Rithy Panh

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Rithy Panh (Khmer: ប៉ាន់ រិទ្ធី) is a French-Cambodian director, film producer, screenwriter, editor, actor and writer. During the years 1975 and following in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge regime, he lost his parents and part of his family, and young Rithy witnessed the worst atrocities. He survived in 1979 where he managed to reach the Mairut camp in Thailand then arrived in France in 1980. Rithy Panh is the author of numerous works which all have as a backdrop a Cambodia which is having difficulty dressing its pieces of theater and Where Rithy demonstrates his talent for immortalizing slices of life in which the protagonists give the impression of engaging while forgetting the camera. His work is imbued with the work of memory and the pain of survivors of the Pol Pot regime. He tries to rediscover Cambodian culture through cinema.

Most Popular Rithy Panh Trailers

Total trailers found: 34

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing Trailer (2019)

14 December 2019

Over 30 filmmakers and friends of Strand Releasing have come together to honor the company’s indelible contribution to independent cinema over the past thirty years.

Life in 24 Frames a Second Trailer (2021)

26 June 2021

"Life in 24 Frames a Second" is a film about hardship, misfortune, perseverance and triumph. The personal stories of John Woo (The Killer), Anurag Kashyap (Sacred Games), Rithy Panh (The Missing Picture) and Lav Diaz (The Woman Who Left), who survived extreme poverty, disease, sexual abuse, genocide and civil war to go on to become maestros of world cinema.

Exile Trailer (2016)

14 May 2016

Exil is a visionary narration of the exile of Cambodians during the Red Khmer regime, during which the country was renamed Democratic Kampuchea.

Holy Lola Trailer (2004)

24 November 2004

The story of a young couple, Pierre and Geraldine, and their desire for a child, which leads them on a journey of initiation to Cambodia.

Irradiated Trailer (2022)

26 January 2022

A film about people who have survived the irradiation of war and recommended to those who believe they are immune to it.

Rice People Trailer (1994)

26 May 1994

A poor, rural Cambodian family slowly disintegrates during the cycle of a single rice crop.

Buoyancy Trailer (2019)

08 February 2019

An innocent Cambodian boy is sold to a Thai broker and enslaved on a fishing trawler. As fellow slaves are tortured and murdered around him, he starts to wonder if his only hope of freedom is to become as violent as his captors.

First They Killed My Father Trailer (2017)

18 February 2017

A 5-year-old girl embarks on a harrowing quest for survival amid the sudden rise and terrifying reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.

Bophana: A Cambodian Tragedy Trailer (1996)

01 January 1996

Based upon documentation of forced confessions made during the Khmer Rouge era in Cambodia, this film reconstructs the relationship of a young woman, Hout Bophana, and Ly Sitha before they were tortured in executed in 1977.

Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell Trailer (2012)

18 January 2012

Under the Khmer Rouge regime, Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, directed the M13 prison for four years, before becoming the head of S21, the terrifying death machine that eliminated Khmer Rouge opponents.

One Evening After the War Trailer (1998)

18 December 1998

Set in the newly-pacified Phnom Penh, this film is about the return to civilian life of Cambodian soldiers.

The Roots Remain Trailer (2015)

06 September 2015

In an emotional tribute, Montreal graffiti artist Fonki returns to Cambodia to paint a giant mural of his relatives killed in the genocide.

Meeting with Pol Pot Trailer (2024)

05 June 2024

Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) - 1978. Three French journalists are invited by the Khmer Rouge to conduct an exclusive interview of the regime's leader, Pol Pot.

The Rubber Tappers Trailer (2024)

02 December 2024

In Ratanakiri, a province in the northeast of Cambodia, Khlek, an 11-year-old boy, lives on the rubber plantation where his parents work.

The Land of the Wandering Souls Trailer (2000)

28 March 2000

In 1999 a fibre-glas wire was installed from Thailand to Vietnam straight trough Cambodia. Rithy Panh shows us the work done in Cambodia to connect Khmer-society to "modern world".

A Scale Boy Trailer (2010)

01 January 2010

Kavich Neang’s first film is a short documentary following Sory Chan, a 14-year-old boy who is living in Phnom Penh apart from his family.

We Are the Fruits of the Forest Trailer (2025)

30 October 2025

The Indigenous Bunong practice agriculture by hand and end up in conflict with Cambodia's lucrative trade in CO2 certificates, losing the forest of whose ownership they have no conception.

The Sea Wall Trailer (2009)

07 January 2009

The film centers on a young French widow and her two adolescent children as they attempt to carve out a meager life for themselves by farming rice fields alongside the ocean in French Indo-China in the 1930s.

The Missing Picture Trailer (2013)

04 November 2013

Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979.

S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine Trailer (2003)

17 May 2003

Documentary of the S-21 genocide prison in Phnom Penh with interviews of prisoners and guards. On the search for reasons why this could have happened.

The Catch Trailer (2011)

17 October 2011

When an American plane crashes in the Cambodian jungle, the pilot is taken captive by the Khmer Rouge.

Red Wedding Trailer (2012)

16 November 2012

Between 1975 and 1979, at least 250,000 Cambodian women were forced into marriages by the Khmer Rouge.

Everything Will Be OK Trailer (2022)

15 December 2022

After a century of genocidal ideologies and destructive speciesism, animals have enslaved humans and taken over the world.

Cinéastes de notre temps : Souleymane Cissé Trailer (1991)

19 February 1991

Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé reveals his passion for cinema, Africa and the world to Cambodian director Rithy Panh.

Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers Trailer (2007)

31 March 2007

During the last half-century, Cambodia has witnessed genocide, decades of war and the collapse of social order.

The Burnt Theatre Trailer (2005)

09 November 2005

A blend of fact and fiction, based on the actual lives of the actors, the film depicts a troupe of actors and dancers struggling to practice their art in the burned-out shell of Cambodia's former national theater, the Preah Suramarit National Theater in Phnom Penh.

Graves Without a Name Trailer (2019)

22 March 2019

After The Missing Picture (Un Certain Regard winner 2013 and Oscar nominee for the Best Foreign Language Film in 2013) and Exile, Rithy Panh continues his personal and spiritual exploration.

Site 2 Trailer (1989)

16 November 1989

After having fled Pol Pot, Rithy Panh, a 15 year old Cambodian finds refuge at the Mairut camp in Thailand, in 1979.

The People of Angkor Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

In Angkor Wat, we follow a boy and his relationships with the people who live there, the ruins, and the tourists.

France Is Our Mother Country Trailer (2015)

21 January 2015

If you would like to witness the forces of colonialism in brute action, Rithy Panh’s extraordinary new film provides the long view.

Khmerica Trailer (2025)

06 April 2025

Joker, Kookie and Djumbo are “Khmericans”: Cambodian refugees who grew up in the United States and were deported back to Cambodia after serving a prison sentence.

Que la barque se brise, que la jonque s'entrouvre Trailer (2001)

05 October 2001

A telefilm that describes the meeting between Cambodian restaurateur Bopha ("flower"), a survivor of the genocide of the Khmer Rouge, and a Vietnamese man named Mihn, a "boat people" refugee who drives a taxi at night and works as a deliveryman during the day for his uncle's grocery store.

Le dernier refuge Trailer (2013)

23 April 2013

Cambodia: Between War and Peace Trailer (1991)

01 January 1991

The film, shot at the end of 1991 at the time of Norodom Sihanouk's return to Cambodia, questions tho