ABOUT THE FILM

LONG SYNOPSIS

Twice a year in Cambodia, the Tonle Sap River changes course, while life for the Cambodian people continue to flow in a perpetual cycle of death and rebirth and of creation and destruction. Working in an intimate, verité style, filmmaker Kalyanee Mam (Director of Photography for the Oscar-winning documentary Inside Job), spent two years in her native homeland following three young Cambodians as they struggled to overcome the crushing effects of deforestation, overfishing, and overwhelming debt. A breathtaking and unprecedented journey from the remote, mountainous jungles and floating cities of the Cambodian countryside to the bustling garment factories of modern Phnom Penh, A RIVER CHANGES COURSE traces a devastating and beautiful story of an ancient culture ravaged by globalization.

FESTIVALS
2013: Sundance

AWARDS
Sundance 2013 (World Cinema Jury Prize, Documentary), Atlanta Film Festival (Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature), River Run Film Festival (Human Rights Award), Environmental Film Festival at Yale (Grand Jury Prize), Full Frame Film Festival (Filmmaker Award), San Francisco International Film Festival (Documentary Feature Golden Gate Award)

FESTIVAL TERRITORIES
United States