Rithy Panh
FILMS IN CATALOGUE
BIOGRAPHY
Graduated from IDHEC (Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinématographiques, Paris).
Complete Filmography
Site 2 (1989)
Grand Prix Documentaire Amiens International Film Festival
Grand Prix SCAM for the best creative documentary
Special distinction Cinéma du Réel.
Souleymane Cissé (1990)
Portrait of the Malian film maker for the series "Cinéma de notre temps"
Cambodge, entre guerre et paix (1991)
Rice People (1994)
Official Selection in Competition International Cannes Film Festival
Silver Screen Award, Best Actress (Singapour)
Special Jury Prize (Hawaï)
The Tan's family (1995) Documentary
Bophana, a Cambodian tragedy (1996) Documentary
Jury Prize Vue sur le Doc (Marseille)
Silver Medal Grand Prix du Documentaire de Création de l'URTI in Monte Carlo
Special Jury Prize International Television Festival Sendaï (Japan)
Mention spéciale du Jury "Vu d'Afrique", Montréal (Canada)
One evening after the war (1997)
Un Certain Regard International Cannes Film Festival
Special Jury Prize Festival de Plata Del Mare (Argentina)
Lumières sur un massacre ; 10 films against 110 000 000 land mines, Documentary, 1997
International Campaign against land mines
50 ans et un monde ; Van Chan, a cambodian dancer (1998) Documentary
The Land of wandering souls (1999) Documentary
Grand prix du " Réel 2000 "
Prix Louis Marcorelles, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères (France)
Prix du documentaire, Vision du réel, (Nyon, Switzerland)
Prix du documentaire (Festival des films francophones, Namur, Belgium)
Prix du documentaire (Festival dei Popoli, Firenze, Italia)
Grand prix du documentaire (Traces de vies, Clermont-Ferrand)
Mention spéciale (hors compétition) du Jury, (Gentilly)
Golden Gate Award (San Francisco, USA)
Golden Matchstick, Amnesty International, (Amsterdam, Nederlands)
INPUT (Le Cap, South Africa) - Grand Prix Global Télévision, (Banff, Canada)
Rockie Award best social and politics documentary, (Banff, Canada)
International Critics Sony Prize (Banff, Canada)
Grand Prix Frances & Robert Flaherty Prize, (Yamagata, Japan) …/…
Que la barque se brise, que la jonque s'entrouvre (2000)
(May the boat break, may the junk open up), TV Fiction
S21, the Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (2001-2002) Documentary
Cannes Film Festival, Official Selection, 2003
European Film Academy, Documentary Award
Dutch Film Prize Prix Italia
Award 3rd International Human Rights Film Festival Nuremberg (RFA)
Prix François Chalais
Médaille d'argent "URTI" Festival International of Télévision (Monte-Carlo)
Special Jury Prize (Copenhagen Denmark)
Runner-Up Prize Yamagata (Japan)
Golden Dove for Documentary Film Leipzig (RFA)
Fipresci, Leipzig (RFA) Grand Prix, Valladolid (Spain)
Golden Plaque (Chicago USA)
Documentary Award, Cinema and History (Istanbul Turkey)
Humanitarian Award (Hong Kong)
The Vaclav Havel Special Award (One World, Prague Czeck Republic)
The Best Director Award (One World, Prague Czeck Republic)
One World Media (Great Britain)
The people of Angkor (2003) Documentary
The Burnt Theater (2005) Documentary
Cannes Film Festival, Official Selection, 2005
Pune International Film Festival
Festival Ficco (Mexique)
San Francisco International Film Festival
Asian Film Festival
22nd Jerusalem International Film Festival
Festival des Films du Monde Sao Paulo International Film Festival
Festival de Namur (Belgium) Festival de Rio Brasil
Filmex (Tokyo)
Paper cannot wrap up embers (2006) Documentary
FIPA D’OR du meilleur documentaire 2007
European Film Academy Documentary 2007 – Prix ARTE
International Film Festival, Fribourg
Selected to « Cinéma du Rée l », Cinémathèque de Bologne
Documentairy Film Festival, Thessaloniki - Images of 21st Century
"New Vision Competition" "Alba International Film Festival", Italia
Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels, Biarritz
Festival international du film sur les droits humains, Genève
9th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Grèce
Word Film Festival, Montréal
Rencontres Internationales du Film Documentaire, Tunis
Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente, Argentine
Festival Internacional DerHulmALC, Santiago del Estero, Argentine
Grand Prix International du Documentaire d'Auteur de l'Urti, Monte Carlo
Flandres International Film Festival – Ghent
20th Edition of IDFA, The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Shanghai Television Festival
International Film Festival Yamagata Japan
Magnolia d’Argent Festival International Shanghai
9th Editions Jakarta International Film Festival (Indonésia)
Copenhagen International Fim Festival (Danemark)
International Competition ‘‘ Fifth Perspektive‘’ à l’International Human Rights Film Festival (Nuremberg)
8th Film Festival Mediterranean - Siroki Brijeg (Bosnie-Herzégovine)
International Film Festival Do Rio (Brasil)
European Film Academy Documentaire – Prix ARTE – à Berlin (Germany)
11th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (Tcheque Republic)
50th International Film Festival (Germany)
Barcelonia asian Film Festival (Espagne),
Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival
Guth Gafa Documentary Film Festival (Irlande)
ZagrebDox Documentary Film Festival (Coratie)
8th Edition of Human Rights Nights Film Festival (Bologne)
Play-Doc – International Film Festival (Espagne)
37th International Film Festival Rotterdam
10th Annual One World Inertnational Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (La Hague)
THE SEA WALL (2008)
Screenplay by Michel Fessler and Rithy Panh
Adapted from Marguerite Duras « Barrage contre le Pacifique » (Editions Gallimard)
Word Film Festival, Toronto
Rome Festival
Duch, le Maître des Forges de l’Enfer (documentaire) 2010
"The use of this motion picture is subject to the authorization of the International Criminal Court."
SHIIKU Feature film (2011)
Screenplay by Michel Fessler and Rithy Panh
Adapted from « Shiiku » by Kenzaburô Ôé
With Cyril Guei, Jhem Chuop, Soeum Chhoeum
Prix France Culture 2007, célèbre le cinéma comme "résistance"
Parrain du pavillon Les Cinémas du Monde (2010)
Books :
S21, the Khmer Rouge Killing Machine, Flammarion
Co-author Christine Chaumeau
Paper cannot warp up embers, Grasset
Co-author Louise Lorentz