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New Year Baby
(DVD)
DIRECTED BY - Socheata Poeuv
What does it take to heal?
Born on Cambodian New Year in a refugee camp, Socheata grew up in the United States not knowing anything about her family's past. She journeys to Cambodia to discover the secrets of how her family came together during the Khmer Rouge period. She finds that what her parents hid in shame also proves their great heroism. New Year Baby is a love story -- a celebration of family and the power of commitment.
GENRES - documentary, drama, coming of age, international
Film Info
RUNTIME - 74 minutes
RATING - Not Rated
YEAR - 2008
FORMAT - DVD Region All
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FESTIVALS
- Amnesty International Film Festival 2007 (United States)
- DocAviv: Tel-Aviv International Documentary Film Festival 2007 (Tel-Aviv, Israel)
- Durango Film Festival 2007 (Durango, United States)
- International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2007 (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- One World: International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2007 (Prague, Czech Republic)
- Sedona Film Festival 2007 (Sedona, United States)
- Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival 2007 (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Awards
- Audience Award (Winner)
2007 Asian American International Film Festival (New York City, United States) - Audience Award (Winner)
2007 Los Angeles VC Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA, USA) - Best Documentary (Winner)
2007 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (San Francisco, United States) - Best Documentary (Winner)
2007 AFI Dallas International Film Festival (Dallas, TX, USA) - Crystal Heart Award (Winner)
2007 Heartland Film Festival (Indianapolis, United States) - HOT FILM (Winner)
2007 Goteburg Film Festival (Goteburg, Sweden)
Press
"..This fine first feature is a disarming personal docu that turns into a very moving consideration of historical genocide and individual heroism. Winner of a well-deserved jury prize at the San Francisco Asian-American Film Festival, it merits further exposure..."
Dennis Harvey, Variety
"New Year Baby (is) a deeply tender and poignant film about a Cambodian-American's journey with her family to uncover the secrets of a tragic past at the hands of the Khmer Rouge... It was a tour de force for anyone, and particularly for a young, first-time filmmaker...
We also agreed unanimously to award New Year Baby with the Movies that Matter prize. We are confident that the universal appeal of the film will give an international audience emotional access into the impact of the genocide, and may help pave the way for the potentially forthcoming tribunal in Cambodia..."
-IDFA Movies That Matter Jury