CNCI
JCC 2022

White Building


White Building

Kavich Neang - Cambodia


Synopsis

Samnang, 20 years old, lives in a historical building in Phnom Penh. The departure of his best friend, the illness of his father and the imminent demolition of the building, will make him grow up.



Film details

Type : Fiction
Duration : 90 min
Year of production : 2021
Country : Cambodia
Screenwriter : Kavich Neang, Daniel Mattes
Cinematography : Douglas Seok
Editor : Félix Rehm
Director : Kavich Neang
Production company : Anti-Archive, Apsara FILMS





Kavich Neang

Kavich Neang was born in Cambodia in 1987. He has directed five short films since 2011. He joined the Busan Asian Film Academy in 2013. In 2014, he co-founded the production company Anti-Archive. In 2019, his documentary Last Night I Saw You Smiling won the NETPAC Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival. White Building is his first feature film was selected at the Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti section in 2021 and won the award for Best Actor.