With Funan, his feature film debut, Denis Do took on his family’s remarkable history, coming to understand and connect with it in an entirely new way. Set in Cambodia in April of 1975, the animated ...

Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime was responsible for the deaths of almost 2 million people between 1975 and 1979. Most of those deaths occurred in labor camps, where they were executed or succumbed to ...

Berenice Bejo and Louis Garrel lend their voices to Denis Do’s debut animated feature, 'Funan,' about a Cambodian family torn apart by the reign of the Khmer Rouge. By Jordan Mintzer Depicting life ...

Denis Do's award-winning animated feature suggests the horrors of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime without depicting the worst atrocities. Do’s restraint is an artistic choice, not one forced upon him by ...

“’Funan’ reminds us that animation can tell any kind of story. This versatile medium is by no means limited to fantastical or extraordinary subjects, but is in fact uniquely suited to incredibly ...

The second edition of Animation is Film, the GKIDS-produced festival that aims to bring greater exposure to international and independent features, recently wrapped up in Los Angeles with the ...

In 1975, when the Khmer Rouge seize power in Cambodia, city residents are forced into the countryside and made to endure gruelling farm labour. During this upheaval, young mother Chou loses her ...

Belgian production company Lunanime had a grand showing at this year’s Annecy International Animated Film Festival, taking home the Cristals for both feature and short film at the Saturday evening ...

'The Breadwinner' also won big. By Rhonda Richford Denis Do’s Funan on Saturday took the top prize in the main competiton section at the Annecy International Animation Festival. The hand-drawn film, ...