Festival Internacional De Cine De Huesca #54FICH 2026: CHANT OF THE DESERT FLOWER

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សំនៀងផ្កាលើវាលខ្សាច់
CHANT OF THE DESERT FLOWER Sophea Kim

Mar-2026

15' Khmer (Cambodian) Cambodia

A young man prepares to meet his mother for the first time, a woman shaped by a traumatic past and the circumstances of his birth. As they come face to face, an awkward and fragile conversation unfolds, revealing unspoken pain, longing, and questions carried for years. Through hesitant words and shared silences, mother and son begin a quiet journey toward [...]

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Category: Fiction

Genre: Drama Human Rights

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Director

Sophea Kim

Cambodia

Biofilmography

SOPHEA KIM grew up and currently lives in Cambodia, a Kingdom where very few women can raise their voices, especially in the Arts.

In late 2007, She began a career in the film industry on Rithy Panh's feature "The Sea Wall". In 2009, she joined the founding team of the Cambodia Film Commission and multiplied the trainings and experiences as assistant director and production coordinator with numerous international filmmakers, director such as Rithy Panh ("Shiiku The Catch", "The Missing Picture"), Boje Buck ("Same Same But Different"), Regis Wargnier ("The Gate"), Chantal Akerman ("Almayer’s Folly"), Jeanne Labrune ("The Path") and Angelina Jolie ("First They Killed My Father").

In 2019 she decided to step into writing and directing. She develops her own short and feature film projects, as she wants to share her vision about a fast changing Cambodia, where too few stories come to the screen, and where women's voices are little or never heard. In 2019, she directed her debut short film "Grey Feather" that premiered as the Opening film at the Cambodia International Film Festival, it was invited as part of Locarno - Open Doors and was selected in several international film festivals in Europe, Africa, North America and received several Awards.

FILMOGRAPHY:

GREY FEATHER by Sophea Kim (Cambodia/2020/20min)
⇢ Short film - Writing & directing
CHANT OF THE DESERT FLOWER by Sophea Kim (Cambodia/2026/15min)
⇢ Short film - Writing & directing

OTHER KEY FILMMAKING EXPERIENCES:

ALMAYER's FOLLY by Chantal Akerman (2010)
⇢ Script khmer adaptation - Casting Director
ACT OF VALOR by Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh (2012)
⇢ 2nd Assistant Director
THE GATE by Regis Wargnier (2013)
⇢ Casting Director
THE MISSING PICTURE by Rithy Panh (2013) - Oscar Nominated
⇢ Khmer version translation & adaptation
FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER by Angelina Jolie (2016)
⇢ Script khmer adaptation - Set 3rd Assistant Director
THE PATH by Jeanne Labrune (2017)
⇢ Script dialogue adaptation
YOUNG LOVE by Lomorpich Rithy (2019)
⇢ 1st Assistant Director
ONODA: 10,000 NIGHTS IN THE JUNGLE by Arthur Harari (2020)
⇢ Extras Casting Director - Managing Director

Producer

Sarita Reth

Cambodia

Biofilmography