Lida Chan

Lida Chan (born 25 March 1980) is a Cambodian filmmaker.

Lida Chan
Born (1980-03-25) 25 March 1980
NationalityCambodian
OccupationFilm director

Career

Lida Chan joined Bophana Center in 2006, where, as an archivist, she specializes in the analysis of Khmer Rouge archives. She also works as a radio journalist for Radio France Internationale, where she covered the trial of former Khmer Rouge cadre Duch.

In 2010, Lida Chan turned into documentary filmmaking after being trained by Cambodian filmmaker and producer Rithy Panh.

Filmography
YearFilmGenreAwards
2010My Yesterday NightDocumentarySelected at the 17th Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
2012Red WeddingDocumentaryAward for Best Mid-Length Documentary 2012 at the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam (IDFA[1][2][3][4][5]

Aljazeera Golden Award 2013 at the Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival (Qatar)[6][7]

Jury Prize 2013 at the Gdansk DocFilm Festival[8]

Special Jury Prize 2013 at the Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival

Best South East Asian Human Rights Film 2013 at the FreedomFilmFest (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) [9]

Special Mention Award 2014 at the Salaya International Documentary Film Festival (Thailand) [10]

References
  1. "Winners awards IDFA 2012 announced" Archived 2013-01-29 at the Wayback Machine. IDFA website.
  2. "Documentary on forced Khmer Rouge weddings wins award". Joe Freeman, Phnom Penh Post, December 3, 2012.
  3. "IDFA 2012 - Guillaume Suon about Red Wedding". Il Documentario, December 5, 2012.
  4. "Récompense internationale pour un documentaire sur les mariages forcés pratiqués par le régime Khmer rouge" Archived 2018-12-20 at the Wayback Machine. Cambodge Post, December 5, 2012.
  5. "Filmmaker Says Stigma from Khmer Rouge Forced Marriages Endures". Sok Khemara, VOA, January 1, 2013.
  6. "10th Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival Winning Films" Archived 2013-05-25 at the Wayback Machine. Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival website.
  7. "Red Wedding Film Wins Award in Qatar". Sok Khemara, VOA, June 7, 2013.
  8. "Results of 11 edition of Gdańsk DocFilm Festival" Archived 2013-11-11 at the Wayback Machine. Gdańsk DocFilm Festival website.
  9. "Winning films of the KOMAS FreedomFilmFest (FFF) 2013" Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. FreedomFilmFest website.
  10. "Salaya Doc 2014: Awards for Singapore, Red Wedding and Behind the Screen". Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal.


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