiciary, which failed to arrest or convict his true killers. The courts instead convicted two men widely believed innocent of the crime.

Some of the film’s claims “remain somewhat ambiguous,” Horace Newcomb, director of the Peabody Awards, told VOA Khmer. “But in the end [it] was an important piece of work.”

The filmmakers will receive the award May 21 in New York.

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ថ្ងៃច័ន្ទ, 16 ខែមេសា 2012
ដោយ ម៉ែន គឹមសេង វីអូអេ ខ្មែរ | វ៉ាស៊ីនតោន

ផៃស៊ីផេះ ៖ «ខ្សែ​ភាពយន្ត​នេះ​មាន​ការ​ផ្សព្វ​ផ្សាយ​ដែល​មាន​ចរិក​ជា​នយោបាយ​ដែល​មិន​មែន​ជា​ចរិក​ឯកសារ​ហើយ​អ្វី​ដែល​ជា​ផល​ប៉ះពាល់​នៃ​ការផ្តល់​អ្វី​ដែល​ជា​កិត្តិយស​ដែល​ជា​រង្វាន់​នោះ​ជា​រឿង​ឯកជន​ទេ​មិន​មែន​ជា​រឿង​យុត្តិធម៌​សម្រាប់​កម្ពុជា​ទេ...

គ្រាប់​កាំភ្លើង​ដែល​​បាន​បាញ់​ចេញ​ទាំង​ព្រឹក​ឆក់​យក​ជីវិត​លោក ជា វិជ្ជា​នៅ​ក្បែរ​វត្ត​លង្កា​កាល​ពី​៨​ឆ្នាំ​មុន​​មិន​បាន​​បញ្ចប់​ភាព​ល្បី​ល្បាញ​​និង​​វីរភាព​របស់​អតីត​មេដឹក​នាំ​សហជីព​ដ៏​ជា​ទី​គោរព​រូប​នេះ​ទេ។

ខ្សែ​ភាពយន្ត​ឯកសារ​ស្តីពី​ការសម្លាប់​វីរជន​កម្មករ​ដ៏​ល្បី​ឈ្មោះ​រូប​នេះ​បាន​ទទួល​ពាន​រង្វាន់ ​Peabody​ ដែល​ជា​រង្វាន់​សម្រាប់​អ្នកសារព័ត៌មាន​ដ៏​មាន​កិត្តិយស​នៅ​ក្នុង​សហរដ្ឋ​អាមេរិក។

លោក​ ហូរ៉េស​ ញូខុម ​ប្រធាន​នៃ​គណ​កម្មការ​ផ្តល់​រង្វាន់​ Peabody ​របស់​សាកល​វិទ្យាល័យ ​Georgia បាន​បញ្ជាក់​ប្រាប់​វីអូអេ​ថា ​ក្រុម​គណៈ​កម្មការ​មើល​ឃើញ​ថា​ភាពយន្ត​នេះ​មាន​លក្ខណៈ​ល្អ​អត់​ខ្ចោះ​ដោយសារ​តែ​បាន​ព្យាយាម​បង្ហាញ​ពី​ស្ថានភាព​នយោបាយ​នៅ​កម្ពុជា​ហើយ​បាន​បង្ហាញ​ពី​​ភស្តុតាង​ខ្លះ​ប៉ុន្តែ​នៅ​បន្ត​រក្សា​ទុក​ភាព​ស្រពិច​ស្រពិល​ ហើយ​ទី​បំផុត​អាច​ចូលរួម​ចំណែក​បាន​ថា​ជា​ស្នាដៃ​ដ៏​សំខាន់​ក្នុង​សាច់​រឿង​នោះ។

Peabody puts banned film back in spotlight

Chea Mony, president of the Free Trade Union of the Workers of Cambodia, squats near a portrait of his brother, slain union leader Chea Vichea, at a ceremony in January. REUTERS

Thursday, 12 April 2012
Sean Gleeson
The Phnom Penh Post

A banned documentary exploring the murder of Chea Vichea, one of Cambodia’s most famous labour leaders, has won one of journalism’s highest plaudits and once again earned the ire of the government. Who Killed Chea Vichea? chronicles the life and death of the Free Trade Union leader, who was gunned down while reading a newspaper outside Wat Langka in 2004.

Bom Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun were eventually tried and convicted for Chea Vichea’s murder. Both men are widely held to be innocent, a contention shared by the documentary.

Last week, Who Killed Chea Vichea? was honoured with a Peabody Award, a prize that recognises distinguished public service in broadcast journalism.

“Inside the US it’s one of the most prestigious awards you can get,” said Bradley Cox, the film’s director. “We were glad that we won.

Banned Chea Vichea doc earns a Peabody

Monday, 09 April 2012
Diana Montaño
The Phnom Penh Post

A documentary about the assassination of a Cambodian labour leader has been awarded a Peabody Award, one of the United States’ top media honours, presented by the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Directed by American Bradley Cox, Who Killed Chea Vichea? investigates the still-unsolved 2004 murder of garment worker Chea Vichea, and has been banned in Cambodia.

Loud Mouth Films recipient of 71st Peabody Award for "Who Killed Chea Vichea"

Who Killed Chea Vichea? (KBDI Denver and other NETA stations)

Loud Mouth Films, Limited, Independent Television Service (ITVS)

This investigative documentary, produced on a shoestring budget, covers the 2004 assassination of a Cambodian trade union leader and exposes corruption in one of the world’s top exporters of low-cost clothing.

For additional information:  http://www.whokilledcheavichea.com/

Screening of "Who Killed Chea Vichea?" in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Who Killed Chea Vichea? is the featured film on the opening night of the Chiang Mai Documentary Arts Festival, which runs February 24-26, 2012.

The program opens with the short Burma: Sexual Violence as a Weapon and a discussion with its director, Preethi Nallu, and continues with Who Killed Chea Vichea? at 7:30.

WHO KILLED CHEA VICHEA?

Friday, February 24th at 7:00 pm

Documentary Arts Asia Center Gallery

12/7 Wualai Road Soi 3, Haiya District

Muang, Chiang Mai, Thailand

In 2004, Cambodian union president Chea Vichea was assassinated in broad daylight at a newsstand in Phnom Penh. As international pressure mounted, two men were swiftly arrested and convicted of the crime, each sentenced to twenty years in prison.Filmmaker Bradley Cox's five-year investigation reveals an elaborate cover-up that reaches the highest echelons of Cambodian government.Officially banned in Cambodia, WHO KILLED CHEA VICHEA? uncovers the face of dictatorship behind the mask of democracy.

Top Ten Movies That Matter - Amnesty International

Grand Prize, Directorial Discovery - Rhode Island International Film Festival

Best Film/Political - Philadelphia Independent Film Festival

Best Cinematography - United Nations Association International Film Festival

Best Chronicle - Maverick Movie Awards

Special Jury Prize: Reportage & Investigation- FIFDH de Paris

Posted at http://blog.whokilledcheavichea.com/2012/02/feb-24-chiang-mai-thailand.html

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/whokilledcheavichea

Order DVD: http://www.whokilledcheavichea.com/order.html

Watch online (Khmer language only): http://www.vicheamovie.com

Philadelph​ia's Preah Buddha Rangsey temple will host a public screening of “Who Killed Chea Vichea?” this Monday (tomorrow)

Philadelphia: Preah Buddha Rangsey temple will host a public screening of "Who Killed Chea Vichea?" this Monday, September 26 at 5:30 pm. Producer Rich Garella will be there for a short Q&A after the show. Click on link for screenings schedules: http://blog.whokilledcheavichea.com/search/label/screenings

Note: This is a screening of the Khmer-language version of the film.

Public welcome - Free admission

Philadelph​ia's Preah Buddha Rangsey temple will host a public screening of “Who Killed Chea Vichea?” this Monday

Philadelphia: Preah Buddha Rangsey temple will host a public screening of "Who Killed Chea Vichea?" this Monday, September 26 at 5:30 pm. Producer Rich Garella will be there for a short Q&A after the show. Click on link for screenings schedules: http://blog.whokilledcheavichea.com/search/label/screenings

Note: This is a screening of the Khmer-language version of the film.

Public welcome - Free admission

"Who Killed Chea Vichea?" in Khmer is now online for watching

Hey Guys,

Wanted to let you know that we've just completed the all khmer language version of "Who Killed Chea Vichea?" and it's now online to watch, download and embed. We hope everyone will take a look and put it on their khmer websites.

www.vicheamovie.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/ loudmouthfilms?feature=mhee#p/ u/1/gqSD_Q_xs8w
http://vimeo.com/28577020

Thanks a lot!

cheers,
Brad

Thailand +66 87 798-0061
www.bradleycox.net
www.whokilledcheavichea.com


Who Killed Chea Vichea? (Khmer) from Loud Mouth Films on Vimeo.

Banned film an internet hit

Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Bridget Di Certo
The Phnom Penh Post

The Khmer-language version of American filmmaker Bradley Cox’s documentary about slain union leader Chea Vichea is now available on the internet, and this will likely remain the best way to view the film in Cambodia, where the English-language version is banned, its director said yesterday.

The Khmer-language version of Who Killed Chea Vichea? received more than 9,000 views on two internet sites – YouTube and Vimeo – since it was posted on them five days ago.

The documentary examines the 2004 slaying of the union leader and subsequent police investigation that led to the conviction of two men widely believed to be innocent. It was filmed in Cambodia from 2003 to 2009 and released in English last year.

"Who Killed Chea Vichea?" in Khmer is now online for watching

Hey Guys,

Wanted to let you know that we've just completed the all khmer language version of "Who Killed Chea Vichea?" and it's now online to watch, download and embed. We hope everyone will take a look and put it on their khmer websites.

www.vicheamovie.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/ loudmouthfilms?feature=mhee#p/ u/1/gqSD_Q_xs8w
http://vimeo.com/28577020

Thanks a lot!

cheers,
Brad

Thailand +66 87 798-0061
www.bradleycox.net
www.whokilledcheavichea.com


Who Killed Chea Vichea? (Khmer) from Loud Mouth Films on Vimeo.

Who Killed Chea Vichea? Khmer Version [-Belated news?]

Hello Everyone;

The Khmer-language version of Who Killed Chea Vichea? will be on TV tonight in Lowell, during Channel 8's show "Jivit Thmei":

Who Killed Chea Vichea? (Khmer Version)

Monday Sept 12 at 9pm-10pm

Broadcast: LTC Channel 8

Online at http://ltc.org/content/ltc-8

Please pass this on to your Khmer-speaking friends!

Loud Mouth Films and ITVS also have the Khmer version online at http://www.vicheamovie.com.

Special thanks to Richard Garella at Loud Mouth Films and ITVS for allowing us to show this documentary on our Jivit Thmei television screen.

More info:

Website: http://www.whokilledcheavichea.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/whokilledcheavichea

DVD: http://www.whokilledcheavichea.com/order.html

Khmer version online: http://www.vicheamovie.com

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Director, SEARCH Program

Lowell Community Health Center

17 Warren Street

Lowell, MA 01852

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Cell (978) 804-0860

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Remember: "If you are not at the table, you are on the menu"

"Who Killed Chea Vichea?" is now available on DVD

Click the link below to purchase the DVD:

http://www.indiepixfilms.com/film/5292

Baingskol for Chea Vichea and Screening of "Who Killed Chea Vichea?"

What:

Baingskol Buddhist ceremony for Hero Chea Vichea

and Screening of "Who Killed Chea Vichea?"

Chea Vichea's wife and his two children will also be present

When:

Sunday, 31 July 2011 at 9AM

Where:

At the residence of Dr. Uch Miek

Lot 12 Les Tamaris

Avenue Urdy Milou

13500 Martigues

France (Near Marseille)

Contact:

Van Vannrin 0648889060

Dr. Uch Miek 0608063397

Sok Sangvan 0607242428