{"id":4603,"date":"2015-08-27T02:56:52","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T19:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/?p=4603"},"modified":"2025-11-28T11:28:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T04:28:26","slug":"the-last-reel-catch-it-while-you-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/the-last-reel-catch-it-while-you-can\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Reel \u2013 catch it while you can!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Last Reel \u2013 catch it while you can!<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The award-winning film, <strong>The Last Reel<\/strong>, spear-headed by Cambodian talent is coming to a theatre near you! Well, if you live in Cambodia it is.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;A lost film buried beneath the Killing Fields reveals different versions of the truth. In an abandoned cinema, rebellious teenager Sophoun discovers an old film starring her mother, offering her the chance to dictate her own destiny at last, but at the cost of uncovering some dark secrets from the past about her parents lives during the Khmer Rouge regime.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Last Reel - Official Cinema Trailer (English version)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gii_klcdikY?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So what makes this film so special? It\u2019s one of the first feature films to be directed by a Khmer woman, Sotho Kulikar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The film was also shot entirely on location in Cambodia with a cast of leading local talent, including screen legend Dv Saveth, rising star Ma Rynet and Ros Mony.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This winning combination of talent and creativity from the Kingdom has led to the film winning multiple international awards, including the <strong>&#8216;Spirit of Asia&#8217; Award<\/strong> for Director Sotho Kulikar at the <strong><em>Tokyo International Film Festival<\/em><\/strong> in <strong>Japan<\/strong> in October 2014; the \u2018<strong>Best Supporting Actor\u2019<\/strong> <strong>Award<\/strong> for Sok Sothun at the <strong><em>Asean International Film Festival &amp; Awards<\/em><\/strong> in <strong>Malaysia<\/strong> in April 2015; and the <strong>\u2018Black Dragon\u2019 Award<\/strong> at the <strong>Far East Film Festival<\/strong> in <strong>Italy <\/strong>in May 2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cWith The Last Reel, Cambodian cinema\u2019s resurgence as a filmmaking force continues apace&#8230; Sotho Kulikar conjures remarkable performances from her lead actresses in an attempt to reflect historical schisms through the tropes of rebellious-daughter family drama.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can see the film from <strong><u>Friday 4 September 2015<\/u><\/strong> in cinemas including Major Cineplex, Platinum Cineplexes and Legend Cinemas in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For news and updates, visit the official The Last Reel Facebook page:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/The-Last-Reel\/1581309628755913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Last Reel<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meet some of our very own talented artists: <a href=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/meet-the-stars-nov-cheanick\/\">Nov Cheanick<\/a>\u00a0, <a href=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/meet-stars-vannara-nouv\/\">Vannara Nouv<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/meet-stars-prakenglean-klo\/\">Prak Englean (Klo)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Last Reel \u2013 catch it while you can! The award-winning film, The Last Reel, spear-headed by Cambodian talent is coming to a theatre near you! Well, if you live in Cambodia it is. &#8220;A lost film buried beneath the Killing Fields reveals different versions of the truth. 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