NEWS: Cambodian Short Film ‘A Million Years’ Wins Top Short Film Award at SGIFF1 min read

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Cambodian film production company Anti-Archive is thrilled to announce that A Million Years, the first film ever made by Cambodian director Danech San, received the award for Best Film in the Southeast Asian Short Films competition at the closing ceremony of the 29th Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) held last Saturday at Singapore’s historic Capitol Theatre. As the winning film, it was also screened to the audience in the Capitol Theatre to end the ceremony.

Upon receiving her award, Danech San commented: “Thank you everyone. It is my honor to be here, and it is my first time in Singapore. It still feels surreal as this is my first film. I want to say thank you to my producer, my friends, my family, and the supporters. Writing films can bring me to a place that I don’t know and making films can be a way to express my perspectives and opinions freely and creatively. I really thank the film committee and the Singapore International Film Festival.”

The award in Singapore is the first for A Million Years, following its world premiere in competition at Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in October. This award represents a huge step not only for Danech San as a filmmaker, but also for Echoes from Tomorrow, an online crowdfunding campaign which has financed the production of three short films by first-time Cambodian filmmakers. A Million Years is the first to be completed; Meas Sreylin’s California Dreaming is next in post-production, and Tith Kanitha’s Time Moving Forward is nearing its final week of shooting.

Image credit: Anti-Archive.