Red Wedding Explained
Red Wedding (French: Noces rouges) is a 2012 documentary film co-directed by Lida Chan and Guillaume Suon, which portrays a victim of forced marriage under the Khmer Rouge regime.
The film premiered at the 2012 International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam (IDFA) and won the Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary.
Synopsis
Red Wedding is the story of a survivor who pits her humanity against an ideology and a system designed to annihilate people like her. Between 1975 and 1979, at least 250,000 Cambodian women were forced into marriages by the Khmer Rouge. Sochan was one of them. At the age of 16, she was forced to marry a soldier who raped her. After 30 years of silence, Sochan decided to bring her case to the international tribunal set up to try former Khmer Rouge leaders.[1]
Production
Red Wedding is a Cambodian-French co-production produced by Rithy Panh through Bophana Production, Bophana Center and Tipasa Production. It was produced with the support of GIZ, Alter-ciné Foundation, Fonds francophone de production audiovisuelle du Sud, IDFA Fund, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, Worldview and Cambodia Film Commission. Red Wedding is the first film about a victim of forced marriage and rape under the Khmer Rouge.[2] Lida Chan and Guillaume Suon's survey began in 2010 when forced marriages were qualified crimes against humanity by the Khmer Rouge tribunal. The film was shot in Pursat province, in Cambodia, between 2010 and 2012.
The film' is distributed by Women Make Movies,[3] Bophana Production and Tipasa Production.
Reception
The film received critical and public acclaim in Cambodia and internationally.[2] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
Awards
External links
Notes and References
- Anchalee Chaiworaporn, "Moving Up - Women Directors and South-east Asian Cinema," in Gabrielle Kelly and Cheryl Robson, eds., Celluloid Ceiling: Women Film Directors Breaking Through, London: Aurora Metro Books, 2014, 160–178 (175).
- http://gbvkr.org/lens-sees-old-trauma-in-a-contemporary-life/ "Lens Sees Old Traum in a Contemporary Life"
- http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c849.shtml "Red Wedding: Women Under the Khmer Rouge"
- http://www.voacambodia.com/content/red-wedding-shows-lasting-scars-of-forced-marriage-123225398/1353861.html "Red Wedding Shows Lasting Scars of Forced Marriage"
- http://www.phnompenhpost.com/lifestyle/film-reveals-rape-under-kr-regime "Film reveals rape under KR regime"
- http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2011-06-10/cambodian-court-to-hear-impact-of-forced-marriages/213384 "Cambodian court to hear impact of forced marriages"
- http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/onairhighlights/430064 "Film shows brutality of Khmer Rouge's population policy"
- http://www.dw.de/cambodia-coming-to-terms-with-thousands-of-forced-marriages-under-pol-pot/a-6547301 "Cambodia coming to terms with thousands of forced marriages under Pol Pot"
- http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20110614-documentaire-mariages-forces-red-wedding-sous-le-regime-khmer-rouge "Un documentaire sur les mariages forcés Red wedding sous le régime khmer rouge"
- https://www.letemps.ch/monde/mariages-forces-crimes-oublies "Les mariages forcés, crimes oubliés"
- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/a-search-for-justice-by-the-women-forced-to-marry-strangers-2303228.html "A search for justice by the women forced to marry strangers"
- http://www.liberation.fr/monde/01012345819-mariages-forces-le-crime-oublie-des-khmers-rouges "Mariages forcés : le crime oublié des Khmers rouges"
- http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2012120763895/7Days/the-new-golden-generation.html "The new golden generation"
- http://cinemadocumentaire.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/noces-rouges-entretien-avec-le-realisateur-guillaume-suon/ "Noces rouges, entretien avec Guillaume Suon"
- http://www.rue89.com/2013/03/08/au-cambodge-sous-pol-pot-la-mariee-etait-en-rouge-240388 "Au Cambodge sous Pol Pot, la mariée était en rouge"
- 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"
- . Il Documentario, December 5, 2012.
- 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"
