Cambodian documentary wins Grand Prize at Yamagata festival.YAMAGATA, Japan, Oct. 9 Kyodo A documentary film about people's lives and recovery efforts after the Khmer Rouge Khmer Rouge (kəmĕr` r  zh), name given to native Cambodian Communists. Khmer Rouge soldiers, aided by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops, began a large-scale insurgency against regime in Cambodia won the Grand Prize on Tuesday
at an international film festival in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern
Japan.
''The Land of the Wandering Wandering See also Adventurousness, Bohemianism, Journey, Quest. Ahasuerus German name for the Wandering Jew. [Ger. Lit. Souls,'' a 1999 film by Cambodian director Rithy Panh, was awarded the prize at the seven-day Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2001, which ended Tuesday. His work portraying post-Khmer Rouge Rouge, river, United States Rouge (r zh), river, c.30 mi (50 km) long, rising in S Michigan and winding S and SE to the Detroit River at the city of River Rouge. Cambodia was chosen among 670
entries from 70 countries. The director, however, did not receive the
award personally due to an illness.
His proxy read out a statement by Panh at the award ceremony, in which the director expressed hope that people all over the world will see his documentary and use it to help solve conflicts. ''In Vanda's Room'' by Portuguese director Pedro Costa won the Prize of Excellence, presented by the mayor of Yamagata. It focused on an immigrant district in Lisbon. ''A2,'' by Japanese director Tatsuya Mori, examines human relationships and the AUM Shinrikyo AUM Shinrikyo (Japanese; “AUM Supreme Truth”) Japanese new religious movement founded by Asahara Shoko (b. 1955 as Matsumoto Chizuo) in 1987. It contained elements of Hinduism and Buddhism and was founded on the millenarian expectation of a series of religious cult Noun 1. religious cult - a system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin" cultus, cult faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his . It won a special prize, gaining the most support from viewers in a public vote. The festival has been held every other year since 1989. |
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