27/05/2007 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Cambodian film-maker Rithy Panh has been was awarded the France Culture Cinema 2007 prize for his cinematic work.
The survivor of the Khmer Rouge death camps received the prize from the French radio network, awarded by a jury headed by actress Charlotte Rampling.
The award recognises "the power of his work and his commitment to Cambodia's film memory."
The 43-year-old studied film in France after escaping Cambodia and went on to make several films including "Rice People" in 1994, "One Evening After the War" in 1998 and the 2003 movie "S21:The Khmer Rouge Death Machine."
The survivor of the Khmer Rouge death camps received the prize from the French radio network, awarded by a jury headed by actress Charlotte Rampling.
The award recognises "the power of his work and his commitment to Cambodia's film memory."
The 43-year-old studied film in France after escaping Cambodia and went on to make several films including "Rice People" in 1994, "One Evening After the War" in 1998 and the 2003 movie "S21:The Khmer Rouge Death Machine."
