Guillaume Suon Explained
| Guillaume Suon |
| Birth Date: | 1982 11, df=yes |
| Nationality: | French, Cambodian |
| Occupation: | Film director |
Guillaume Suon (born 26 November 1982) is a French-Cambodian filmmaker.
Career
Guillaume Suon has focused his first documentary films on Cambodia’s history and contemporary society.
Trained by the Oscar-nominated filmmaker Rithy Panh, Guillaume Suon is an alumnus of the Berlinale Talent Campus and a fellow of the Sundance Institute and the IDFAcademy.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Genre | Awards |
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| 2010 | About My Father | | Runner Up at the AIBD World TV Awards 2011[1] Jury Award at the FEMI 2012[2]
Special Jury Award at the Festival Internacional de Cine Político (FICIP) 2013[3]
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| 2012 | Red Wedding | | Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2012[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Aljazeera Golden Award at the Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival 2013 (Qatar)[9] [10]
Jury Prize at the Gdansk DocFilm Festival 2013 (Poland)[11]
Special Jury Prize at the Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival 2013
Best South East Asian Human Rights Film at the FreedomFilmFest 2013 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)[12]
Special Mention Award at the Salaya International Documentary Film Festival 2014 (Thailand)[13]
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| 2013 | The Last Refuge | | Aung San Suu Kyi Award for ASEAN Films at the Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival (HRHDIFF) 2014 (Yangon, Myanmar)[14] Best SEA Documentary Award at the Freedom Film Fest 2014 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
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| 2014 | The Storm Makers | | Mecenat Award for Best Asian Documentary Film at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) 2014 (South Korea)[15] Inspiration Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2015 (Durham, U.S.A.)[16]
“Windows on the World” Prize for the Best Feature Film at Milan's Festival of African, Asian and Latin American Cinema 2015[17]
Special Mention Award at the Salaya International Documentary Film Festival 2015 (Thailand)[18]
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| 2019 | The Taste of Secrets | Documentary | Allocine | |
Notes and References
- http://www.aibd.org.my/node/767 "WORLD TV AWARDS - WINNERS & RUNNERS UP"
- http://www.lefemi.com/femi_archive.php?an=2012 "Edition 2012"
- http://www.ficip.com.ar/?p=1491 "Premiación del Argentina FICiP 2013"
- http://www.idfa.nl/industry/latest-news/First-Cousin-Once-Removed-wins-VPRO-IDFA-Award-for-Best-Feature-Length-Documentary.aspx "Winners awards IDFA 2012 announced"
- http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/documentary-forced-khmer-rouge-weddings-wins-award "Documentary on forced Khmer Rouge weddings wins award"
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0xTfaMZoak&noredirect=1 "IDFA 2012 - Guillaume Suon about Red Wedding"
- http://www.cambodge-post.com/?page_id=2808 "Récompense internationale pour un documentaire sur les mariages forcés pratiqués par le régime Khmer rouge"
- http://www.voacambodia.com/content/filmmaker-says-stigma-from-khmer-rouge-forced-marriages-endures/1575312.html "Filmmaker Says Stigma from Khmer Rouge Forced Marriages Endures"
- http://festival.aljazeera.net/services/templates/WinningFilms.aspx?Rq=6)O7AGuNR-5HrWwuNoA-6arpYlHu0-4Z(w(sFby-5XOV8I5Up-6X00uhS_W-5Hs3tQrmW-6pODIBRu(-.f "10th Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival Winning Films"
- http://www.voacambodia.com/content/red-wedding-film-wins-award-in-qatar/1676719.html "Red Wedding Film Wins Award in Qatar"
- http://gdanskdocfilm.pl/wyniki-11-edycji-gdansk-docfilm-festival/?lang=en "Results of 11 edition of Gdańsk DocFilm Festival"
- http://freedomfilmfest.komas.org/winner-fff-2013/ "Winning films of the KOMAS FreedomFilmFest (FFF) 2013"
- http://thaifilmjournal.blogspot.fr/2014/03/salaya-doc-2014-awards-for-singapore.html?m=1 "Salaya Doc 2014: Awards for Singapore, Red Wedding and Behind the Screen"
- http://www.irrawaddy.org/burma/land-grab-documentary-takes-top-burma-prize-human-rights-film-festival.html "Land-Grab Documentary Takes Top Burma Prize at Human Rights Film Festival"
- http://www.biff.kr/Template/Builder/00000001/page.asp?page_num=4699 "BIFF 2014 Awards"
- http://www.fullframefest.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2015-Full-Frame-Awards-Press-Release-FINAL-4.12.2015.pdf "Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Announces 2015 Award Winners"
- http://www.festivalcinemaafricano.org/new/en/2015/05/i-vincitori-del-25-festival-del-cinema-africano-dasia-e-america-latina/ "Awards of the 25° Festival del Cinema Africano, d’Asia e America Latina"
- http://www.nationmultimedia.com/life/At-home-in-our-Asean-community-30257066.html "At home in our Asean community"
