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Credits

Director-screenwriter

Polen Ly
With

Savorn Serak, Piseth Chhun
Cambodia 2025. 99min
Courtesy of

Anti-Archive
Language

Khmer

With English subtitles

Introduction

When Thida encounters Hai, a human journalist with whom she shares an uncanny bond, their connection sparks a quiet reckoning, urging Thida to confront both her spiritual destiny and the shifting tides of a nation in flux. Produced by Anti-Archive – a collective renowned for their meticulous choreography of architecture, landscape and sound – Ly’s genre-defying film resonates with the atmospheric poignancy, as Buddhist philosophy is intertwined with social unrest.

Hyun Jin Cho

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