Abstract
Born in Phnom Penh in 1964, filmmaker Rithy Panh survived the Khmer Rouge regime, but lost his parents, sister, and many other family members as a result of the genocide. In 1979, at age fifteen, he escaped across the Thai border and traveled to France, settling there. At first, he tried to forget his past experiences, refusing to speak Khmer and rejecting all ties with Cambodia; but he found that the only way he could rebuild a life was to face what had happened to his country and himself. In 1985, he enrolled in France's national cinema school, Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques. His first documentary won the 1988 Grand Prix du Documentaire at the Festival of Amiens. Since then, he has made over half a dozen award-winning films. His most recent work is S-21, the Khmer Rouge Death Machine, which was shown as an official selection at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.
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