Finissage re/dis/cover. Kambodscha

Kurzfilmprogramm von Sopheak Sao

Strength
15:00 min, 2017
In Phnom Penh, the construction industry is booming. An estimated 200,000 workers are hired annually: many of them are day laborers that have relocated from rural areas of Cambodia in search for work. Approximately 20-40% of the construction workers are female. They are often the lowest paid workers in the construction industry without access to equal pay for equal work and little voice to advocate for improverd working conditions. STRENGTH (2017, 15mins) featuring a young female construction worker Lanh Souyut, 17 years old. Her father also a construction worker. He put her in the same position since she was 13 years old. This family from Banteay Meanchey province which located in the far Northwest border of Thailand. They struggling to earn a plenty for living. As a Cambodian female filmmaker, Sao Sopheak advocates a story to helps female construction workers to fight for equal pay rights.

The Beauty And The Beat
20:00 min, 2015
Cambodia is known around the world for its enduring and rich dance traditions. 30-year old Chumvan Sodhachivy (known as “Belle”) is one of country’s foremost contemporary dancers and choreographers and dance teacher. However, creating a new style of dance in Cambodia, where older generations are hesitant to tamper with traditional culture, has not been easy. Female filmmaker Sao Sopheak follows Belle’s struggle for artistic and personal independence. The film was produced in a workshop under the guidance of German documentarian Enrique Sanzchez Lansch.

Two Girls Against The Rain
11:00 min, 2102
It is s true story about two women struggling hard for their love. Soth Yun and Sem Eang met during the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime, where more than two million people died. Soth and Sem survived. Today the couple lives in a village in Takeo province in southern Cambodia, approximately 40 kilometers away from the capital Phnom Penh. They do not have children of their own, but have raised several nieces and nephew. Theirs has been a long fight against stigmatization by fellow villagers and their family. And the fight continues – now for the right to marry legally.