BONG THOM [The Brother]

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Director Zaradasht Ahmed

Producer Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas - Ten Thousand Images

Co-Producers Marina-Evelina Cracana & Oscar Hedin - Film and Tell

Corinne van Egeraat - Zin Documentaire

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Heng lives with his close knit deeply Buddhist family in rural Cambodia, who work hard struggling as farmers. At 6, he lost both his arms in a landmine explosion. Now, as a teenager  hanging with the wrong crowd, and no future at the farm, his mother sends him to his older brother, Chana, who makes romantic music videos in the bustling city of Phnom Penh. Here, with a bossy brother, amid a So-Me, “wanna-be” culture, Heng must make it.
 

WORLD PREMIERE FEBRUARY 3rd, 2023

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** WORLD PREMIERE in Nordic Competition at GÖTEBORG FILM FESTIVAL **

** NORWEGIAN PREMIERE in Norwegian Competition at HUMAN IDFF **