Sunrise in My Mind
Cambodia / Fiction / 14' / HD / Color / 2020
A young woman working late at night at a beauty salon gives into her restrained interest in a young man who spends his evenings driving Phnom Penh's streets by motorbike as a delivery man.
Director: Danech San
Script: Danech San
Director of Photography: Jeremiah Overman
Producer: Davy Chou, Daniel Mattes
Musician: Jérôme Harré
Editing: Aacharee Ungsriwong
Sound: Vincent Villa
Animation: n/a
Cast: Madeza Chhem (Pich), Vicheka Yorn (Lay), Bopha Neng (Sopha), Chanra Chin (Neang)
CV
San Danech (b. 1991, Battambang, Cambodia) has worked in production with Anti-Archive since 2015, including as Casting Assistant and Assistant Production Manager on DIAMOND ISLAND (Davy Chou, SACD Award, Semaine de la Critique 2016). Her first short film as a director, A MILLION YEARS, won Best Southeast Asian Short at Singapore-IFF 2018 and the Arte Award at Kurzfilm Hamburg 2019, resulting in the film's broadcast on Arte in 2020. SUNRISE IN MY MIND, her second film, premiered at Busan 2020.
Filmography
Sunrise in My Mind 2020, A Million Years 2018
Festivals Attended
Sunrise in My Mind: Busan IFF, Singapore IFF
A Million Years: Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival, Festival du Nouveau Cinema, Kurzfilm Hamburg, IndieLisboa, Short Waves, IFF-Rotterdam, Open Doors - Locarno Festival, New Directors / New Films, Singapore IFF, Busan IFF
Awards
A Million Years: Arte Award - Kurzfilm Hamburg, Best Sooutheast Asian Short – Singapore IFF