Cambodian Sci-Fi Film 'Karmalink' Spotlights Displaced Communities And Country's Tech Developments

Xyoo 2014, Jake Wachtel tau tsiv mus rau Cambodia los qhia ib lub xyoo ntev hauv kev ua yeeb yaj kiab rau cov menyuam yaus uas yog ib feem ntawm 'Cov Neeg Ua Yeeb Yam Tsis Muaj Ciam Teb' kev pib. Tom qab kev koom tes nrog ntau tus tub ntxhais hluas Cambodian ua yeeb yaj kiab ua yeeb yaj kiab luv luv, Wachtel tau sau thiab qhia thawj zaj yeeb yaj kiab txog kev tshawb fawb hauv Cambodia, Karmalink. Karmalink yog xaiv ua zaj duab xis qhib rau Venice Critics' Lub lim tiam thiab tau tshuaj xyuas ntawm Austin Film Festival thiab Glasgow Film Festival.

Wachtel hais Tsis Txhob Cia Kuv Mus los ntawm Kazuo Ishiguro raws li kev tshoov siab rau Karmalink, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov tshiab siv cov ntaub ntawv keeb kwm kev tshawb fawb los tshawb xyuas cov teeb meem cuam tshuam nrog zej zog cov zej zog marginalized. Nws xav txog qhov muaj peev xwm ntawm Karmalinkzaj dab neeg tshwm sim nyob rau hauv ib cheeb tsam Cambodia es tsis yog ib lub tsev kawm ntawv British.

"Sci-fi yog ib hom ntawv uas muaj lub peev xwm zoo rau peb los xav txog yav tom ntej thiab tham txog cov teeb meem kev ncaj ncees, teeb meem kev nom kev tswv. Txawm li cas los koj pom tias tsis muaj ntau cov yeeb yaj kiab sci-fi tawm ntawm ib qho chaw zoo li Cambodia lossis Southeast Asia, "Wachtel hais. "Muaj ib yam dab tsi ntawm elitist nyob rau hauv yuav ua li cas hom ntawv plays tawm, uas sci-fi tsuas yog nyob rau hauv ib qho chaw zoo li Silicon Valley los yog tej yam zoo li no."

Karmalink yog teem rau yav tom ntej, qhov twg cov nplua nuj thiab muaj cai nyob rau hauv Phnom Penh yog augmented nrog nanotech. Tshiab skyscrapers ntauwd hla lub nroog thiab nyob ze, ib lub zej zog raug hem nrog kev quab yuam. Ib tug tub hluas muaj kev npau suav txog nws lub neej yav dhau los, uas coj nws mus yos hav zoov.

Ob tug ntawm Wachtel cov tub ntxhais kawm, Leng Heng Prak thiab Srey Leak Chhit, yog qhov kev tshoov siab rau zaj dab neeg ua yeeb yam thiab lawv ob leeg tau qhab nia ua yeeb yam hauv kev ua yeeb yam. Karmalink. Cov yeeb yaj kiab tau txais kev ua yeeb yam hauv Los Angeles, Seattle, Berkeley thiab Sebastopol thiab tso tawm thaum Lub Xya Hli 15 ntawm Apple TV, iTunes, AmazonAMZN
, Google Play, thiab lwm yam.

Yuav ua li cas Wachtel tsim qhov zoo rau zaj duab xis, nws hais tias nws yog cov khoom ntawm kev sib koom tes nrog tus thawj coj ntawm kev yees duab Robert Leitzell thiab tus tsim tsim Olga Miasnikova. Txawm li cas los xij, Wachtel hais tias Cambodia cov toj roob hauv pes thiab ib puag ncig yog theem nruab nrab. "[Rau] qhov zoo nkauj, peb tau coj peb lub cim los ntawm qhov nws xav tias zoo li nyob hauv Cambodia tam sim no. Nyob rau tam sim no, qee zaum nws zoo li sci-fi tshiab. Qhov ntawd yog ib yam uas ntau tus neeg tsis xav txog thaum lawv xav txog Cambodia, "Wachtel qhia. “Tib neeg xav txog yav dhau los. Lawv xav txog keeb kwm zoo li Angkor Wat lossis Khmer Rouge, tab sis mus rau tam sim no yog qhov zoo siab heev. Lub zej zog yog ceev mus rau lub neej yav tom ntej. Muaj ntau qhov kev hloov pauv. "

Wachtel hais ntxiv tias "Ib yam uas kuv nyiam heev txog Cambodia thiab peb tau kos yog qhov kev xav ntawm qhov qub thiab qhov tshiab uas muaj nyob ib sab ntawm ib sab," Wachtel hais ntxiv. "Muaj ntau yam khoom siv rov ua dua tshiab thiab thev naus laus zis los ntawm ntau lub sijhawm. Koj tau txais qhov kev sib tshooj lossis kev sib txuas ntawm yav dhau los, tam sim no thiab yav tom ntej thaum koj sawv ntawm txoj kev kaum hauv nroog Phnom Penh thiab saib ncig. "

Ib qho kev hloov pauv uas Wachtel tau pom thaum nyob hauv Cambodia yog qhov kev hloov pauv ntawm ze li 4,000 tsev neeg thaum lawv raug ntiab tawm ntawm lub pas dej Boeung Kak nyob hauv nruab nrab ntawm Phnom Penh. Ib feem ntawm lub pas dej tau ntim cov xuab zeb los ua txoj hauv kev rau kev txhim kho tej yaam num. Qhov kev soj ntsuam no qhia txog qee qhov ntawm Karmalinkcov lus piav qhia, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov yeeb yaj kiab tau teeb tsa hauv zej zog uas tseem tab tom ntsib kev ntiab tawm. "Cov yeeb yaj kiab tiag tiag los ntawm qhov chaw ntawm kev soj ntsuam ntawm kev tham nrog ntau tus neeg Qhab Meem teb, lawv xav li cas txog cov txheej txheem ntawm kev txhim kho no thiab kev coj noj coj ua hloov pauv li cas," Wachtel hais.

Tib lub sijhawm, Wachtel paub txog nws tus kheej txoj haujlwm ua ib tus neeg Asmeskas ua yeeb yaj kiab hauv Cambodia thiab xav txog qhov cuam tshuam ntawm qhov no. Wachtel hais tias "Mus mus rau Cambodia los qhia kev ua yeeb yaj kiab, Kuv xav tias qhov kev ntxhov siab no uas kuv yog tus avatar ntawm qee qhov txiaj ntsig Western tsuas yog tshwm sim," Wachtel hais. "Tom tau ua haujlwm tau ntau xyoo hauv kev txhim kho thiab kev hais dab neeg raws li tus kws ua yeeb yaj kiab ywj pheej rau cov tsis muaj txiaj ntsig thiab NGOs, [nws] tau muab sijhawm ntau rau kuv los xav txog leej twg tau qhia nws cov dab neeg thiab cov dab neeg no qhia li cas. Dab tsi yog qhov muaj txiaj ntsig ntawm kev muaj ntau haiv neeg? Dab tsi yog qhov tseem ceeb tom qab cov dab neeg no?

Wachtel tau qhia tias nws txaus siab los ntawm "renaissance" ntawm kev ua yeeb yaj kiab tshwm sim hauv Cambodia. Thaum nws nthuav tawm Karmalink Nyob rau ntawm Venice Critics 'Lub Limtiam, Cambodian filmmaker Kaich Neang tau tshuaj xyuas nws thawj zaj yeeb yaj kiab ua yeeb yaj kiab, Tsev Dawb, nyob rau hauv Venice Film Festival's Orizzonti seem. Tsev Dawb tom qab yeej lub Best Actor Award. Wachtel hais tias "Nws zoo li muaj kev hloov pauv lossis tawg paj tshwm sim hauv Cambodia xinesmas tom qab ntau xyoo lawm," Wachtel hais. "Kev lag luam ua yeeb yaj kiab tau txiav txim siab tiag tiag thaum Khmer Rouge los ua hwj chim."

Wachtel tau hais ntxiv tias ib qho ntawm nws lub sijhawm txaus siab tshaj plaws uas yog tus tsim ua yeeb yaj kiab tau koom tes ua yeeb yam ntawm nws cov tub ntxhais kawm cov yeeb yaj kiab nrog Bophana Center, uas tau tsim los ntawm cov neeg ua yeeb yaj kiab hauv Cambodia ua yeeb yaj kiab Rithy Panh. Bophana Center tau mob siab rau kho thiab txhawb nqa Cambodian audiovisual cuab yeej cuab tam. Pom nws cov tub ntxhais kawm cov yeeb yaj kiab ntawm qhov screen loj, Wachtel tau zoo siab tias lawv txoj haujlwm tau ua kev zoo siab los ntawm cov zej zog thoob plaws thiab tau dhau los ua kev cia siab rau cov nthwv dej tshiab ntawm Cambodian filmmakers nyob rau xyoo tom ntej.