Bong Thom [The Brother]

COMING SOON! (2022)

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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.
A film about a family who are living the consequences of war which ended decades ago. 

Feature Documentary.

• Format & Length: Feature Length and TV-Hour

• Director: Zaradasht Ahmed

• Producer: Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas

• International Co-Producers: ZIN Documentaire, the Netherlands – Corinne van Egeraat, Film and Tell, Sweden – Marina-Evelina Cracana, Oscar Hedin

• Cinematographer: Zaradasht Ahmed

• Editor: Eva Hillström

• Impact Producer: Johanna Dorothea Raita

• Production Company: Ten Thousand Images AS

• Financed by: Norwegian Film Institute, Viken Filmsenter, Fritt Ord Foundation, Filmkraft Rogaland, Zefyr, Bergesenstiftelsen, Fond for Lyd og Bilde, SVT, Swedish Film Institute, Netherlands Film Fund

• Distribution: East Village Entertainment